Dose anyone else besides me nickname tools?
For instance, a ricipricating saw I will sometimes call a saws all, and a miter saw a chop saw
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Is that because you can't spell reciprocating? <G>
I always thought those were former brand names that became generic, like Kleenex...
Milwaukee Sawsall was, I think, one of the first recips on the market...
I just bought 2 Veto Pac tool bags, and XXL and an XL. We call them "Big Vito" and "Little Vito". ("Mike... get Big Vito from the truck, will ya?") And when I bought that small Bosch pistol grip driver (great tool btw), since I have a 24V Bosch, the new one became "Baby Bosch".
PaulB
Our pistol grip Bosch is "My little buddy" cause it's so damn handy and so well loved.
That's what i call my "hammer"! LOL
The 8 # sledge is called the blue hammer. The little dump hammer 2# had a green handle, so it was the green hammer. But the handle broke and I wound up with a new one, sadly, another blue handle. So we have "Big Blue" and "Little Blue".
Another helper we had called the Sawzall - "Zozo". The name stuck.
Don K.
EJG Homes Renovations - New Construction - Rentals
When I ran my finger through the table saw blade a few years ago I called the saw a nasty name.But we've since made up.
Now thats a good trick. Finger THROUGH the blade. I always see a blade going through a finger in my nightmares..(G)Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
Hmmm. Finger meets tablesaw blade. Wonder who won that showdown.View Image “Good work costs much more than poor imitation or factory product†– Charles GreeneCaliforniaRemodelingContractor.com
"Hmmm. Finger meets tablesaw blade. Wonder who won that showdown."Oh, it gets worse. It was a stacked dado set.I'm hoping that this Sunday the Chargers look like my fingers and the Patriots look like the dado blades.Carnage.
I'm guessing you dont have a Saw Stop table saw? were the docs able to reattach it, or can i call ya stubby. LOL
"I'd rather be a hammer than a nail"
Actually it was a stacked dado set. Add a bit of kickback and the board disappeared. My index and middle fingers sort of bounced off the cutting edges of the blades, but there was enough contact to shred the flesh and fold it back over one of the knuckles. Lost a fingernail.It looked pretty nasty. I was soooo pizzed off because with the flesh folded over, it doubled the visual on the wound. A 1-1/2" shredding looked like 3" of shredded meat. I thought the blade had gone through my knuckle joints, and I had visions of a crappy golf game becoming even crappier due to unbending fingers.Cleaned it all up, found out it wasn't as bad as I thought as no bone had been hit. But since it was a rip instead of a clean cut, it's not something I could fix on my own. So off to the ER, a bunch of stitches and here I be. The shaved off finger nail grew back, albeit split down the middle. My very own version of a cloven hoof.
Place I worked right out college had a wrecking bar, straight thing with beveled tip, weighed about #10 or so. It was blue and we called it the "Blue Bar".LAter we got another one which was green.
We called it......"the Green Blue Bar"
TFB (Bill)
HO was always impressed when dad told someone to go out to the truck and get "the number 8 wall adjustment tool". not so much when we came back with a sledge and a knocking scrap. lots of names i can't repeat for other tools, when you had to trim or adjust something a very small amount, it was a c'air, don't ask what the c' means, its not politically correct.
I have one like that, only bigger.
The bar is at least 5', maybe 6' high. It weighs somewhat more than 10#.
We call it the "Toothpick".
Don K.
EJG Homes Renovations - New Construction - Rentals
One of those four foot long straightedges with little bubbles gets called the plumbstick.
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One of those four foot long straightedges with little bubbles gets called the plumbstick.
That's called a Whiskey Stick 'round these parts.View Image
GO SOX wohooooooooooooooooooo
We call the level, the Bubble Stick.
Or a "whiskey stick" or "spirit level.
One of those tools provides all the spiritual guidance I need.
I once worked for a farmer who called his sledgehammer 'John Henry' - after the ''steel drivin' man'' who beat the machine in a race to drive in railway tie spikes.
JH - One of my heros of inspiration when the going gets hard
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There is a big statue of Mr. John Henry somewhere close to Hinton, WV. I cannot remember the exact location but Hinton is close!
"'John Henry' - after the ''steel drivin' man'' who beat the machine in a race to drive in railway tie spikes."Not to be picky...ok, I guess I am being picky, but John Henry defeated a steam drill, not a tie driver. The steel he was drivin' was a star drill in solid rock.
BruceT
Picky , Picky , Picky ....
Oh wait thats another tool. ;-)
That makes his achievement even more impressive. I often see those holes bored in rocks and wonder how long it took to make them.
Sledge-Old sluggo
Circular saw-wormy drivey wood cutter
Hammer tacker- wacka tack tacker
nail gun-nail wacker
my old Bob hart- Bobby
My new stilletto-Stella
estwing 32 ounze-The punisher
my bent 6' level- Eastwood
Any level-bubble stick
Jackhammer-I quit
Shovel- mexican backhoe
Wheel barrow-polish pickup
my arms-Irish forklift
I'm impressed with the strength of the guys wielding the hammer and the trusting nature of the bit holders.BruceT
Couple of guys on the crew drive nails with a club and a peckertracker - otherwise known as hammers.
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Those aren't pecker tracks that's character.
My main hammer is "New Yeller". "Old Yeller" was stolen a couple of years ago. My drywall rasp is "rasputan".
Oh lighten up.
It was a joke.
Democrats.The other white meat.
I thought it was pretty funny. But then, I knew you were kidding too.View Image
Besides, you are grasping for ANYTHING to make you laugh right now!
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Two hammer names:Jahn (who plays a mean ax)and Marcel (from the French for hammer - marteau)
Old boss kept a sledge hammer in his truck that had "Tack Hammer" painted on the handle. He'd tell the new guy during demo work to "go get my tack hammer". It was always a wager weather the new guy would then dig through the tool box and bring back the 10oz trim hammer or the "Tack Hammer".
Forgot about the Sledgehammer, or as I like to call it, The Wallpaper removal tool.
my sawzall is "The Ballsall"
my 4 foot wrecking bar is the MOAB
my fav circ saw is Old Milwaukee
my tables saw is Grizzelda
her boyfriend the planer is Big Ben
my framing Hammer is Esther
my tape measure is The measurer thingy
I don't Know what I am doing
But
I am VERY good at it!!
****
my tables saw is Grizzelda
her boyfriend the planer is Big Ben *****
Too funny! I thought I was the only one.
Hammer is Pop - My dad gave it to me
Recip. Saw is Bruno
SCMS is Walt
Shop Vac is Ronnie
Compressor is Puff Daddy
Finish Nailer is NellyBobbi
Construction adhesive=spoogecaulk=carpenter in a tubelevel=plumbulator78"stabila level =Magilla Stabilaquart tube adhesive gun=the big caulkjapanese style catspaw= metric catspawMy old PC recip saw(god rest her soul)=filling loosener
(I have gotten it jammed up while working in the basement and it loosened the cap shingles!!! ...On the house next door!!!)I don't Know what I am doing
But
I am VERY good at it!!
Nope.
Yer the only one.
must be pretty hard explaining what those foreign names mean.
How'd U ever come up with
"saws all"
and
"chop saw"
wow.
U are one creative dude!
Jeff
Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
saws all because if you have the right blade it can cut "all"
and a chop saw because the blade comes down like it's choping
There, you got that now?
Don't make me come over there...I'll feed you to the editors;)
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Someone call me????????
sawzall (the older unbalanced one) = sabertooth jackhammer
Millermatic 250 = Zappa
I remember back in the day, when everything was shiny new. Now, instead of being polished, it just kinda chafes.
So where did "catspaw" for a nail exhumer come from?
My cat has four paws and an exhumer has two.
Why not "Bucky beaver"
Why Crow bar? it certianly doesn't look like a crow. Looks more like a "Hookclaw"
Toenail? who's going to hit a nail with their toe?
Plumb bob.......
Don't even go there...
"Rather be a hammer than a nail"
Bob
it just happened.
<catspaw?>Shaped like a cat's paw
<Crow bar?> Forked end like a crow's tail>
<toenail?> A nail at the toe (end) of a board
<Plumb bob>Plumb for plumbium, or weight in Latin. Bob for free to move (?)
"Bye Honey, I'm Bob, and I'm free to move"
Forrest - thinkin' hard
Note - you notice that all of your examples could be considered phallic symbols?
you are too smart
Wait...a crow does not have a forked tail. At least none that I know of.
And Plumbum is Latin for Lead.
Duane..setting the record straight. (G)Inmate # 40735 At Taunton Federal Penitentiary.
crows defaintly have a kinda forked tail
lead is heavy, so it goes straight down... see the connection
crows do have a part in their tailAre you saying that lead is not a weight? I'd bet the term is interchangeable
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I believe that the term "plumb bob" is actually derived from "plummet line"
Plummet meaning verticle line.
The "bob" is a weight.
ok we get it enough on the plumb bob, any more nicknames
I din't say lead wasn't a weight, I statedthat the Latin name, is Plumbum, the sound it makes when it hits the floor..oh, I think there is an "N" at the end...as such, it is "Plumbumn" My Latin is rusty.
I have to agree a Crow may have a split tail, but "forked" is an exaggeration...I had one as a pet, they are very smart, and trainable, and with a good scalpel applied to the tongue, with deftness, can be taught to speak like a parrot. Think Falconry.
I had Blackie ( duh) for 7 years, he'd talk, he'd listen and take a ciggarette out of my pocket, and the matches. No shid.Inmate # 40735 At Taunton Federal Penitentiary.
You would enjoy my crows then. That was all just discussion. I would bet that crow bar had more to do with crow feet than crow tail anyways( Not to forget Cheryl Crow and split-tail birds.)
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Lol.Inmate # 40735 At Taunton Federal Penitentiary.
Sphere is right about the latin word for lead being plumbum.
The Romans had extensive waterworks...lead pipes fitted together...thus we get the english words plumber and plumbing.
Lead in French is plomb; the tradesman is the plombier; the pipe system in a house is the plomberie.
Most of have have seen the leaded joints in old cast iron drains, or the leaded toilet flange thingies.
Latin may be a dead language, but it lives on as the root of many an english and french word.
Edited 3/30/2007 1:44 am ET by Pierre1
Earsplitenloudenboomer.........Big hammer/sledge.Tum wrench........Cresent wrench.......cus you open and close it with the end of your tum. (Best ones have temperature compensating jaws.)Scuttler........an axe........used to chop a hole in the bottom of the boat when it's time for a new one.
"you notice that all of your examples could be considered phallic symbols?"ever use a jackhammer?The pointed bit is called a bullprick. I have no idea what the "proper" name would be. But nobody has ever had any question about it from jobsite, to tunnels, to tool salesmen.
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"Plumb bob......."Named in honour of 'dead-eye Bob" the man with the most dead-on eyeball in the west. People wopuld travel from miles around to watch him plumb the posts for decks, timbers for barns, and even line up trees to grow straight. Those awesome tall straight Doug firs are his handiwork.Alas, when he passed away, tools had to be invented in an attempt to take his place. To this day, whenever I see that pointed bronzed weight at the end of the string, I raise my eyes in tribute...Good thing I wear glasses too - durn seagulls
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thanks for the claification, hope your right
Had a helper who had a problem with the name Bob...called it a plumb Chuck.
We've got two bright yellow stanley wrecking bars known as DFBs.Don't F with me bars.If a customer ever asks they're don't mess with me bars.Uh huh, the f is silent.
Doesn't everyone?
I've got a pair of folding wooden horses I made years ago. Their names are written on the cross beam in blue.
Ones' Jake, the other is Elwood.
What can I say, I'm easily amused...buic
My buddy borrows my framing gun and calls it a spiker, it drives me nuts!
Chuck
Let me see...
yeah.
Downspout crimpers are " crimpalaters"
Drills are hole makers
Soldering rig is "soldiermaker"
Wood mallet is " THE Wonker"
Pop Riveter is the " Rivetlater"
Ruby Flux is " Don't Drink the Koolaide" ( one of our guys DID, and dammed near died)
I can't come up with it all, just now..too many flux fumes all day.
Inmate # 40735 At Taunton Federal Penitentiary.
That's funny, Sphere. Mine are irregular/inconsistent but pretty much like yours:Levelizer or Plumbulator, Stapleator, etc.Hey, I don't want to hijack but I've been meaning to ask you about your mixing Titebond with Durham's... How exactly does the resulty differ from water?Email me if you feel up to it..Thanks,KitTechnique is proof of your seriousness. - Wallace Stevens
No problem.
It differs by being a lot stickier, and also more ( IMO) resistant to weather. I did a rebuild on my old french doors, the strikes and lock mortises, and hinge gains.....worked like a charm, w/ less shrinkage than just water.
I used TB3 and TB 2, I like 2 better, I am still not convinced of TB3....it has an odd ness about it.
Oh, it will "kick" faster, so have everything ready, clamp wise, or "dams" and wet the area to be applied with a slop of glue first. Trim off excess, like bondo wants, before it gets really hard, it will dull a chisel if you wait.Inmate # 40735 At Taunton Federal Penitentiary.
Happen to have a ratio for that mix? Or is it just by eye and feel?
No ratio, just get it workable as putty or sizeing, take your pick.Inmate # 40735 At Taunton Federal Penitentiary.
I also call my jig saw a saber saw (don't ask)
and my slap stapler slappy
Shovel is called the D-1
Saber saw, Thats what my old man used to call it. Wonder where that came from?
Don't need to ask...you're old! My old man always clled it a sabre saw.
10# sledge = pow pow
3# sledge = baby pow pow
Cat's paw = meow meow bar
pull saw = sakimoko saw_______________________________________________________________
It ain't what you make, it's what you don't spend
"I call her 'Vera'"
Forrest - quoting Jayne in "Firefly"
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she's my very fav'rit gun.
c'mon mal!
From when I was a bridge builder:
Our largest impact wrench, a 3/4" yellow IR- called "Super Chicken"
Shackles- not uncommon to hear- "hand me a 5/8" ernest!". The conection being Ernest Shackleton, the artic explorer.
Big pointy ended wrenches made for aligning holes in steel are called Spuds. We had circle spuds (with a closed end wrench on it) and crescent spuds (open end wrench). We also had the Mongo spud- it was around 2' long, and weighed a good 25 pounds. A lot to handle when you're walking beams, but it was needed sometimes.
We had a furnace for melting zinc to socket (fasten on anchors) the ends of bridge cables- the furnace was called "the McGee" after the poem "The Cremation of Sam McGee".
We had a lot more nicknames for things, but that's what I can remember right now.
zak
"When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone." --John Ruskin
"so it goes"
nice
Big pointy ended wrenches made for aligning holes in steel are called SpudsWhen I worked on the bridge crew I called that wrench a spud bar but everyone else insisted on calling it a carrot.
I call my tri-square my Do-Goodie, because it helps me do good.
<G>
My breaker bar is the "Leverage Item" and the pipe that goes over it is "Leverage Item Big Time." Doesn't make rational sense, as it involves more syllables, and confuses everyone...Just one of those things that evolves over time
I use a BFH - The "big friendly hammer" for persuasion.
The hammer stapler is Whacky Tacky
The estwing framing hammer is The Yanker as that's its only use.
Regular framing hammer is Old Hickory
All other hammers go by Mer
All circular saws go by Skil Saw (actually, mine is a Skil)
A prybar goes by the handle of Soapstone Shovel round here.
sometimes we call a shovel a spoon
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My old estwing framer is... Bertha, Destroyer of thumbs.
The 4lbs. engineers hammer is... the tweaker.
OK...after further consideration....I do have a tool with a nickname.
I call it, "Little Jaybird".
Democrats.The other white meat.
>>>>>I call it, "Little Jaybird".
That's what she said...............................http://logancustomcopper.com
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Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
I was gonna say what Jay said, but he beat me to it. I call my tool "little Jaybird", too.http://logancustomcopper.com
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"We have enough youth, how about a fountain of smart?"
Carrot? That's a new one for me. I prefer spud. Our "spud bar" was a spud that had a flat pry bar end on it. That was a useful tool, but everybody hated it because you couldn't clip the end on your harness or stick the thing in a hammer loop. You just had to hold on to it all the time, or it would be at the bottom of the river.
We also sometimes used "Bull pins". Like a spud with no wrench, just a tapered pin.
We used a lot of climbing hardware, so we also used the names that those things come with- Ushba or Jumar ascenders, Prussik loops, 'biners, autolockers, etc.zak
"When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone." --John Ruskin
"so it goes"
I have a 1/2" yellow body IR gun called the "Thunder gun" but I call it "The Big Cheese"
Backscratcher rip claw hanmmer
Cheese Grater Drywall rasp
Pry Bar Craftsman 4' level
Persuader Sledge hammer
Edited 3/29/2007 10:05 pm by Shoeman
Oh, without a doubt. It's usally someone else that comes up with the name tho.
Totally beaten hart framing hammer is "Nick the Greek." Which ironically was the name of one of Magellan's crew members...
Nicks little sister or wife perhaps is a clean and shiny 14oz Dalluge finish hammer named "Cindy."
For the longest time I've wanted to post a photo of "Nick and Cindy" only with their names listed to start this thread but you've beaten me to it!
My laser is "Flash Gordon"
My Fein multi is "Buzz."
and on and on... It's way more fun to say, "Go get Buzz! He can do it!" than to say go get the 'multimaster out of the truck...'
ManEater was our Makita beam saw.
Persuaders= sledgehammers
However, one guy on the crew called everything either a "go**amn" or a "Johnson." Or both. It really worked universally.
That's all I think of now.
My Milwaukee Sawsall was Mr. Sawsall and the right anglee then became Mr. Right Angle Drill. The guy that was working with me at the time started that and it stuck.
My router is Rotar
6' Stabilla is BFL or the Big Yellow Prybar
16" Makita skilsaw is The Giant Skilsaw of Death or The Amputator
Table saw is Tronnis
Sledge is the BFH
Quick-grip XP bar clamp is Superclamp
Jig saw is Gettin Jiggy With It
Japanese pull saw is the Ginsu Master Blade
I call my Gomboy folding pruning saw The OJ simpson Murder weapon...
tell people Judge Ito mailed it to me..I don't Know what I am doing
But
I am VERY good at it!!
LOL...I call mine the "bill collector".Parolee # 40835
My Festool saw setup is called Uncle Fester.
My daughter calls the jig saw the 'Jake Saw'
Mike
I've got a ballpean-lookin monster single-hand hammer (maybe 4 lbs) called "The BFH". When DW was little kid her Mom told her it meant "Big Funny Hammer".
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
I worked with a guy who had this crudely built oversized saw horse that he named "The Widow Maker". It had a couple steps on each side and was used as a step ladder.
You needa Bris...
And when your wife was kid, how'd her mom know?
Ok, back to my cell, I guess.Parolee # 40835
At 1:20AM when I posted, it made sense in my own mind!!!
I left out the part where they had a BFH in DW family when she was growing up.
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My 2 yr old watches a cartoon show called Handy Manny (yeah, OK I watch it too). His tools are "alive" and have names...
Hammer is Pat (I think should be Tap)
Flatblade screwdriver is Turner
Philips screwdriver is Phillippe
Saw is Dusty
Pipe wrench is Rusty
Tape measure is Stretch
Pliers is Squeeze
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
Cat Heads - clamp fastener to hold tensile rod when used as concrete ties.
Coon Dick - Tool to strip cat heads.
Johnson - Concrete vibrator, for obvious reasons and we have a guy named Johnson in our company that shakes a lot.
Horse Cock - Vertical pin in tubular welded frame scaffold to interlock stacked vertical jacks legs.
Pig Tails - Clevis pins to lock horse cocks into scaffold.
800 - Any large electric chipping hammer that does not have a drill option, in reference to a Hillti 800 series.
75 - Any mid sized electric chipping and hammer drill combo, in reference to the Hillti 75 series, includes 72.
35- Any smaller sized hammer drill that may have a chipping option but isn't worth using it for that, in reference to the Hillti 35 series, includes 15s too.
Termites - Carpenters
Terd Herders- Plumbers
HAVAC - Tin Knockers
Boy Butter - Wire pulling lube
Sparky - Electricians
Mexicans - Roofers
Suite and ties - Any company owners,visitors, architects, engineers, owners, or anybody else outside of the working trades.
Typical job site orders shouted out just to bewildered curious on lookers.
"Make sure all the bottom horse cocks are wrapped with pig tails! I don't want them bases to slide out when I get up there whipping that Johnson around in the middle of pumpin mud, And get that coon dick for the termites so they can start pulling off cat heads at the other end, there stand'n around wait'n to strip! Hey, get his number and call him back trucks are on the road.
I used to enjoy lunch of a piece of cheese, and apple, and a hunk of summer sausage.One day a new guy watched me bite off a chunk of sausage and asked, "What are you eatin' horse cock for?"I kind lost my taste for it after that.then I moved here and I also like pickled herring to eat. Some of the carpenters around here have also been fishermen. one day one of them asked me, "You know what we call that stuff around here?"No- what?"BAIT!"if you ever smelled lobster bait, you know why I eat less of pickled herring now
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Well if them cat heads are those ramp shaped clamps for snap ties then I reckon we call them "MP's" in polite company and mule ####'s when not. (Just stayin on the reproductive theme.) - r
Okeley Dokely,
Mag 77 worm drive=The mag
Mini excavator=Ee, ee, ee,ee,ee! (the murder movie sound, the guy with the knife opens the shower curtain...)
Right angle drill=the bo-dangler
Level=bubble stick or plumb stick
Impaact driver= the Brrrrrrt!
Makita 14" beam saw= spinning wheel of death!
rafters=angle sticks
nails=shiny round things (i.e. hit the shiny round thing!)
hoses=air tubes
PL glue=monkey snot
sledge=the sonna beach
plywood=potato(tater) chips(cause thats what they do)
nail bags=sacks
2x4= tuba-fer usually followed by "whats a tuba fer?"...playin music
shovel=spoon or grid spoon or ordnance locator
shims=wedgies
caulking=goo
stapler=kachunk!
hammer tacker=finger smasher
dirt=erff (earth)
strip nails=bullets
laser level(red spinny light) or ( retina destroyer)
safety glasses=eyes
earplugs=ears
joist hangers=steel tacos
big post/beam connectors=buckets
boss=El jefe
HO=the "dude"
helpers=vatos (I don't spell mexicanese)
extension cords, outlets=holes
hilti demo hammer= tingler
nails in the driveway= tire fuggers
ladder=escalator(takeoff on spanish word)__________________________
Judo Chop!
3 lb lump hammer ....Lumpy12 lb sledge.....bar room equalizer or just 'the equalizer'
I tend to call things what they are, but my 46 yr partner has his own names he calls things when he says: "Go git me the...where's the?..."
People working with us, or homeowners will sometimes scratch their heads in bewilderment. Often he is equally bewildered that not everyone understands his colloquialisms.
Reciprocating saw -- sawzall
Framing hammer - Club, Weapon
4 lb. Sledge hammer - Persuader
3 lb. Sledge - small persuader
Tie-off harness - monkey suit
Hexagonal shaped, hooked end crobar - Flat bar
Flat spring bar - Pry bar
My finish hammer which he thinks is a piece of crap (I disagree) - Tappity-tap hammer
Shingle ripper - duck foot
Circular saw - skilsaw
16d nails - spikes
My sledge hammer is "the Spanker"my pencil is "lost"my two foot steps (or any ladders) are "Portable temporary height enhancer"a flat head screw is a" fully slotted fiber intrusive manually operated materials fastening device"stay tuned for moreI don't Know what I am doing
But
I am VERY good at it!!
600 pound plate compacter that drives itself back and forth......Big Gerty
Gorilla expanding foam.....grilla snot
sealant.....poo
sealant gun.....poo gun
Not an exponent of the DILLIGAF system.
10 oz trim hammer- my little pecker
78" level- big baby
Several laborers with shovels-----Mexican backhoe.
Off a hair---- + or - 32nd of inch.
Off a red hair---- + or - 64th of inch.
My little red pry bar made by the Richard company is affectionately known as "Richard Pryor"
I call the sledge a BFH (big f ing Hammer) my engineer (5lb lump) MFH Medium F Hammer, I also call my impact driver my Leetle friend... ala scar face. I refer to my porter cable belt sander as the short bus, because I think I could get on it and drive it somewhere.
First place I worked after college we had a wrecking bar that was blue and called it the "blue Bar". Later we got a second bar that was green. We called it the "green blue bar"
I have a thin scratch awl that I call my stud finder.
It's a lot more reliable than those electronic gadgets.
Almost forgot that my drywall guy has a motor with a paddle and handles attached to it for mixing mud that he calls "Sir Mix-a-lot"
I just remembered an old crow bar I had we called reddy or ready. It was red and always ready to work.
My little 5# sledge is called the " persuader "
The little 6" Stanley flatbar always on my belt is called Sweety Pry. Japanese catspaws are all Dog Yu's, after the famous brand.5-in-1 tool is called the Supertool.Full remodeler's toolbelt is the "Belt of Pain."Bill
I used to have a Dogyu reno bar,
my buddy couldn't make out the D onthe casting so he called it the OOGyou..I don't Know what I am doing
But
I am VERY good at it!!
some different names like screw gun for drill, or tote instead of carry
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"He said "Buck up baby, it's okay. The sunlight on the floor will always fall." ~ Sarah Harmer
yeah. I changed my email and I would not get the eletters. so I changed it
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Canadian,Weeping tile, Sarah Harmer?
Weeping tile Sarah Harmer?
We call our Ingersoll-Rand forklift --- "Big Inga" the Swedish Amazon !!
Too funny, We got a nickname for our forklift also
the Dorklift
it is a 1962 Clarke 3000lb capicity that some "dork" rolled out on the street, the headache rack has never been the same.
james
Sarah Harmer was the lead singer of a Canadian band called Weeping Tile, she is also my wifes cousin.Rik
In '95 I lived in Japan for a while. There was another foreigner, a canadian who moved to town and we had a ball skiing and biking and whatnot.
He introduced me to weeping tile and a year later we hooked up in whistler BC for some skiing. Weeping tile and another group called "people playing music" were in town and he knew them all from back East in toronto--or Hamilton. We all hung out and had dinner--stayed together. Great people.
His name is Mike Hrycenko.
Small world. I don't know anyone who knows of weeping tile or sarah harmer in my neck of the woods.
Lol, I didn't understand your reference to Weeping Tile when you first posted it.
Heard Sarah first on the Chico NPR station.
"He said "Buck up baby, it's okay. The sunlight on the floor will always fall." ~ Sarah Harmer
Yeah, that friend and I in Japan--spent lots of time buzzing about in my little 550cc (yes) 4x4 Suzuki with snow tires heading up into the mountains to ski or snowboard and sit in Onsens--Weeping tile the CD of choice. I think the album is called "Valentino." Good music!
That car was so small, (how small was it!?) if you were stopped at a light in the rain and the windshield wipers were on high, the car would rock back and forth!
Thanks for the heads up on Weepin Tile CD, I'll look for it to fend off the winter blahs, fer sure.
Did you attend U of O? My older brother did, initially as part of an exchange program with Chico State, got his B.Archy degree there.
>> That car was so small, (how small was it!?) if you were stopped at a light in the rain and the windshield wipers were on high, the car would rock back and forth! <<
Now that's funny right there. Reminds me of driving to high school in a '58 Morris Minor.
"He said "Buck up baby, it's okay. The sunlight on the floor will always fall." ~ Sarah Harmer
No I'm a cheesehead.
Degreed from UW Madison, went to Japan for a while, then landed out here in Eugene, OR after a stint of surfing/skiing and whatnot.
I friend I've done quite a bit of work for is from Chico. I think he graduated from Chico State and was quite a runner/marathoner. Dan Olmstead.
Go Packers!
Sarah is your wife's cousin?
Very cool.
"He said "Buck up baby, it's okay. The sunlight on the floor will always fall." ~ Sarah Harmer
Years ago I used to make fun of the way one of my hispanic co-workers spoke, and the pronunciations he used have stuck, and I still find myself saying them his way, long after he disappeared from my life.
sawzall = salsa
stepstool = step-tool
jobsite progress = how goes the bottle? or como va la botella? (boss used to always ask How goes the battle - one day he comes up and says What is the bottle that the boss is always asking about?)
Homeowner = OW-ner
nailgun = nalga
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Taht's so mean, but still very funny
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a couple others come to mind
refinance = reff a nance
Niagara (a car wash company) = NEE a GAR uhView Image “Good work costs much more than poor imitation or factory product†– Charles GreeneCaliforniaRemodelingContractor.com
Hey,the name was there before I came to this company of clowns.But I couldn't think of a better bunch of guys to work with.
Do you know what nalgas are?
...uh, yeah... that's why its so funny!View Image “Good work costs much more than poor imitation or factory product†– Charles GreeneCaliforniaRemodelingContractor.com
We've got a few clear plastic Stanley organizers that we fill with every fastener a man could ever want.You grab one and your good to go,from flourecents to kitchen cabinets.We call 'em handys.Theres Handy Randy,Sandy,and Andy.Handy Dandy is the one with concrete fasteners.
Btw, I'm pretty sure 'crow bar' is derived from the Scottish 'crae,' which means to pull.
Even though I have quite a few Makita tools, I refer to my Makita Li-Ion cordless as 'The Makita.'
I always call my right-angle drill 'Hole Hog' - another one Milwaukee coined. Although, I really should call it the man-spinner or something like that.
what did we settle in before. was it because of the look of it?
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at least call it an arm breaker...
or ladder dismounting tool...
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WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
My framing hammer is know as " bertha... destroyer of thumbs"!
so that is what happen to that hammer....
you got it....
enjoy...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
My post hole digger is the Knuckle knocker.
Well I know how to use it right, the knuckles are ok, but I'm Mister Blisters.
another tool that found another home...
cool.....
I won't miss it...
enoy...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
We call my pasload impulse framing nailer " The Breather". Cause the fan breaths
-Lou
How bout the the flatulent one.I hate the smell of it it's gas.
jawbreaker? wrist snapper? how about the dislocator?View Image “Good work costs much more than poor imitation or factory product†– Charles GreeneCaliforniaRemodelingContractor.com
or WOMD....
those suckers don't have a conscience... do they???
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
or WOMD....
took me a coupla minutes. Yeah, they're mean sukkahs. Especially in tight places, like attics, where you're kinda holding it in an awkward position to begin with, then the bind comes, and WHAM - gotcha! I've seen black eyes, busted knuckles, twisted wrists, you know, the usual.View Image “Good work costs much more than poor imitation or factory product†– Charles GreeneCaliforniaRemodelingContractor.com
make that TOOA...
Tool of Operator Annialtion...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
My wife and I did a major renovation on our house. We lifted it up and replaced the basement foundation. Instead of renting a jackhammer, we bought a full sized electric Bosch Brute. We affectionately refer to it as "Big Yellow".
My toolbox that has my fasteners is nicknamed "the hardware store"
My carpentry belt full of remodeling tools, I call it "The Belt of Pain."
DW 124 plumbers right angle drill got nicknamed "El Honko" by a coworker long ago.
Old Skil 77 only used for concrete and demolition is "The Dirty Worm."
Bill
skil saw-skilly
bosch jigsaw-jiggy
estwing -winger
not very creative , but when repeated at a loud volume it seems funny.
You gotta be an Aussy - crack a tinnie, mate?View Image “Good work costs much more than poor imitation or factory product†– Charles GreeneCaliforniaRemodelingContractor.com
My little 5 lb. sledge is nick-named the "persuader". It's just the thing when it comes to persuading Rough openings that last little bit ..... Even has it's name on the handle.
Sawzall is "Scalpel." As in "hand me the scalpel."