What's your favorite hand "tool"?

[Beekissed]

I like that saw and I love the price and I DO have a Harbor Freight in my town, though I often forget that. We need a saw like that all the time and never have just the right one, though we have quite a few small hand saws here, most are for cutting limbs and not much for precision work.

Gonna have to check those out....THANKS, CC...for adding to my tool addiction.

 

[CrealCritter]

Oh zip ties. The wonderful things I buy by the 100s.

Zip ties!!! My chicken yard fence is held together with zip ties so is my garden along with baling twine :lol

 

[CrealCritter]

Another HF Gem is this spray gun. It's awesome for spraying latex paint... Just thin the paint with water, load up the cup and hook up to your air compressor and spray away. And at this price it pays for it'self in one small job. When your done just clean it out with soapy water and your good to go next time you need it.

https://m.harborfreight.com/20-oz-8-cfm-gravity-feed-spray-gun-67181.html

Ill share my next 20% coupon with you all - I get them all the time from HF.

 

[Beekissed]

All great coupons, except those microfiber rags....HATE the way they feel and the way they clean. They make my fingernails want to crawl off my hands.

 

[Chic Rustler]

Klein lineman pliers.

 

[Beekissed]

Awwwww, to quote my 3 yr old grandgirl, you are so "fweet"!!!

But, don't send me a saw...I needed an excuse to go to Harbor Freight anyway, haven't been for awhile. Wasn't too pleased with the last thing we got there~a crank unloader for the truck~but am willing to give them a shot again. They were real good about taking it back.

New project for which the saw would come in handy...building a bed frame in which I'm using 4x4s which will be notched for a good fit...the saw would help in the notching.

 

[Beekissed]

Agree and don't get any wood chips on them. The chips will be stuck to the rag for good. See what I mean? Good for nothing but the landfill now... Horray for free made in China garbage
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We love the plain white, terry cloth shop rags you can buy in a bundle...we use those for years before they wear out, just the right size and they have the proper roughness of texture for good cleaning. Cheap too.

 

[Hinotori]

Those flashlights suck. They are only around 70 lumens. I can literally see better without them messing up my night vision.

Mom used to buy lots of them until we got her an 800 lumen one from Costco.

 

[baymule]

This is the sort of thread that tempts me. Trouble is, I can be deeply thankful at any particular moment (or work session) that someone designed this or that hand tool... but it's "the tool of the hour" if you know what I mean. Whatever it may be, it just does an essential job that I need to be doing at that time.
What a question!

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Cases in point... These have each often been my favorite of the moment. Left to right, hand-grip scissors (save fatigue and finger chafing), Japanese-style fine-cutting saw (cuts on the pull stroke), adjustable open-end ("crescent") wrench, Stillson pipe wrench, Picquic screwdriver (has 7 of the most common tips, which are hex-shanked and can be fit into an electric drill or electric screwdriver).

Man I really like my Japanese-style saws. Don't know if you have a harbor Freight around your area or not but this saw is one of the HF Gems - sharp as a pack of razors and great for close tolerance wood working.

https://m.harborfreight.com/12-in-flush-cut-saw-62118.html

A Japanese style cut saw???? OMG!! I HAVE to have this! There is a Harbor Freight store in Tyler, I love that place. Heck, for the price I could get two! I never knew about this type saw. Gotta have it.

 

[baymule]

I have a pink tool bag I keep in the kitchen. It is sufficient for most house things, beats having to walk to the shed for everything. I don't like pink....