Thread: What is the most useless tool you still own?

A B&D Mouse sander - it sits absolutely still on the surface of the wood while the hand holding it vibrates like hell. Bloody useless, worse than that - bloody painful

Originally Posted by DarrylF

A B&D Mouse sander - it sits absolutely still on the surface of the wood while the hand holding it vibrates like hell. Bloody useless, worse than that - bloody painful

You Dill, youve got it upside down.

Al

Ahhh you choose

1) B&D 3/8" drill used with saw attachment to do the first reno in the early '70's. Bushes are shot, switch is dodgy haven't used it for twenty years, but hold onto it just in case I come across another one that's burnt out and can pirate the parts....how sad is that?

2) My rug tufting tool. Sort of like a freehand sewing machine for pulling rug wool through hessian. Hand looped rugs were all the go in 1970, before we discovered there were 3 year old kids in Turkey doing it much better and in dire need of exploitation.

3) My 22" scroll saw. Bought cheaply 5 or 6 years ago with some parts missing (found during rubbish disposal, taped inside the bottom flap of the box!!). Perfect condition, as featured on page 22 of the current Timbecon catalogue....NEVER USED IT!! (Would sell to good home )

Cheers,

P

Originally Posted by ozwinner

You Dill, youve got it upside down.

Al

I actually thought that too, so I tried it the other way up, but it just made a nasty buzzing sound and lots of little dings in the wood. Actually, it hurt less that way - maybe that's what you're supposed to do with it?? :confused:

Either way, it sleeps with the spiders & the cats in the garden shed now, to be seen again only during the next great shed cleanup.

My Arbotech power chisel is like tits on a bull, fricken useless.

If you use it for more than 1 minute you end up with dead finger, the fingers go all dead and numb, and you have this awful tingley feeling in you hand for about 1 hour after.
I even put a foam stubbie holder around the angle grinder to try to minimize the vibration.
The second most useless is the GMC grinder that came with the Arbotech power chisel.

Al

My most useless tool is a a flat piece of aluminium plate that my Dad cut and bent to help replace circlips on the window winders of my first car, a 72 HQ Belmont ute. The ute was written off in 98, but I still have the "tool" in my tool box - no idea when it might come in handy........In terms of "real" tools, it would have to be the glass cutter I bought today a a garage sale. I have no immediate use for it and no plans to cut glass in the future, but at the princely sum of $1, I just couldn't refuse.

My collection of useless tools and accessories

1) Arbotech power chisel and associated tradesmen’s pack of chisels.

2) Set of hole saws, the one with detachable / clip on saw blades; long gone with garbage.

3) Some “quick clamp / vice” of sorts (yellow & black with wide jaws).

4) Plastic bucket with orange lid, suppose to be a dust collector, mmm, it is collecting dust alright .


Regards,

Theva

It would have to be my portable-craft-drill-press-thing.
Very much like the one Carba-tec have in their catalogue, except mine doesn't tilt.
Even without the tilt there is so much play between the sliding collar that holds the drill, and the poles that it slides on, that there's a good 5mm wobble at the end of the drill bit. And it's imposible to hold the thing still.

Ben.

Medalist 7 piece 100mm engineers vice. Second time I used it it converted from a 2 piece unit to a 7 piece unit. Anybody want some cast iron ??

"1) B&D 3/8" drill used with saw attachment to do the first reno in the early '70's. Bushes are shot, switch is dodgy haven't used it for twenty years, but hold onto it just in case I come across another one that's burnt out and can pirate the parts....how sad is that?"
Actually really really, sad........Laughing my butt off here cause, Yep I got its twin brother in the bottom of the power tool cupboard in pieces, although it only had the front bush beggered, can't bear to part with it as it was my first very own power tool.......I was 15.

Bruce C

My Ryobi 7.5v Guttless Drill. It does have a cord either. Use it for 10 minutes and it needs recharging, which takes 3 hours. Also, 1 of them hole saws as mentioned before. Took 3 charges of the above to cut through 12mm of hardwood.

argh man, there are too many but the first that comes to mind is them cheapish taiwanese dovetail jigs. :eek:
Those cheap drill powered drill bit sharpeners are fairly useless as well.
I'll add more as I think about em.....

My @#%&!!* radial arm saw. I've had it since '91 and it still hasn't paid for itself. :mad:

Mick
(PS anyone up this way, well actually anywhere that's interested in buying a RAS, send me a PM)

Gotta be the worst useless collection of chisels made mostly, from the way they hold their edges, from lead and old chewing gum.

Cut me more often than the wood, I still keep them to remind me of the delights in store when I try to save money by buying cheap tools.