Tools Everyone Should Own ... #16? Measuring tape

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[InvisibleChurch]

Man is "weak in himself, and of small stature," wrote 19th-century essayist Thomas Carlyle. Yet, with tools, "the granite mountain melts into light dust before him, seas are his smooth highway, winds and fire his un wearying steeds." And this from a guy who never felt a 5800-rpm circular saw scream to life in his hand.

While much has changed since Carlyle's day, one thing hasn't: We need tools to build, repair and maintain the mechanical world in which we live. With these tools, you'll be ready for just about any project--whether it's melting mountains or swapping out the kitchen sink.

1. Sledgehammer

Few tools combine brute force and finesse as elegantly as a sledgehammer. Swing it overhead to deliver bomb-blast destructiveness or to fire a wood-splitting wedge through a big log. Handle it like a putter to salvage architectural elements such as a post-and-beam barn frame that needs knocking apart. Most of us are better off with an 8- or 10-pound model that we can swing easily, not a 16- to 20-pounder.

[InvisibleChurch]

[the invisib1e hand]

measuring tape

Stanley Powerlock. The family's been using them for generations.

[paulycy]

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

I can't do anything without this one:

[Responsibility2nd]

Flawed list.

 

This isn't on the list.

 

[dalebert]

duct tape is my favorite tool

[Dahoser]

"If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy."

[Blue Collar Christian]

[duct tape is my favorite tool]

zip ties for anything the duct tape won’t hold together...and it always helps to have a bigger hammer.

[Responsibility2nd]

"If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy."

 

 

And if the women get too yacky...

 

Duct tape works there as well.

 

 

[paulycy]

Here's a must-have. Instant swimming pools!

[TSgt]

[556x45]

LOL, the most forgotten tool of all is an engaged brain. The newest (or oldest) gadget is no substitute for skill and thinking, hence the revived adage ‘measure once, cut twice and why is this @@#@$@ board still too &&&(^&(^ short!!!’. LOL!!

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

This one is absolutely necessary for shoveling your driveway!

[paulycy]

Right on for the snow. Here in central virginia we need these to haul the fall leaves if we don’t want to burn them.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

My Bestest Freind in my shop

My second Bestest Freind

I love my wood shop i'd be here all day if i listed all my fav tools

[paulycy]

Right on for the snow. Here in central virginia we need these to haul the fall leaves if we don't want to burn them.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Here in tidewater VA we need these for our gardens....

[paulycy]

Is Virginia a great state or what? :0)

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

It sure is, but the weeds are awful. I have to use this just to get them out...

[count-your-change]

Really great for crowd control too!