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| Author: | Mike Mahar [ Mon Feb 13, 2006 8:27 am ] |
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Over the years my shop has become home to a bunch of tools that never appear on anybody's shop list. I think many of you have these in your shop but don't notice them anymore because they were so cheap and you probably borrowed them and never returned them. Here are some of the items in my shop.
What kind of unexpected tools do you all have? |
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| Author: | Michael Dale Payne [ Mon Feb 13, 2006 9:27 am ] |
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butter tub lids and ballons for sound hole covers, the lids are also good for glue and epoxy mixing assortment of hard wood dowels and square shapes Old linen paper towels hardwood or wood inpregnated resin door case shimms (I use a lot of these) Oh and don't forget Beer  it is a good source of urea  |
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| Author: | John Elshaw [ Mon Feb 13, 2006 9:33 am ] |
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Hey, good topic! My list includes: Erasers salt and pepper shakers sharp scissors all kinds of tape tap and die set .5mm mechanical pencils (consistant lines) dental pic radio/cd player jeweler's loupe (10x magnification) bright light on a swivel arm John |
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| Author: | A Peebels [ Mon Feb 13, 2006 9:48 am ] |
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Benchrest rifle forearm rest(leather bag full of shot). Electricians step drill 1/8" to 1/2" in 12 steps all on the same drill bit. 15 amp variac 0-120 vac at 15 amps-great for temp control on sidebenders. |
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| Author: | ATaylor [ Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:00 am ] |
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to-go Salsa cups from the local taqueria My wife's hijacked Ipod 
brad nail-gun |
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| Author: | L. Presnall [ Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:51 am ] |
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Stir sticks from Starbuck's Salsa cups from Maui Taco Cake frosting spatula from my wife's high-school home-ec days! (She hasn't missed it yet, and I needed to remove a back!). Life-sized cardboard stand-up of Homer Simpson, my ever-watchful quality control guy!
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| Author: | L. Presnall [ Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:52 am ] |
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Oh, and about a thousand hotel key-cards...the only "perk" left in the airline business! 
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| Author: | Frank Ford [ Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:46 am ] |
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the most used tool in my shop is my pocket knife. . . |
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| Author: | Cogges [ Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:52 am ] |
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Tons of toothpicks. Rubber spatulas (great for mixing epoxy). Rubber o-ring removing picks (like dental picks but heftier. Leftover from my car-parts-dealer days.) Plastic boxes from fishing tackle boxes- movable dividers, snap closures on the lids- best thing around for organizing small parts. Replaced all my egg cartons. Anything Frank Ford ever mentioned.
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| Author: | Rod True [ Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:23 pm ] |
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[QUOTE=Cogges]Anything Frank Ford ever mentioned. [/QUOTE]
Now ain't that the truth. Thanks Frank for all that you do and have done for the rest of us. |
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| Author: | ecklesweb [ Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:33 pm ] |
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Not an unusual item, but unusual quantity: a box of 500 sharpened pencils. I, by George, am not going to search for 15 minutes looking for where I left that dang pencil. Once you get enough out of the box, they're laying just about everywhere you'd need one! I've also got... Mason jars Baling wire kite string wire coat hangers kitchen scissors poster board scientific calculator whittlin' knife ...and several of the items already listed. |
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| Author: | Miketobey [ Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:36 pm ] |
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Slight hijack- so true with Frank F. When I was working on the pickguard cracks in my D-12-28 1976 he took the time to help me by sending a rubbing of his D-28 pickguard caul so that I had a good start at the brace clearances. Heck, I'm a nobody and he cared enough to take that time and effort. As for this forum, I have the genuine feeling that any one of you would have done the same had I asked. |
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| Author: | Miketobey [ Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:42 pm ] |
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Oh, yes- snap lid plastic bottles for diabetic testing strips(one-handed open and close) and flat gunsmith's scrapers from Brownell's-round,flat angled and "hex"-they are about 7 inches long and are double ended-control like a single edge razor blade.I'll look around for other crossover stuff. |
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| Author: | Kevin Gallagher [ Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:33 pm ] |
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I always have a load of elastic ponytail bands hanging on any of several hooks along the edges of my main benches. They are very strong, fabric covered so they don't mark a finish at all and can be doubled to provide a tighter grip if it's needed. I use them instead of rubber bands....and my daughter never runs out since she knows shae can always sneak a few without me noticing. Regards, Kevin Gallagher/Omega Gallagher |
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| Author: | burbank [ Mon Feb 13, 2006 3:26 pm ] |
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single-edge razor blades dental scraper and pick tools magnifying glass when I turned 50 toothpicks burlap posterboard for quick templates small flashlight "natural" light bulbs for the gooseneck lamp over the bench |
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| Author: | Josh H [ Mon Feb 13, 2006 3:43 pm ] |
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Lots of good sugestions here and I already use many of them. Heat gun - comes in handy for drying anything with water in it. Josh |
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| Author: | Miketobey [ Mon Feb 13, 2006 3:58 pm ] |
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rawhide mallets-2 sizes-1 1/2" &2" head dia.-$40.00 Dozuki,replacable blade type, LMI's is close to .023 kerf-sheets of 1/4 and 3/8 plexi/acrylic and same in phenolic-industrial strength double stick tape- Mario's and Hoffman's and Matsushita's sites on my desktop- and OT?- My 4 year old springer/sheepdog mix and my eight week old longhaired chihuahua pup(see Mario and Kathy's sites for their shop foremen/women)PC And remote speaker to my blues collection on the 400 disc player--Robert Johnson, Muddy,B.B.,EC,Buddy Guy,Keb Mo,Mem Shannon,John Hurt,John How's demo,SRV,Dr. John, Bonnie Raitt, The Band: ad infinitum-the best inspiration there is and a reminder of just "How dang good I got it, 'least fo today"-And, finally a very good 0-1" vernier(.0001) micrometer and the best feeler gauges $ can buy.Oh heck- transfer punches 3/32 to 5/8- and I live by my pocket knife too. I was raised in a generation in which every young man of practical value and good upbringin" carried one and knew how to keep it scary sharp(a crazy hunting buddy and I used that phrase over 30 years ago)on a "stone" stone-for the best folding carving knife you can own go to "Tools for working Wood" and buy the OAR folder-D2 my all time favorite knife blade steel-you can feel that it is worth every penny of the price and if you respect it it will never need more than a good diamond steel for honing. |
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| Author: | Cocephus [ Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:34 pm ] |
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The old electric skillet that`s always in the way under the counter for quick steam source, clip type clothes pins, candy thermometer, lances for checking blood sugar (they make excellent splinter diggers!), the pc that was going to the trash and needed some work, the old telephone. Oh yeah, distilled and bottled water. |
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| Author: | Colin S [ Mon Feb 13, 2006 8:42 pm ] |
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Wife: the extra pair of hands often comes in handy! Colin |
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| Author: | Mattia Valente [ Mon Feb 13, 2006 9:08 pm ] |
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Hmmm...let's see. - drinking straws (glue cleanup/epoxy placement) - scalpel and box of blades (upside to being a med student) - latex gloves - various syringes/needles - Large roll of drawing paper - gel pens (marking dark woods) |
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| Author: | Mike Mahar [ Tue Feb 14, 2006 12:36 am ] |
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It was Frank Ford's use of salad tongs in another thread that got me thinking about all the non-traditional tools I have in my shop. Thanks Frank for thinking outside the box. Here are some other items that I didn't mention in the first post. Double sided carpet tape. - I use this all the time to clamp things together such as when I cut out patterns. Aluminum tape - I used this to line my Fox bender back when I used light bulbs and found that I use it for all sorts of things. Epoxy putty. - I use this to make form fitting cauls and as a wood filler such as when I have to move the holes for my bolt on neck. cork sheet - I use this on my jigs at the points where they may come into contact with the guitar. |
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| Author: | Arnt Rian [ Tue Feb 14, 2006 12:56 am ] |
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Plastic drafting triangles - for layout and whenever you need a light weight, accurate square. Drafting eraser shield - for fretwork. It fits right over the fret and keeps the file from marring the fingerboard. (Yes, I'm an architect  (this is actually a pretty good portrait of me).)
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| Author: | Terry Stowell [ Tue Feb 14, 2006 1:30 am ] |
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rope light nitrile gloves magnifier respirator pippettes (group buy?) plastic apple juice jars, baby juice jars |
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| Author: | John How [ Tue Feb 14, 2006 2:08 am ] |
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optivisor |
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| Author: | Evan Gluck [ Tue Feb 14, 2006 2:31 am ] |
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my wife ( she helped me a couple of days ago gluing laminate bindings on a 69 D-28) and in NYC we have Metrocards. Thin non-compressible plastic which can make shims etc... they are free as people just drop them on the floor in the subway system. In NY we used to use tokens, way too thick for guitar repair
Love this Macguyver type thread! Evan |
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