A claw hammer. There isn't much you can't fix by beating on it or pulling it apart.

Thanks Shaun! I typically take my control arms to a local shop for any press fit bushings but it would be nice to DIY.

My Master Gardener wife has a LOT of flowers and plants. Always needs to prune limbs and cut something. She used hand operated pruning shears. If it was a tough plant, I was called to give it a hard squeeze. I teaser her about her weak hand strength.

For Christmas a few years ago I bought her a battery operated shear that she absolutely loved after using it the first time. After a couple of years of heavy use, it gave up the ghost, and it had some internal failure. She ordered a new pair that day.

So even though I don't use it much at all, I would nominate the battery powered pruning shears as a favorite as she can whack through some pretty tough limbs. Crepe Myrtle limbs can get tough and she has to keep them cut back. She can play out there and I am not called on to trim something as often. I still have to dig holes, and remove some things that she does not want anymore.

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If you are going to purchase that 20 Ton press (or the 12 Ton model) - you should be aware there are several modifications/enhancements for it covered over on the Garage Journal forum. Here's one thread to start:
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/modifications-to-the-hf-12-ton-and-20-ton-shop-press.349032/

I recommend a proper bearing removal and installation system. I have a Sir Tools kit for 911 but have made new discs for my E92 last summer. For me it's worth it's weight in gold, and it's heavy, you pull a rear hub and then wheel bearing out in a minute and put a new bearing in, in 30 seconds, hub in another. Perfect every time, no struggling, works for bearings on and off a car. There are less expensive sets available on Amazon, etc.

Sir Tools B 90 Master Kit

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That I've got to check out, thanks for posting Mark!

Costco reading glasses for me. I just cannot read the small print anymore!

Yes! I have these stupid things scattered everywhere!

It's funny how much better the work is if I can actually see what I'm doing!

And led head lamps. I need all the light i can get anymore. All those years of holding a flashlight in my teeth or having someone shine it for me "a little to the left" are history

over-priced frekin' tube beader

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The only tool I hesitated to buy, but now just couldn't do without has to be my New Holland TC30 with its front end loader. It allows us to make hay, maintain fences, work fields and move snow.
I think I spend more time using it than any other tool on the place.

Best
Les

30 inch extendable magnet

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Fujifilm X-T1 IR full spectrum camera with full set of Kolari filters.

This just about covers it for me:
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^^^ that reminds me of my Grandpa's tool caddy. He was a carpenter and I think he had every tool that you show in it.
The planes and brace/bit aren't as popular now as they were then.

Yea, it is like having a superpower. Light in just what you are looking at, and nothing shining in your eyes. I love mine.

Every now and then, I'll get some ambition and do a wood working project completely using hand tools only. Yates a little more time, but so much more satisfying.

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Brace and bit: the original cordless drill.

I never hesitated to buy tools I needed. I completed a lot of projects with hand tools when that was what I could afford, (including cutting about 20 2x10 floor joists with a Sandvik hand saw). Eventually I added the tools that made each job easier or faster. I suppose eventually I will sell off the planer and the bandsaw and the lathe and the rest of it.
But for now, they are there when I need them.

Best
Les

The only tool on that 'poster' that i don't own is the yankee screwdriver, and my compass saw and spokeshave are kind of garbage, so they don't really count.

I'm sure I'm not alone here. We 'older gentlemen of a certain mindset' tend to find value in uncommon objects.

Back in my single days at my bachelor pad I needed to drill a hole up in my attic in the back of my house through the header of one wall to drop a phone line down there. This was in 1980 or so. No cordless equipment, and my extension cords were long enough to reach.

I whipped out my brace and drilled the hole in short order. I finally had a phone next to my bed, and no longer had to run to the hall in the middle of the house.

Now my hand drill and brace hang on the wall next to my dwell meter and timing light. Not much use for them, but I never know when I might need them!

Well - I own at least 1 if not 2, 3, 4 or many of every tool on the poster - except for the hand drill. The only brace I have came from my grandfather's shop and it's essentially frozen/rusted and non-usable. I have it hanging over the interior of my shop door like some hang horseshoes upright for good luck. I'm not afraid to use hand tools when needed, but mostly prefer power or battery variety as the need calls for them.

The 'poster' is actually an old t-shirt I had my wife sew a pocket for a rod to go thru, so I could give it to my brother to hang in his shop.
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My full size lift. I'll miss it when I move.

As for the poster/shirt. I have all of them. Multiples in most cases.

Pocket knife, always on me

You let your wife sew a pocket on the shirt?
Apparently there is still a tool you need to become acquainted with.

This ^^^^

Just built this deal to lift my 35" tires onto the jeep. Used it today for the 1st time and felt good working smarter not harder....

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The only thing on the poster that I don't have is the hand screw. I've got several more modern clamps. I will get a hand screw eventually, and when I do, it's very likely to be one with wooden screws.

That’s a great! When I reinstall my F150 truck tires, they’ve got to weigh close to 75-100 pounds.

I thought I had a great idea one time, and ordered a 12 mm threaded rod to hang a tire on to mount it. When it came in, I looked at my truck…. DOH! Oh yeah, I have studs ! 🤪

Thanks! A couple McMaster-Carr conveyor rollers, some steel stock I had laying around and a jack I've not used since I sold the last 911. The rack comes off the jack quickly for storage. The 35's and the new bead lock wheels weight at least #100...

I’m going to build me one. How wide are your rollers?

That jack looks just like my Harbor Freight jack, that I use when I go to the track.

The 35's are 12.5" wide so I went with 14" wide rollers. Yep, that is the old HF race weekend 911 jack. Will not go high enough or have the capacity to use on my now rigs, but you can reinstall the jack pad in a few seconds if you want. After the original mock and welding I realized it was gunna require the rig to be jacked waaaay too high for it to work. The original hole for the jack attachment, the empty one in the center of the cross member did not allow the jack to settle all the way down, so I redrilled with greater offset.

If I had it to do again I'd have set the rollers a bit further apart to aid in keeping the wheel lower and would have probably made the tire seat a lil more stable in the rack. If you want some further photos let me know, but you can't laugh at my welds...

I am not a pro at anything mechanical but am willing to take on DIY stuff whenever possible. For me, the Internet is a tool.

God blessed me with videos on how to diagnose and fix things like the icemaker problem, the washer motor and cruise control in the car, replace faucets and toilets, replace a broken drive cable on the mower... Then there is a total disassembly, clean, and reassembly of the spoons. I even have done searches on how to get Photoshop help or even fix the computer itself. Much of the info is not just how to... but also the "look out for the tiny spring that will try to fly out and never to be seen again...".

These things may seem elementary to you folks but for me they are a big deal and I enjoy the satisfaction of git-er-done.

Now if I could just find a video on how to fix my wife's complaints about me...

Good ideas. More pictures would be great. I'll send you a PM with my email.

I won’t laugh at your welds, because of you saw mine, you would laugh!

My welds held today, fortunately. Do send me an email addy and I will take some photos and get them headed your way.

Juan, that's clever as a lever...maybe apply for a patent?

PM sent

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That wimpy Amazon thing would likely collapse under the weight of a 35" Milestar on a beadlock rim.

35s are small