Metric adjustable (already mentioned with other names)

Monkey wrench

Master Key

Master Key:

Concrete power trowel = Italian Helicopter.

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Originally posted by rtquig:
Concrete power trowel = Italian Helicopter.

ROFL! New one to me.

Not sure who started calling this stuff "Boy Butter"

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Originally posted by PHPaul:
Mexican Backhoe

Is that like a Mexican Dragline?

(Learned that one from a friend who had a rock plant on a river and would use a crane to cast a bucket that he’d then reel back in to gather rock from the river. Never knew what a dragline was prior to that.)

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Crescent Hammer or Mexican Speed Wrench

aka Mexican All-fitter

Kahuna wrench


Big assed super wide jaw heavy sucker used on CAT bulldozers and other such machinery.

Also known to be carried tucked into a bouy belt worn around the waist for causing mayhem and bodily injury.

Pairadikes

Master Key:

Anti oxident compound = Donkey shit or as my Dad used to call it "Ackumpucky".

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Originally posted by motor59:
BOB and the Gender Benders

Dang, that is seriously old school, but still high tech. I’ve got a lot more of the archaic db25 stuff than db9 laying around. Back in the day, I just rolled what I needed from docs and pulling & moving pins in the connector shells. Fun times...

Nowadays, on the ranch the most common gender benders are three inch camlock fittings. Either two males back to back or two females back to back. Term originated right where you described, just got co-opted...

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
Master Key:

You win. The previous ones are used by some, but the real master key is the fire wrench. It works on safes too.

Yours has other even more impressive uses though...

Donkey Dick-Fuel spout for a USGI gas can. Have fun filling a generator without it.

Slave cable-jumper cable for a tank and other .mil vehicles.

K-POT- Kelvar helmet aka brain bucket or Dome of Obedience

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Originally posted by slosig:

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Originally posted by PHPaul:
Mexican Backhoe

Is that like a Mexican Dragline?

Yup. AKA a shubble. Try never to touch the damn things myself...

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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 ..

Yea, I loved Substations. Would have retired many years later but a friggin' brain aneurysm knocked me out of a job Life just has a way of changing long term plans

AVE of You Tube fame has a few...

Couple off the top of my head.

Thumb Detector... Hammer
Safety Squints... Squinting in place of using safety glasses.

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Originally posted by cparktd:
Safety Squints... Squinting in place of using safety glasses.

In the same vein: The Mark I Eyeball as a measuring device "Looks close enough."

Eyes are also a torque indicator: Run it down snug and then reef on it til yer eyeballs pooch out a little.

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Eyes are also a torque indicator: Run it down snug and then reef on it til yer eyeballs pooch out a little.

Reminded me of the service rep from Kuhn Machinery, from France, describing to my Uncles employees how to properly torque the bolts on a disc mower frame.

His instructions... "Two 15/16s".
What?... he explained further... Two 15/16 wrenches hooked together and tightened as tight as you can.

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Originally posted by Tejas421:
A "Donkey Dick"- a vibrator used when pouring concrete.

I thought that was the flexible spout that goes on portable gas cans and such.

That said, I'll offer the West Virginia socket set -- an adjustable wrench.