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It's a dingleberry removal tool for woolly mammoths.
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The most useless tool in my garage is-me.......Im also the biggest tool....
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12-14-2020, 11:38 AM | #28 |
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CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) pin crimper:
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What in Gods name would that ever be used for? |
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12-14-2020, 02:29 PM | #31 |
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I still have an IBM 8228 Token Ring network port setup tool in my desk drawer (image from someone else's web site because WFH):
It contains a 9 volt battery, and was used in the 1980's to reset every port's relay in a Token Ring MAU (hub) any time that they were moved or disconnected. I also have a complete 10BASE5 vampire tap kit in my toolbox at work, from back in the early 1980's when ethernet ran over RG-8/U "frozen yellow garden hose" coax as a continuous bus...with no "T" connectors or branches. I may even have a few IBM Twinax solder-on connector kits laying around.....
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Speak for yourself! I still have an HP tube-powered oscilloscope on my bench.....
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12-14-2020, 03:49 PM | #34 |
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My O2 sensor socket has been used once and sits in the tool bag collecting dust. I'm not complaining just playing the game.
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Just in case, I have an external USB 3.5" floppy drive, and a parallel printer cable or two. |
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12-14-2020, 06:53 PM | #39 |
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Gotta let a whole new generation of wannabe techs learn first-hand why they call it a flyback!!!!!
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I don`t know, and it`s 1/2 inch . I`m not sure how it ended up in my tool box. I think it was in the garage of my first house that I bought back in the 80`s. I keep it around, It`s a "rare" tool , and it doesn't take up must space. If it came with some sort of ratchet handle I don't have it. I`ve been told by an older millwright that it belonged to a 1930`s socket set. Last edited by Dino GT; 12-14-2020 at 08:29 PM.. |
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Probably my Eaton M90 pulley remover. I haven't had a car with an M90 in almost 9 years now.
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12-15-2020, 06:51 AM | #42 |
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My Ford detailing brush hasn't seen much use lately.....
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As far as the most useless tool in my garage, I've got an old modified ratchet extension that i heated up and bend like 15* to remove the lower thermostat housing bolt on a 1988 Ford Thunderbird. You you obviously only turn it 1/4 turn, and then you had to "reset it", but I was 17, and I couldn't figure out any way to remove that bolt. I ended up buying a hardened bolt to replace it, and cut a slot in it so I could use a screwdriver the next time. |
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Same here, I have battery versions of the same tools that have just as much power and I don't have to worry about a tank! I would sell them if they were worth anything anymore
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