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Creative Nicknames for tools in the trade

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April 26, 2020, 09:37 AM
Patrick-SP2022
Creative Nicknames for tools in the trade
Pickle fork.
I learned about this from my early days in automotive repair.

Ball joint or tie rod separator.



April 26, 2020, 09:52 AM
.38supersig
quote:
Originally posted by PHPaul:

Exactly. And their Evil Cousin: The Houdini



This is a OEA (Original Escape Artist) also known as launch'ems.





April 26, 2020, 01:59 PM
lyman
heard these from a buddy's Dad,

he was born in raised in NC


a peice of garden hose ,, North Carolina Credit card (for siphoning gas)

a bastard file,, North Carolina End Mill


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April 26, 2020, 02:02 PM
lyman
quote:
Originally posted by OKCGene:
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!

".


some folks in these parts call wheelbarrows Mexican Recliners, since if you drive by a job site around lunch, the wheelbarrows are used as seats,


https://chandlersfirearms.com/chesterfield-armament/
April 26, 2020, 02:16 PM
ArtieS
Of course, no jobsite is complete without the people. Where there are people, there is conflict, and were there is conflict, there is creative name calling.

Example: FITWE = Fucking In The Way Electrician.
FARK = Fucking Asshole Redneck Carpenter.

I was a FARK.

I worked with a guy who called zip ties for bundling stuff "chicken dicks". As in, "hey, toss me a chicken dick."


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April 26, 2020, 07:24 PM
LS1 GTO
quote:
Originally posted by ArtieS:
Of course, no jobsite is complete without the people. Where there are people, there is conflict, and were there is conflict, there is creative name.



You missed mine about F/A-18 / FAGs - aka; pilots. Wink





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The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own...



April 26, 2020, 07:29 PM
Mars_Attacks
A typesetter's ruler is called a line gauge, everyone called them pica sticks because we measured in picas and points and not inches.


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Eeewwww, don't touch it!
Here, poke at it with this stick.
April 26, 2020, 08:26 PM
eyrich
Icky-pick

The nasty goo in outdoor rated communication cables.



April 26, 2020, 09:58 PM
Rotndad
Maybe I missed it but what about "cutt finder" aka brake cleaner?




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