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Originally posted by cparktd:

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.

Can't recall where I heard it, but it fits a lot of what I do: "Measure it with a micrometer, mark it with chalk and cut it with an axe."

For the navy, you have the FAG; Fighter Attack Guy/Gal

(Since we're talking about tools, thought I'd bring F/A-18 pilots in here too. )

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Originally posted by LS1 GTO:
For the navy, you have the FAG; Fighter Attack Guy/Gal

(Since we're talking about tools, thought I'd bring F/A-18 pilots in here too. )

Tight = eek
Good and tight = eek eek
Too tight - eek eek - dammit

When you fix a tough problem and you have absolutely no clue as to what you did that fixed it. Any one who asks how is told TRADE SECRET or JOB SECURITY for me.

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Originally posted by sig operator:
Good and tight = eek eek

Didn't know you spoke German.

Haven’t heard the answer for a “Chuck and duck” yet -

Remember the wood chippers the townships owned in the 1960’s? Big drum spinning a zillion mph with blades on it? Slowed down a little when they put a piece of wood in - the smarter operators would “Chuck an Duck”. They sometimes threw things back at similar high speeds....

"Smackometer" - a hammer. (pronounced "smack-om-iter")

"Bangalator" - any other improvised tool or object used to hit things because you don't have your smackometer.

"Robot Pubes" - stainless steel scouring pads I buy at the dollar store, my guys use it to clean their spackle blades.

"Sewer mice" - (not a tool but work related slang) when I was still doing the drain cleaning business years ago. I'd clear a blockage and the home owner would ask "Do you know what it was?" Often I'd say "Well I did have a sewer mouse come back on the cable." Of course they'd look puzzled. I'd say "You know, about yay big, white with a long tail" (tampons)

Cat Welder
Named by me for "Hyfrecator"



(Dad was a Vet. We welded the vas after a ball removal. Among other things, even the cut tube ends after a spay)

A loooong time ago when I was in college my buddy and I took a summer job working in the oil fields, we were roughnecks for lack of a better word.

The Tool Pusher (boss) told me to go get a Mexican Tractor Trailer Rig. I must have had a stupid look on my face until he said GO FIND A WHEELBARROW!

"Rooster Cruiser" A tractor trailer rig, an 18 wheeler, if the trailer is a Reefer (a trailer with insulation and a cooling/freezer/heating unit, if it is hauling chicken it is known as a Rooster Cruiser. Rooster Cruisers usually have a lot of pretty "Chicken Lights" and lots of Chrome.

Sharp Shooter: A shovel with a long narrow blade, for the purpose of digging trenches or narrow deeper holes. My Dad, in our greenhouse business, often told me to go grab it.

My retired Marine buddy, if I ask to borrow a pen, will stare at me for awhile then ask if I want to borrow an "ink stick".

I use a Ruler to measure things. My buddy, a Draftsman, gets disgusted and informs me, again, that it's a Scale, not a ruler. Whutever!

When I was a kid, the running joke with everyone was that if you used an Okie Credit Card, it was understood that you used a siphon hose to get gas at no cost to you. I never did, after I learned of someone swallowing gas while trying to get the siphon started and got very sick.

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Originally posted by stoic-one:
Not sure who started calling this stuff "Boy Butter"

I have heard my Dad call this monkey spunk from when he was in the trades.

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wire pulling lubricant

I had no idea such a thing existed.

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Originally posted by egregore:

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wire pulling lubricant

I had no idea such a thing existed.

We called it Astroglide.

Big Red = 20lb dead blow used for seating aircraft jacks.

Nazi Tip, Swastika tip, Swazi Tip = Torq-Set tip.

Jesus nut = Holds the rotor hub in place on the vert shaft of a CH-46

Machine Gun = Wing Sweep Flap Slat Electro-Hydraulic-Mechanical control valve on an F-14 Tomcat. Just about the most pain in the ass item to remove/replace and rig on a Tomcat.

Bowser = Used for Engine oil serving on Navy aircraft.

FTS Jack = Axle jack for changing tires on Navy aircraft. As in fuck this shit is heavy. Damn jack weighed 90lbs and had no way to comfortably carry it as you humped your ass from the finger behind L4 (elevator 4, port side aft) on the flight deck to L1 where the parked your jet with a flat.

Jenny = Hydraulic test stand for operating the hyd systems on aircraft without doing a maintenance turn.

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Originally posted by cparktd:
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.

Eric O from South Main Auto on YouTube references the Safety Squints regularly. Not so much since he started wearing safety glasses more after hurting his eye on a test drive. Yes, you read that correctly....

Screw hammer = cordless drill with a screwdriver bit mounted/cordless screwdriver

Ball sack

BALSC

Big Ass Linear Shaped Charge

There was a time in the American blue collar work force, when about 33% of the people were known to carry something called a church key. A few would use it while actually " on the clock", but the majority would wait until you were on the way home.

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Originally posted by bendable:
There was a time in the American blue collar work force, when about 33% of the people were known to carry something called a church key. A few would use it while actually " on the clock", but the majority would wait until you were on the way home.

Who didn't carry one? Glad they are now pop top. Still need one to shotgun. Although I don't know if you can do that with the modern can.

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Originally posted by PHPaul:


..."Jesus Clips"...

With all the car guys here I'm surprised this was not called.


Clip used in shafts, throttle and shift linkages. Called a Jesus Clip because it would often fly off to a dark corner as you tried to get it into the groove it was suppose to fit in....causing the mechanic to exclaim "Jesus"....

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Originally posted by Oldrider:

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Originally posted by PHPaul:


..."Jesus Clips"...

With all the car guys here I'm surprised this was not called.


Clip used in shafts, throttle and shift linkages. Called a Jesus Clip because it would often fly off to a dark corner as you tried to get it into the groove it was suppose to fit in....causing the mechanic to exclaim "Jesus"....

Exactly. And their Evil Cousin: