Cool Tools, lesser known tools that can improve your life

This is the Cresent replacements I bought (yes, they have no teeth, unlike the 7", 10" and 12" set) :

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000X4OG94?ref=fed_asin_title&th=1

Devin Lavign wrote:

William Bronson wrote:Oh, yeah!
Id always heard about these from other electricians that swore by them, so when they showed up at the reuse Hub.
Now they live in my purse, along with the 6 in one screwdriver!

I think those are the Cobra's, the ones I pointed out act more like a crescent wrench replacement. They have a different jaw that has no teeth so it won't mar things, but they way they work is supper strong.

Jane Mulberry wrote: but my main kitchen use for mine is opening coconuts and separating the coconut flesh from the shell. A knife is NOT a safe tool to do this, as I discovered after a nasty cut!

But that's the way I deal with coconuts. I use a Chinese rectangular profile chopper.

But I use a different technique. The professionals at the market just chop 3 times at the coconut and a
triangular manhole is made into the coconut and shell.

But I don't possess that kind of muscle-brain coordination. I am most likely to lop off bits of my body
in the process.

So what I do is shave bits off the husk and progress towards the shell. I end up with a shell
and bits very suitable to cover bare soil when they dry or fuel for fire or stock for biochar..

I then stab the shell with the corner of the knife nearest the handle. Small stabs to be sure
or baton the corner into the shell.  Ta da , the shell is breached.

Kelly Craig wrote:Here's another buyer's-remorse-I'm-over-that-now tool, An HSFTOOLS F2W thermal camera.

I long ago considered that thermal vision was a GOOD thing to have for all your listed reasons.
Imagine chasing a suspect and you miss him by a split second. Now you are staring at an empty
junction. Did he go left or right. Thermal vision to the rescue. Speaking of which, I don't know why
search parties are not equipped with any. There is only so much an eyeball Mark 1 can decode
if you factor in darkness, rain and thunder.

It is good that we can now get stuff like this.

Smartphone with thermal imaging

I first encountered this when the Internet opened its doors. The greatest selling point
was that it wouldn't cut human flesh. This was due to the way it worked. Imagine two
saw blades pressed together and moved in opposite directions back and forth.

So if the teeth moved only a short distance before reversing, your flesh just followed
the tips of the blade. Place the tip of an icepick/nail against your flesh and move that back
and forth 1mm. Are you bleeding yet?

I think that is no longer true since the inventor did not bring it up. It is still a great idea.

I think the greatest and most useful tool has yet to manifest itself in humans.



I am talking about an extra pair of arms.

So useful when climbing trees/ladders/mountains.

Hands down, these would improve my life.

If I get to heaven, I expect to grow a pair.

Edward Lye wrote:
I am talking about an extra pair of arms.

So useful when climbing trees/ladders/mountains.

Hands down, these would improve my life.

If I get to heaven, I expect to grow a pair.

They just came out with an exoskeleton for legs commercially


I know they are working on extra arms I recently saw a video about developing extra arm exosketlton

Devin Lavign wrote:

Edward Lye wrote:
I am talking about an extra pair of arms.

So useful when climbing trees/ladders/mountains.

Hands down, these would improve my life.

If I get to heaven, I expect to grow a pair.

I know they are working on extra arms I recently saw a video about developing extra arm exosketlton

I just found the video, it is 4 extra arms! They also have an extra thumb in development.

Pearl Sutton wrote:

David Wieland wrote:My favourite tool for sharpening bladed tools, at least those used outdoors is the Speedy Sharp (speedysharp.com/). Although the company touts it for kitchen knives as well, I think it's a little too aggressive for those and prefer a diamond stick or water stone. But a Speedy Sharp can't be beat for pruners, loppers, axes and the like.

Thank you! I just ordered one. I'm very interested to see if I get along with it!

Update:
For assorted reasons I ended up getting two of a different brand of the same type of thing.
I haven't used it for my outdoor tools yet, but what I have tried it on, and absolutely LOVE it for, is my scissors! INCLUDING my sewing scissors, and those have to be perfect or they snag the fabric. I was not sure it was wise to try that tool on them, but ooooh, it worked nice!
I'm debating more of them so I have them in various places in the house for use.
Thank you! I am VERY pleased with them!