What tool do you NOT want to own?

In reply to KyAllroad (Jeremy) :

I texted that picture I posted earlier to my friend and he replied "THE PAIN!"

I love my snowblower.

It's one of those little electric Toro Power Shovel things.

We hardly get any snow here and my neighbours sometimes laugh that I'm that "Tim Taylor" guy on the street who has every tool known to man.

Then it snows and I wait until they're all pushing, grunting, sweating and heaving. shoveling all that snow by hand.

I bring out my little snowblower, clean my driveway and sidewalk, go in the house and pour a cup of coffee while they sweat for the rest of the day.

I also shovel my 90 year-old neighbour's driveway for him.

I love my snowblower.

Best $120 I've ever spent.

Ryan Seacrest.

dculberson said:

I once bought a lot of state surplus that came with an interesting device labeled "Branson Sonifier Ultrasonic Cell Disruptor." My friend Jim was helping me unload and check the stuff out, and we were both curious about it, so we plugged it in and turned it on. At first nothing seemed to happen, and then what can only be described as a sensation on par with the "Pain Box" from Dune erupted in the back of both of our heads. It was like a steel spike was being forced into the very center of our brains. Jim fumbled for the power switch for a bit and I finally lunged out and unplugged the thing. We took a few minute's break to recover. When we got back to it, we noticed that the "Output Control" (power level) was on 2. Of 10. We never spoke of the device again, and I gave it to a friend of mine that had a fondness for old laboratory equipment. That's a tool I never want to own again.

An example of the device in question, but not the one I owned:

I think that's even the style of probe it had attached to it. One might question the wisdom of turning on a device labeled "CELL DISRUPTOR 200," but again I've never claimed to be smart. Just curious.

WT...Heck? I thought you were kidding when I started reading.

The fact you plugged it up and tried it has my respect. It also makes me question your sanity.

I love my spring compressors. A little WD-40 on the threads and the electric impact works em good. I've never felt unsafe around them, for multiple vehicles.

In reply to maschinenbau :

Yours at least look safe, all of mine have open hooks.

I have never seen spring compressors like the above. They look vastly more safe than any set I've ever used, but also look like they take awhile to get set up.

Honestly, I think the tool I DON'T want to own is a large compressor, because as much as I say I want a real, big-boy 60-80 gal unit with a Type 30, I can't ever bring myself to buy one. While I do have a couple smaller ones (a hotdog under 20 gal and a pancake), I hate having to set them up, and well... the noise, dealing with the hose, do these tools need oil?, do I really need an inline drier?, why is this thing leaking, etc. Lithium Ion power tools make me question the future purchase, but I do like to paint and I DO have a blast cabinet that I don't have the CFM for. 

Could also have something to do with putting air ride on the Lexus which is about as annoying as it is cool.

Honestly, a 3D printer. They always seem to be 2 years away from being perfect, and the rest of time you're spending your 3D printing time 3D printing parts to make your 3D printer work better.

At least, that's been my experience.

Appleseed said:

Ryan Seacrest.

That right there is funny!

ball joint press

a roofing nailer

pooper scooper

ball joint press

hedge trimmer/pole saw

parking lot striping equipment

ball joint press (i have a lifted 4x4 with big tires)

30' ladder. Anything over 16' extension, or 10' A frame, really.

Not crazy about table saws or router, either.

Ransom said:

SVreX said:

(And drywall stilts)

Drywall stilts have always looked to me like the mother of all bad ideas. I'm not sure how long it would take me to have a terrible accident, but it would probably be measured in seconds...

The guy who taught me to walk on stilts told me, "If you ever fall, make sure you break your wrists"

(In other words, fall forwards.  A backwards fall means you're smashing your head on the concrete)

Air chisel. 

In reply to mazdeuce - Seth :

I left all my drywall tools in IL when we moved. FWIW I’d been given the rolling platform/scaffold from my BIL who’d already decided he was never drywalling again, so I just passed it & my hoist and other tools off to another family member. 

A compression gauge - I never want to know what it inevitably tells me. Ignorance is bliss!

When I was a young man some dude sold me an older version of this edger for $1.  It was almost brand new.  $1?

It gives me a heart attack to use it.  
 

Those funky faucet under sink wrench thingy POS's.....probably cuz I'm layin' on back to begin with....and no doubled over towel cuz again this happened a while ago and i didn't do it then either...........and no it's not worth calling MR BUTTCRACK....to come and fix. AND I profusely apologize to all those in that profession..Y'all are saints to put up with those of us LIKE ME.............wink

I have to own it. But I hate them. The death wheel always scares the crap out of me.

Painting crap, brushes I end use them for cleaning parts.  Rollers and pans, no use at all for that stuff.  Chain saws scare the bejusus out of me.

For me, plumbing tools are at the top.  Basin wrenches, pipe wrenches, snakes, etc.  I thoroughly dislike plumbing work despite my dad being a plumber.  But I have complete respect for those in that trade.

Otherwise a cutting torch.  Those things scare the poop out of me.

A saw that is specifically designated for cutting through PVC sewage pipe. 

Yeah... that was a fun task.

ebelements said:

I have never seen spring compressors like the above. They look vastly more safe than any set I've ever used, but also look like they take awhile to get set up.

Lisle 62300 https://www.lislecorp.com/specialty-tools/strut-tool 

That's the kind I have, and the one I recommend every time someone brings up "suicide sticks". :)  It's not really all that much longer to set up, and it takes all the sketchiness out of compressing springs.  They are NOT going flying with that installed.

Snow clearing apparati

Harvey said:

That berkeleying snowblower.

Yeah, this. I can deal with snow that can be handled with a shovel, but if you need a snowblower or a snowplow I'm not sticking around...

lol, funny stuff.

I don't want to own secure torx bits, wtf is wrong with these people, nothing secure about them, just more bits I have to own.

Snap ring pliers too, that never goes well, there must be a better alternative to snap rings.