Thread: What is your LEAST USED worthwhile tool?

Jigsaw. Couldn't do without it when cutting up that terrible chipboard stuff and large sheets of ply but I only do that once or twice a year. On thick timber the bottom of the blade wanders about independantly on the top of the blade.

If it had a hernia, I would replace it immediately though.

The rest of the time the bandsaw, RAS or handsaws are used for sawing.

I've actually been thinking hard about this since Echidna asked us, so to be honest I'd have to say all of my Mechanical type tools, socket sets etc, and today actually found a use for my 15mm open ender/ring spanner had it 20 years and first use today to replace hanging? bearing on internal sliding door.
Oh and my MIG use it once -twice a year but worth its weight when it is needed.

Originally Posted by Grunt

My dick.....

I was gunna say that..... ya beat me.

For me it is my reciprocating saw. For cutting openings and studs in awkward corners during renovation work there is no equal. With the right blade nothing is impossible to cut.


Peter.

Since I retired from contracting my Hilti TE17 Rotary Percussion Drill for drilling concrete is outstanding but gets very little use now. But when I need to drill holes in concrete it is unsurpassible.

It'd be a toss up between my Jigsaw and my biscuit joiner.

You can never have too many cramps!
Guess I must have believed that at some stage. Have never had them all in use at once - did come close when I had to change brake pads on two cars at once but otherwise never even close. Mind you it's close to 40 of the buggers

Jamie

Bandaides (sp?).

Ben.

my socket set. I bought a new one about 6 months ago and have never used it. I even pulled it out on the weekend to tighten a few bolts (that could easily hvae been done with a spanner but I wanted to use my sockets for the first time). Of course, I had 8mm bolts and my sockets only came down to 10mm. No wonder they were cheap as from bunnies!

Trav

The dreaded Dremel, great when I need it for little delicate jobs but spends most of it's life hibernating.

I have a couple of specialised tools that hardly ever get used, but without them there's certain things that just take forever or you end up with an almighty stuff-up.

1. Circlip pliers
2. Small convex rasp for enlarging holes
3. Very small allen keys

I think I last used my jigsaw about 6 months ago. However I do use a bandsaw quite frequently. I did use the reciprocating saw a few weekends ago (to cut out some glued-in shelves) but I had to clean off 6 years of dust first. I sold a power planer about 2 years ago now since it had lane unused on a shelf for at least 5 years.

I guess that there are several tools that we only really appreciate when we need them, even if this is once a year. I have several handplanes like that. They look like an extravegance, that is, until you need that and only that tool. I'm not going to plane many (any) dados with a #71 router plane, but not much else will let me clean the bottoms of one when I need to do so. How often do you use a 1/8" mortice chisel? Last weekend I build a container for the blades from my Stanley #46 using this size mortice chisel. Nothing else would have worked.

Regards from Perth

Derek

what is your LEAST USED worthwhile tool?

Lets see,

The Mig welder, jig saw, cut off saw for metal, Oh and the shelfing system somehow everything winds up on the bench

Himzo.

I've rethought it and regret to admit that my chainsaw is the answer, but don't anyone suggest that I sell it. Them's fighting words. Also it's about as precise a tool as I deserve.