Favorite Tool

[billroper]

Having just picked it up from the island where I left it yesterday after replacing three electrical outlets and returned it to the drawer upstairs in the bathroom where it lives, I realize that my increasingly elderly Stanley ratchet screwdriver with the switchable bits is probably my favorite tool. If I have some project that needs to be done, it's the most likely to be recruited from its drawer for the purpose and the most likely to actually get the job done, despite -- or perhaps because -- I've had it for thirty years or thereabouts.

I presume you have favorite tools too. :)

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[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

My screwdriver with replaceable bits is one of my go-to tools also, despite the fact that it no longer ratchets anymore.

My low angle block plane with the adjustable throat is another favorite. Also the Leatherman Wave my brother gave me for my birthday ends up making at least a cameo appearance on most projects.

My (corded) drill. SO useful for driving screws--and taking them out when necessary.

I have a lovely non-stick fry pan that is my go-to tool for omelets. And a heavy duty large bike pump that is my go-to tool for adjusting tire pressure on the car. I once needed the spare tire, discovered it was flat, and pumped it all the way to proper pressure with that thing. Hard work but priceless since I didn't dare drive on the flat to the gas station.

[bedlamhouse]

My cordless Black & Decker 12V drill is probably the tool I use most, as I can use it for everything from drilling pilot holes in plaster before putting up picture hooks to screwing together whatever needs screwing together.

An old changeable-bit screwdriver I got from an auto parts store (mumble) years ago ends up being the most used manual screwdriver in the house, though it has exactly one flat blade and one phillips bit left.

I put a fair amount of wear on my miter saw as well, and after practicing with the pinner and the finish nailer yesterday I suspect that this summer the compressor and nail guns will move waaaaay up there in the "favorites" dept - especially when I reroof the shed...

[joecoustic.livejournal.com]

I have a small arsenal of tools I've built up over the years but favorite is probably a set of screwdrivers I got in my freshman year of college. Second is a rechargeable screwdriver/drill with a small number of replaceable heads/bits but since it depends on me plugging it in to recharge and I haven't since I moved - it's not always in active duty. :)