The Best Tool You Own

[SKIP IN7RO]

^It's a Pozi #3 and works great on snowboard binders.

[detrusor]

Quikstik

Made all my tire levers obsolete, took 2 years of constant shop use to wear one out. $2

[GeezerSteve]

large equipment: (tie) vertical mill, metal lathe, metal band saw
small equipment: knife grinder (belt sander)
motorized hand tool: 10 gauge nibbler
non-motorized hand tool: dead blow hammer
body part: the Big Hog

[Shadam]

Deff swiss army knife. I rock the swiss camp. Not the biggest but its up there. It sits bueatifully in my front pocket beside my wallet and gets used alot. Its fixed everything from kenworths on the side of the highway to sleds in backkbowls. I think im on to my forth after 20 odd years. I still want know where the others ended up ...

[Gepeto]

large equipment: (tie) vertical mill, metal lathe, metal band saw
small equipment: knife grinder (belt sander)
motorized hand tool: 10 gauge nibbler
non-motorized hand tool: dead blow hammer
body part: the Big Hog

Nice format... my reactive replies:
large equipment: bucket trucks are fun and quicker than ladders around the house
small equipment: Skid Steer - i've had 11 different attachments over the years. amazingly versatile
motorized hand tool: Stihl HT133 pole saw
non-motorized hand tool: Die Grinder
body part: the cervical tickler

Never in the closet tool maven
shit picture of a corner

[iceman]

I have a maybe 25-year-old leatherman that I use all the time, it's a kinda medium one, doesn't have the coffee grinder or the pneumatic drill but does have quite a variety of useful shit.

[Meadow Skipper]

If you're using Phillips on your bindings, you're doing it wrong...

Seriously, fuck phillips screws and screwdrivers, there are so many better options that weren't pretty much designed to strip.

Right. That should be a #3 Pozidrive, which is the exact match to what almost all bindings use.

[gravitylover]

My brain... although some may debate that it's the best

[BCMtnHound]

For the home base, my 2000W and 3000W Honda generators. Nice to keep the house warm and the freezers cold when the power goes out.
Away from home, my old silva ranger sighting compass.

[zartagen]

I love my cobras. They beat out the crescent for versatility by miles.

[Gepeto]

Right. That should be a #3 Pozidrive, which is the exact match to what almost all bindings use.

substancially more bite than a philips

[Gepeto]

My brain... although some may debate that it's the best

EoT

[schindlerpiste]

Kastle MX98

[bodywhomper]

No love yet for the workhorse: hitachi magic wand?

In addition to my pow touring skis lotus 138, my "180" explosives meet the best tool qual for me.

[BigDaddy]

I have a bunch of tools. This Fiskars long pole cutter is pretty good though. It has an 8-foot pole on it, cuts anything up to about an inch like butter. Noticed the driveway looked like Vietnam this morning, cut it back in an hour, took me two hours to clear away the debris. Good tool.

Seriously?...

Three pages and no one calls this blatant BS out?! Favorite tool, Fiskars long pole, lol. I've never seen Iceman without this within 50' of his reach:

[BigDaddy]

No love yet for the workhorse: hitachi magic wand?

I love my Hitachi...

[capulin overdrive]

They are a quality and well-designed tool. Originally used them for irrigation work but have found them to be useful for lots of tasks around the house. These are my favorite and most used ones https://www.amazon.com/KNIPEX-87-01-...+5+inch+pliers super-handy little tool.

If you are wanting a more refined tool that will not mark up what you are plying on, there are these: https://www.amazon.com/Knipex-Tools-...JQPJD40EFGMGGJ

Never heard of these. Have used Channel Locks forever, and carry 4 deferent sizes in my work pickup.

[irul&ublo]

Noticed the driveway looked like Vietnam this morning...

Was there some girl offering "anyting you want" for $10.00?

[Obstruction]

Back in the old days routers were quite popular on TGR:
https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...t=gonzo+router

[SKIP IN7RO]

Never heard of these. Have used Channel Locks forever, and carry 4 deferent sizes in my work pickup.

IMO, once you try a Knipex, your Channel Locks will sit in the toolbox. They are a joy to use.

[balefulstare]

Knipex Cobra pliers

Same here, nice to see all the Cobra love. Once you try them you'll never go back to channels.

Runner up would be my battered Makita impact driver.

[irul&ublo]

No love yet for the workhorse: hitachi magic wand?

Don't forget the drilldo. PM Rontele for more info

[wyeaster]

i need a little more thrust

[Moeghoul]

I'm going to vote for the cordless drill as overall fave.

[BigDaddy]

I'm going to vote for the cordless drill as overall fave.

Agreed... I keep one handy 24/7.

I once made a dreidel, from a scrap of 2x4 using a cordless drill and a sharpie. We have used it every Hanukkah for over 20 years now and it still spins like greased lightening. (Jesus never did that!)