What is the one tool you can't live with out?

whats the one tool in your arsenal you can't live with out and why? any particular tool that you had to fabricate on your own for a particular job?

Im starting to buy my own and wanted to hear what the pros use the most.

 

BFH big funky hammer!!!

 

4 inch angle grinder. I have used it to strip entire cars, fabricate metal patches, cut off rusty bolts and a bunch more stuff I probably forgot about

 

Gloves.... I like being able to work all the time and not have to take time off because a cut or burn...

 

I love my battery impact guns in 3/8 and 1/2

 

My computer! I'm lost without the knowledge I get from all the HAMBers.

 

X2 on the 4 inch grinder. I use it more than anything else. Next in line is the welder.

 

Snap-On body hammer....best balance and quality on the market.

 

Yes!
Thank You All

 

Just about every tool I own falls into this category but my Mig and Tig welders are also high on the list.

 

My brain

 

I carry a telescoping magnet in the side pocket of my overalls to pick up all the tools, nuts, and parts I drop. And a pair of safety glasses with a +2 Bi-focal.

 

Haha i can add "Common Sense" with J.Fishbeck....

 

X2 here....without it Im lost.......

 

Amazing that the last dozen or so threads like this have identical answers.

 

my $150.00 Benwill (?) lift. I'm gonna take my creeper to the next swap meet and sell it.

I just did a bunch of stuff on a guys car to get it running and safe after sitting for too long. If I didn't have this lift, I'd have told him I don't do that stuff anymore.

maybe I need to take up yoga.

 

4-1/2 inch grinder.

 

Vise-Grips

 

Basic tools to start out should include wrenches,screwdrivers, socket sets, hammer, files a workbench with vise, and a bench grinder with a wire wheel on one side. an electric hand drill with drill bits and a hacksaw.In the movie Grand Torino the kid asks Clint were he got all his tools and Clint says one piece at a time. That is how all us old guys did it,I used to go to Sears every payday and buy tools.

 

I'll have to go with popular angle grinder. I even pop on a wire wheel and buzz that rust away.

 

the tool i most use is a ratchet, then next in line would be all the sockets and that attach to the ratchet with out them and wrenchs,i couldnt turn bolts and nuts on my cars....

 

my radio!!!!! i cant do work without tunes! and if you think its too loud then you're too old.

 

Ducked tape

 

12 volt makita light.

 

Triple a card!

 

Knipex plier wrench
many tools are used for a single job but this is my favorite tool. I have never rounded or left marks on a nut or bolt and these pliers are great for working with sheet metal as well!

 

My sawzall is really high on the list but probably my 4 1/2 grinder.

 

Compressor, powers all my air tools

 

Leatherman

 

both my hands!