Surgeons that I worked with, would occasionally ask for an instrument that had large , sharp prominent teeth.... Everyone called it the "mother-in-law" !! I don't even know it's real name.

"Cheater" - piece of pipe slipped over the end of a wrench for more leverage. Often a necessity when performing an alignment. The only wrench that works on tie rod jam nuts is an open end, but nobody makes a two-foot long open end.

egregore ^^^
Also known in my family as a "torque intensifier".

We use the expression "make it squeal" for tightening something very tight.

"Whompin Device", a hammer.

Don’t think this is used nation wide but I call my construction Project Managers professional baby sitters.

“Bum Wad” is tracing paper.

“Cartoons” or “Funny Pages” are the Architects drawings.

Yo-Yo = tape measure.

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A "shifter." It's a British term for an adjustable wrench. I learned that one from a british Mirrlees Blackstone rep who used to do engine work on an old ship I sailed on that is no longer around.

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Originally posted by just1tym:
At Florida Power and Light we called our phasing volt meter the "Buck Roger's" because it looked so futuristic, used to phase distribution primary volt phases ie; phase-to-phase and phase to ground voltages.

Just don't buck phases And you'll be OK.

Jesse, boy do I have some literally hair raising stories in my 25yrs as a Substation Electrician, as most electricians do!

Adjustable wrench AKA - universal socket set - get something to fit it, Arkansas ratchet.

Special kind of BFH was a 20lb sledge painted blue, nicknamed Blue Monday. Used on 4" or larger sledging wrenches.

My nickname was Heavi Duty, at 6'3" and 280 lbs you can understand why. They usually sent me to get the afore mentioned Blue Monday BFH.
You did ask about tools in the trade.

Monkey shit- aboard a ship it’s the gray glop used to pack into and around wires to prevent water getting thru an opening in the bulkheads...

Fish in the water = torpedo

Crescent hammer= adjustable wrench

Hot wrench= torch

Sky hook

Board stretcher

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Nightlatch;
Toy bit;
Wild rag;
Squaw tits (with apologies);
Gut line.

No response so I guess I'll give the answers.

A "nightlatch" is a leather strap (can be commercially made with rolled leather) that is run around and through the gullet of a saddle. It's a handhold to help keep you on a horse that's prone to buck;

A "toy bit" is a horse bit with a roller in the mouthpiece. Called a toy bit because a horse will "play" with it;

A "wild rag" is a cowboy scarf. Not the red or blue bandanna you may be familiar with, but almost always silk. Even the solid color ones typically have a pattern woven into the material;

The admittedly vulgar term "squaw tits" is not heard much anymore. The more proper name is "bucking rolls." Below is my saddle with a pair of bucking rolls laid across behind the slick fork. They would be screwed down (you can see the screws just in front) and tightened with the latigo strap that connects them. They give your knees some purchase when a horse pitches;


BTW, if you look closely at the seat of my saddle, you can also see a “spur track” going across the seat. That can be left behind when a horse bucks you off. I had to have the rawhide cantle binding replaced, because as I left, the spur tore the binding.

Lastly, a "gut line" is slang for a rawhide reata. They are still used, especially in the Great Basin country by some buckaroos...which is yet another Americanized slang word for "vaquero." Of course in the Spanish language, that "v" is pronounced almost like the English "B." Hold your lips together like you're saying the letter B and say V instead.

There are a bunch bicycle specialty tools that sound like things that belong in a BDSM kit.

nipple driver - drives spoke nipples

chain whip - holds sprockets in place

sex bolt - has a male & female end

Park Tool FAG - Frame Alignment Gauge

Demon Semen - brand of chain lube that I believe is no longer in production

Gentle Persuader = BFH

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Originally posted by just1tym:
At Florida Power and Light we called our phasing volt meter the "Buck Roger's" because it looked so futuristic, used to phase distribution primary volt phases ie; phase-to-phase and phase to ground voltages.

Phasing Sticks around here .

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Originally posted by just1tym:

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Originally posted by Skins2881:

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Originally posted by just1tym:
At Florida Power and Light we called our phasing volt meter the "Buck Roger's" because it looked so futuristic, used to phase distribution primary volt phases ie; phase-to-phase and phase to ground voltages.

Just don't buck phases And you'll be OK.

Jesse, boy do I have some literally hair raising stories in my 25yrs as a Substation Electrician, as most electricians do!

40 years in substations . Nothing like it ..

BOB and the Gender Benders


RS232 Breakout Box



Gender adapters


Back in the day when I was playing computer tech, we used to hand-make serial data cables to connect peripherals (dumb terminals, dot matrix printers, 1200 baud modems, print spoolers, etc) to mainframe computers.
We had a kit set up to breadboard cables for new (to us) devices that didn't use an off-the-shelf serial cable. Came to be known as 'BOB and the Gender Benders'.
Also contained an assortment of DB9-DB25m DB15-Db25 and HDD15-DB25(aka VGA) size adapters (not pictured).
With a little time, I could connect anything to anything with that kit.

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A "Donkey Dick"- a vibrator used when pouring concrete.

Also used for the connectors between lifts of pipe staging. Alternatively called a "horse cock".

Donkey Cock was the term for what seemed like a rope soaked in asphaltic material used in waterproofing keyway joints in vertical concrete pours .

It's funny how the nicknames change by geographic area .

A "Brown Stormer" - 7/16" hollow shaft nut driver.