Your favorite/most useful tool?

[EvilInside]

Ya gotta love the nipple grippers, I mean, the vise grips. . . .

[Hermione692]

I like the zip ties especially when they are in many different colors
Hermione

1)Bridgeport Series I & II Milling Machines. Who doesn't like being able to mill a 1/4 in of aluminum with one pass, or be able to do .0005 accuracy? (Sighs, gets dreamy look in eye)

MOST USEFUL 1)Bridgeport Series I & II Milling Machines. Who doesn't like being able to mill a 1/4 in of aluminum with one pass, or be able to do .0005 accuracy? (Sighs, gets dreamy look in eye)

2)Lathes-it says it all

"COOLEST" 3)Hardinge CNC milling machines
(1 millionth inch accuracy!!)

[joe gem]

u have how many CNC mills?
our team has 7 CNC mills witch were cranking out four parts a day and a leath (thanks to TRP)
we also have a mill and a leath that we could go to any time a fine tune aour smaller parts(thanks to mr.smith)

well my favoite tull wan prob the dremal, the rubber malet and the cofee machine

[Richard Wallace]

Rat-tail file.

[Scott team 48]

My Favorite tool is our shop bot which is actually a cnc miller.

I haven't found a use for it on our robot but it is fun to make a name tag or a door sign with. I will find a use for it eventually.

[f22flyboy]

Originally posted by joe gem
u have how many CNC mills?
our team has 7 CNC mills witch were cranking out four parts a day and a leath (thanks to TRP)
we also have a mill and a leath that we could go to any time a fine tune aour smaller parts(thanks to mr.smith)

well my favoite tull wan prob the dremal, the rubber malet and the cofee machine

Your favorite tool should be spell-check

[DanLevin247]

Originally posted by Specialagentjim
wait wait wait, we're not the only team with a 100 lb brass rod in teh machine shop (ours was in a drawer).

Quick OT question, but, does every team have a 100 lb brass rod in the machine shop?

We have a massive shelf at the end of our shop, with about thirty 100lbs+ rods of various material, yes, some of them are brass!

[Specialagentjim]

Originally posted by f22flyboy
Your favorite tool should be spell-check

Now that was just plain mean man..

[KyleGreen]

1. Hammer
2. Cordless Drill and Pneumatic Drill
3. Titanium Drill bits
4. Dremel
5. Impact Wrench (for when you just can't ratchet anymore)
6. Anything else that can function as a hammer.. textbook, edu-bot, etc.

3/8 wrench and socket have seen a lot of use too.

We have a CNC mill, but it was easier to draw a diagram with measurments and send it home with one of the guys on the team.. the next day we'd have the part, thanks to the huge bearing factory in our town.

[fox46]

My favourite tool has to be an 18 volt mastercraft drill... When our staff advisor leaves the room, and turns off the power (so that we can't kill ourselves while he's gone), Out comes the drill with a 1" socket on the end, and we can use it to run the mill, lathes, bandsaw, drilling machine, and pretty much anything else that runs off 120/220 Volts. Believe it or not, it works just as well as running the machines off AC, except it's a little slower, and burns through batteries like mad...

[sprchal]

Probably Alan wrenches and our ratchet set..... I mean, we're using Bosch extruded aluminum, plus all of our bolting we're doing (no major machining capability this year ).

[Daniel Brim]

Gator Grip Socket Accept no substitutes...

[Sean_330]

The 2 most important tools on my team.

1. First Aid Kit

2. Raid Flying Insect Killer