Name Your Tool Fantasy

[Structo]

For $150 maybe I can get a science lab rescue chimp and train him to do heaters for me.

You know I don't mind heaters so much but it's getting the damn thick wires in the solder lugs that grinds on me...

[C Moore]

Probably been mentioned.....
That off-set wrench for removing the pilot light on most Fender amps.
I guess Bruce (Mission) still sells those .
best

[M Fowler]

Yeah I ordered one from Bruce at Mission amps about 2 years ago and use it a lot.

Mark

[C Moore]

10-4
Will have to get one of those before my eyesight gets any worse.
Thanks M.F.

[galtjunk]

I am desperately seeking an aperture motion actuator.

You know, a device you insert into a hole in order to move it to the point where you really wanted to put it in the first place.

[briane]

My wish list item is a massive industrial era lathe - that I can turn conga drums on.

about the size of a dump truck would be perfect.

I 'm getting tired carving them by hand....seriously.

[billyz]

I really want that tool that turns dirt into gold.

[M Fowler]

I really want that tool that turns dirt into gold.

Oh a wash plant and trommel? Yeah I need one of those too along with the mineral rights

Mark

[Colossal]

I really want that tool that turns dirt into gold.

Sorry Billy, TMZ owns the rights to that one.

[cbass]

My tool fantasy?A super hot planer starts making out with my table saw.Then an asian bansaw gets in on the action.Then i kick on the dust collection..... oh wait nevermind

[billyz]

I really want that tool that turns dirt into gold.

Oh a wash plant and trommel? Yeah I need one of those too along with the mineral rights

Mark

I used to live in Alaska and I know all about those tools. Ever see the big Guggenheim dredge ? Anyway, all I ever had was a little sluice box and Pan. I love watching Gold Rush, those idiots are pretty typical of gold diggers in Ak.

[briane]

I used to live in Alaska and I know all about those tools. Ever see the big Guggenheim dredge ? Anyway, all I ever had was a little sluice box and Pan. I love watching Gold Rush, those idiots are pretty typical of gold diggers in Ak.

ha - just bought me a pan so I could go out back and see if there was anything in the dirt or rocks.

I aint gettin rich off the day job - thats for sure.

[dorrisant]

+47,000,000 on the hole punches... I was an industrial electrician for a decade+... seems I have about 3 sets of them in more sizes than I need for amps.

What I really want is a meter movement for the Hickok 605A under my bench... right at $200. It would beat the crap out of the B&K I use now.

Tony

[Cygnus X1]

I am desperately seeking an aperture motion actuator.

You know, a device you insert into a hole in order to move it to the point where you really wanted to put it in the first place.

I coulda swore I had one of those.

Then I found a bad-assed rat tail file.
I mean SERIOUSLY bad.
Only problem after that was getting all of those shavings out of my half completed chassis build.

Ah, that's what compressed air is for.

[Cygnus X1]

+47,000,000 on the hole punches... I was an industrial electrician for a decade+... seems I have about 3 sets of them in more sizes than I need for amps.

What I really want is a meter movement for the Hickok 605A under my bench... right at $200. It would beat the crap out of the B&K I use now.

Tony

Now that I have the method down with drills and step drills, it really doesn't take me long to get all of the holes in.
I even have a little milling machine but still do it faster with a hand electric drill.

It's just that one IEC rectangular that gets me every time.
Even with the milling machine, because I have to stand it up on face and it takes more time to do the fixturing than hack it out with holes and files.