OBSCURE WORK TOOLS THREAD PART 3
ITT we post obscure tools we work with and try to guess other anons.
Also what is the most expensive tool/machine you broke at work?
for bending metal sheet?
>>689095289
Router or lathe?
>>689094986
Surveying equipment
>>689095289
Some kind of router?
>>689095289
is it for notching beam slots into a gable or purlings?
You have to name it correctly to win the fabulous prize of absolutely nothing
>>689095472
Mig welder dude too easy
>>689095483
I'm honored my tool got re-posted... but nope, not survey equipment.
>>689095450
It does use a router motor
>>689095289
Cutting door locks. Mortiser (spelling w/e)
>>689095516
Close...but not quite.
>>689095289
Anal Destructron 5300XL
>>689095564
HAARP
>>689095564
It looks like some sort of signal detector/receiver.
>>689095564
Sputnik
>>689095660
House frames?
>>689095682
Does this connect to a gun?
>>689095682
It's German and costs $37,000
>>689095682
Fancy gay operator attachment device for predator vision goggles
>>689095599
Yes! This is a Porter-Cable lock mortiser. You clamp it to the door, calibrate the depth and height of cut and use the correct bit, then turn in on and crank the handle...it lifts the router up and in, down and in, over and over until done.
I went out to my garage and got these two tools. One is difficult, the other is a spanner for a very specific purpose. Hint: both are used in the same profession.
>>689094986
Most expensive thing I've broken at work (not my present line of work) was an industrial oven.
>>689095733
that too
You will never guess
>>689096065
Some kind of adjustable hammer
>>689095758
you put it on top of an egg then turn the thing. If the round bit touches the egg then its too big
>>689095682
the fact that it says L3 and TNVC kinda give it away as some sort of operator night vision mount.
>>689095660
Mortises doors for mortise locks
>>689096065
It's a drop forged it says right on the handle
>>689096065
Castraticon?
>>689095868
(This sort of thing is my bag, baby)
>>689095682
A Muslim?
>>689095847
Kek
>>689095909
ahhhh yay!
> I'm so dumb, could not work out the size.
>>689095868
exotic penis pump
>>689095564
OE-254
>>689096065
It's a drop forge, doy!
>>689095997
I can see where you hold it and that the screw pulls back but I'm stumped
>>689096149
colder
![4118B[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/lywogXM.jpg "4118B[1].jpg")
I wonder how many people in this thread can get this one.
Being poor sucks
>>689096594
Heat gun?
>>689096169
It's wonderful, I've only ever used a brace and chisels to do that task
>>689094986
Broke a CNC mill controller about 10 years ago. Old DOS shitbox that was quite outdated anyways...
>>689096535
You better not have reverse image searched
>>689096575
clue?
>>689094986
Broke an F18 once. Had to eject on approach with smoke in the cockpit.
>>689096812
Negative, Ghostrider
>>689096594
Looks like a cordless fastener installer, not sure the fastener though.
>>689096818
something to do with oil pipes?
![klein-d2000-9st[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/O0QuiVa.jpg "klein-d2000-9st[1].jpg")
if you know what this is you can guess my trade
and no they are not just pliers
>>689095868
It's for Nitrogen-purging optic like scopes, binoculars, etc.
Fingerbox
>>689094986
Crushed and shredded a Bentley once at a junk yard does that count?
>>689096812
that is literally the most common stationary antenna in the army's inventory for the past 30 years
it is in no way obscure
>>689097015
Fancy pliers?
>>689096823
used with microscopes
>>689097020
Pliers for homosexuals
>>689097020
Klines nigga, Electrian. Apprentiace, Journeyman, or Master?
>>689097143
Totally replied to the wrong one... Should have been:
>>689097020
>>689096746
Way off
>>689096929
Pretty close
I knew all the tradesmen in here would have trouble with this
>>689097273
It looks like a damn Butane blow torch.
>>689097232
bingo
apprentice just doing it while in school
>>689097020
Linesman pliers. Your a rebar cutter, rod buster or whatever guys call yourselves these days. It's for twisting the tie wire for rebar
>no picture exists:
FINGERBOX
>>689097020
linesman pliers.
>>689097149
thermal detection on micro level?
>>689097027
correct correct
try this one
![Wv_8330[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/jSpK4G2.jpg "Wv_8330[1].jpg")
This is a tool I work with
inb4 reverse search gtfo
>>689097463
Isn't that an elevator door opener?
>>689095564
Biconical antenna.
>>689097241
Drum opener
>>689095472
thats not obscure
>>689097232
Future electrician in high school here, what is the difference between the 3 certifications?
>>689097241
Beryllium copper for sure, maybe opening flammable drums?
>>689097540
nope
>>689097463
something to do with drains or pipes?
>>689097463
Lets you turn the things on pipes under shit like a washermachine or something
![original1.323066.1[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/AP6S34C.jpg "original1.323066.1[1].jpg")
>>689097377
lol not even close...
ok here is the hint it's a fancy one of pic related
>>689097273
I know what it is now, but I cheated so I won't say.
>>689097577
Bingo, you chem or petrol?
>>689097655
close
>>689097615
glass cutter
>>689097456
>>689096061
That's a plasticity testing tool
>>689097414
Nice man, good money.
>>689097689
yeah I pulled it off google, thanks for not being a spoil sport
>>689096768
Yeah, I have one and you can basically crank the handle as fast as you want unless it's a real hardwood. There's also an attachment the hangs it from the top of the door, but I usually just measure from the floor.
The next step is the faceplate template, it's a nice piece also.
Then, I make custom plexiglass templates with the holes drilled just right to mark whatever functions are needed.
>>689097615
steel line flaring tool.
>>689097241
55 gallon drums are NOT obscure.
>>689097645
Some, but mostly textiles so only a couple products are flammable
>>689097673
It's just for one special thing a plumber got to do
>>689097615
Pipe flairer and cutter
>>689097760
I know this. The other end of this is a banana plug amirite?
>>689097824
for my age and experience best I could find and it beats the hell out of most jobs my friends have
>>689097644
basically apprentice you're untrained and can't work by your self. Its not a certification. Journeyman can work by themselves or without direct supervision from master, masters can pull permits and plan wiring etc. Would also depend on Union or sub-contracting.
>>689097785
Well done, casagrande cup is the official name.
>>689098016
What's the difference between the 3 certifications
>>689096818
sap?
>>689097463
plumbers tap wrench
>>689098072
field tester
>>689095997
>>689096560
Here's the other side of the tool, should give a much bigger hint as to what it's for. Blurred out the toolmaker's logo.
>>689097241
For opening 55 gallon drums.
>>689097841
I should've known, my brother builds what they are used for. Oh well, jake of all trades master of none.
>>689097987
to what though?
yes this is a real tool
yes this shit aint cheap
>>689098193
correct! tineye?
>>689097697
I open a lot of transformer oil drums
>>689097273
Do you use it to wrap wires together somehow?
Put toys together? lol
Wing nuts? they make bits for that though... hmmmm
good one
>>689097456
no one?
>>689097456
Seeing as how you're probably in the optics business it looks like some sort of calibration tool, maybe for chromatic aberration?
I break the lights on these things pretty often.
>>689098072
Rf analyzer
>>689098321
to clip on to components for a multimeter
>>689098352
they're called rulers you fucking idiot
>>689097687
auto guitar tuner?
Not sure if tool.
>>689096594
thats a creme brulee thingy
>>689097760
Oscilloscope probe
>>689097615
iso hard line cutter and end maker
>>689097020
Linesman pliers. You install temp fencing for National
>>689098560
Aircraft transponder/squawk machine
>>689098352
It reminds me of a precision straightness tool. Can also be used to see how finely something is ground or cut flat.
>>689098538
doesnt know what the fuck that is
>>689098352
Spring steel strait edge? Just a shot in the dark, no idea
>>689097615
Flare tool for copper and stainless pipe. Plumber or mechanic would have em
I used to operate a 1500 ton Clearing Press similar to this...I watched a guy set a 30 ton die on his foot.
Holy shit , it sickened me.
>>689098692
bingo, certified true strait edge
>>689097463
get those fucking fasteners on and off for the faucet
>>689098591
bam. Now how about this one?
>>689098352
Isn't a feeler?
>>689098690
Correct. That was way too easy.
>>689098560
Squawk 1200, motherfucker
>>689098885
Tests for NBC contamination
>>689098816
I work at a car parts store now and in my first week a fellow wanted one 4ft, that bitch was insanely expensive.
>>689098425
Close. Phosphorus Image intensifier tube for NVGs
>>689098435
phuematic tire Class 1 lift truck
![GForce[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/xRm9rh3.jpg "GForce[1].png")
>>689098290
oh yeah? I don't build them just assembly and repair.
>>689098540
close enough it's just an electric string winder can be used on pretty much any string instrument
this you would need a sperate tuner. auto tuners look like pic related
>>689097273
powered strign winder.
Repost from last.
![20160612_053428[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/M10Ug8N.jpg "20160612_053428[1].jpg")
OC so no reverse image search you faggots
hint: made of tungsten
>>689098217
OK. there is a guide line at the bottom. You put something like a guitar string around the 2 bottom bolts then you squeeze the handle. when its squeezed all the way you can tighten the screw from your 1st pic this will hold the tension. the guage on the top tells you how much tension there is.
?
>>689099020
You also a fellow Army bro?
>>689098540
If I had to guess again... this...
>>689097883
correct!
>>689098885
Tachometer or maybe a timer to sync something in a car. Maybe a combo?
>>689099080
>>689099077
one second too late! nice going though
>>689099142
Not any more
>>689098949
you use it with feelers
>>689098373
I have 2 of them, not red though, 1 has changeable ends
>>689099232
MOS? former unit?
>>689098769
yup. Use them to make new brake lines
>>689099094
Ocillascope
>>689098181
close-ish biologist, it's a tree borer
>>689099305
13F 1-61CAV 4BCT 101ABN
>>689098885
Something having to do with fiber optics, maybe?
>>689094986
I'm a mechanic by trade and some of these are fucking hard to guess
>>689099382
shiiiiiiit I haven't seen one of those in a long ass time.
>>689099215
what about some better quality?
>>689099094
Some sort of CNC machine?
>>689098885
Some sort of field chemical detector, clearly designed to be carried
>>689099094
some sort of NC controller.
>>689099120
tool for circumstation
>>689099394
>4BCT 101
Airbooorne!!
94F, 2-377 PFAR 4th BCT 25th ID.
>>689099120
Fire sprinker head?
>>689099215
Its made by ideal so... old school fish tape reel, or measuring tape per chance.
>>689098217
piano tuner?
>>689094986
mei is bei
>>689095564
military FOB radio antenna.. saw these on tour looked kinda similar dunno the name tho
Can anybody guess my job?
>>689098885
gamma detector?
>>689099684
Air Assault
>>689098794
Just nothing left? Gnarly
>>689098538
Rulers have a scale on the side. how are you supposed to measure something with that?
>>689099689
Nope. Not even a bit close to it.
Its a tool.
>>689099852
Yeah nobody cares guy. Muh 10 day course
>>689099847
The best damn crack dealer ever.
>>689099543
>>689099606
Close but technically not cnc.
![erk1lk[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/84ujs1v.jpg "erk1lk[1].jpg")
hard mode
>>689096065
Adjustable RAM remover. Here is a non-adjustable one.
>>689099847
something to do with contact lens or glasses?
>>689099847
entamologist?
>>689099724
Smallpicture tool for windows 8.1
>>689099896
Because its not a ruler.
>>689100051
cow insemination?
>>689098885
rectal scope
>>689095868
Refrigeragent replacement kit
>>689100051
mmm....looks custom
>>689100049
Does it control a lathe?
>>689099847
You do Yewerly and watches and those things
easy mode
>>689096643
>suunto
>depth
>safety stop
>dive time
dive watch not standard issue for police or S&R divers and cant be commercial as different kit is used so im guessing you teach diving to civvies ?
>>689099492
>>689099708
![aft-c_std[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/N7zpH35.jpg "aft-c_std[1].jpg")
use it every day
>>689100388
Spray gun
>>689100342
Nope
>>689099135
Pretty close, I'll give it to you. It's a spoke tensiometer, used to measure the amount of strain on the spokes of a bicycle wheel (or motorcycle or vintage spoked car wheels) because a spoked wheel needs to have equal tension on every spoke to attain optimal strength.
>>689100486
close
>>689099847
jewelry grader
![21BXIDH3xhL[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/tXlPDbV.jpg "21BXIDH3xhL[1].jpg"){kind=small}
>>689100197
kek no...
>>689100197
this one kind of is here's a different one
>>689100561
Cro
>>689100441
tie wire spool, cool. Never seen one of those before.
>>689100742
something to do with cogs?
>>689100388
Chopper Gun.
>>689100561
How is that at all obscure? It's got the name of it written on the fucking front!
>>689100361
This is the closest so far; i do jewelry and watches occasionally but that is not all I do. Here is another tool that I use frequently.
>>689100788
Designed for our profession
>>689100742
lock pick
![20160612_055031[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/zoRoV7f.jpg "20160612_055031[1].jpg")
>>689099120
You guys got no idea? hint?
![039725033901lg[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/UH4cKW2.jpg "039725033901lg[1].jpg")
don't think I've seen this profession in any of these threads yet
Used for hair....but only for certain styles.
>>689100888
I still have rolls of that sans the holder, just toss it in the bag and go. It makes sense though thinking about it that a thing like that exists.
>>689100881
forensics
>>689100881
that thing where you can coat metals in gold leaf?
>>689100972
I don't know what the name is but I used this to cut plastic window trim once
>>689100845
nope
>>689100923
nein
here's a hint I'm the same anon as >>689099077
>>689100972
wood floors?
>>689100972
is that for cutting wood in hard to reach places
>>689100972
Door jamb cutter
simplest tool here?
>>689100972
just an handsaw. Doesnt look like one with akku so its 230Volts
>>689100961
fire hydrant repair man
>>689101231
winrar!
>>689101269
one second too late
>>689101082
Personally i love to use a hand roll but right now i need it
I broke one of these at work, replacement cost was 50k
>>689101352
>>689100961
It's a plumer tool but no hydrants
>>689097463
abortion doctor
>>689101199
guitar/stringed instrument maker
>>689101379
My father is a retired master electrician and weekend farmer, we use the rolls a bloody lot lol.
![img_6726[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/JchxZWP.jpg "img_6726[1].jpg")
very obscure
>>689101405
what is it?
>>689101600
nope
water
>>689100856
for foam jacking
>>689101703
skateboarder
>>689101109
>>689101086
Not quite forensics but there is a lot of research involved. To add a clue: I deal with many Nazi items from day to day, but this is only part of what I do. Keep in mind the first tool I posted.
>>689095289
line boring
>>689096776
circut tester
>>689096818
street water shut off tool
>>689097463
basin wrench
>>689101665
I literally said in the post I don't manufacture I just do assembly and repair here's another image of the same tool just a different design
>>689101703
nuclear bunker insulation??????
>>689097463
crows foot, auto tool.
>>689101668
>>689101703
Forms for pressing a panel of something, steam forming wood possibly.
>>689101720
you gotta find that out :P
>>689102017
I never understood how the electricans always got shafted with the concrete reinforcement work just because our conduits are in the middle.
>>689101703
Skateboard press
this POS
>>689100051
Car theft tools
>>689102221
Our steel takes priority. Then we can cut to suit yous
>>689101923
so close! it's a tool for my job and it's not for skateboards
>>689102006
troll
>>689102086
close it is wood
>>689102225
not skateboards
sometimes they look like this
>>689101405
what up edgetech using peasant
>klein master race reporting in
Pretty obscure
>>689100961
>>689099120
You guys got no idea?
It's a plumbing tool! Next hint?
>>689102396
Yea that makes sense. I worked on an air field the laborers did all of the reinforcement. But we used miles and miles of trenches and duct banks. Newbie first day
>cut the duct tape off 4 inch conduit
> stand in front
> in man hole
>3 miles of water to chest, thx dicks.
>>689102297
Its a thermo cam to see temperature differences
looks like a loot of more common things
>>689102836
Whoa no no no. That's us ironworkers jobs. I hit people that tie my steel
>>689102827
you put a pipe or something round in it then tighten it up while you secure it?
>>689100961
Reseating tap washer seats... To stop leeks. Not rocket science
>>689102863
anal gauge
![JIY3TTF[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/bv0DuUa.jpg "JIY3TTF[1].jpg")
>>689102372
nope here it is loaded up
![1[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/CTYqniF.jpg "1[1].jpg"){kind=small}
