Names of Tools

[Sean Murphy 587]

May team 587 ever sort through a problem without at least once mentioning the great and powerful 'Mallet of loving correction'

[tosTITOs]

We call our ball peen hammer "Big Bertha", and our 2 foot long flathead screwdriver "Excalibur"

[Alex2614]

We had a rubber mallet named "Champagne" once, and one named "Stanley."

[Igreenman]

the most comon one for myself ans some poeple on 3572 "i need the thing that does the stuff that i need to do this thingy that im doing"

[bbuncher12]

In electrical, we have two strippers. The really nice one is named Kandy. The old, bad one covered in sticky botom-of-the-toolbox gook is named Alphonzo

[ehfeinberg]

449 has a long history naming laptops/printers/most non-robot electronics. We have a laptop named Leo, Elephantine, Asus of Spades, etc. We also have a printer named George, and a vacuum named Louis.

We also have a ball-peen hammer named 'Big Pappy' and a lockjaw plier named 'Da boom boom'

Don't know where it started, but calling the tools by the names we give them is more fun than saying, bring us laptop #2.

[Oblarg]

Originally Posted by ehfeinberg

449 has a long history naming laptops/printers/most non-robot electronics. We have a laptop named Leo, Elephantine, Asus of Spades, etc. We also have a printer named Jose , and a vacuum named George.

We also have a ball-peen hammer named 'Big Pappy' and a lockjaw plier named 'Da boom boom'

Don't know where it started, but calling the tools by the names we give them is more fun than saying, bring us laptop #2.

Hey, don't forget that all of our boxcutters are Stanleys. Also, I don't think you were around for the best Laptop name - alas, poor Yorick!

Of course, there was also that bizarre tool which no one could identify which saw much (improvised) use in fixing the 2008 AndyMark mecanum wheels (anyone here remember those? Oh boy...), which eventually became known only as "the fix-y thingy."

[Boe]

we call our drill the fuego (name of the actual drill) our giant pair of pliers are called the man pliers, and the large steel pipe we use to gain leverage on a vice is called the old man

[Oblarg]

Also, while it's not a tool, we do have the "BFC" (pretty sure people here are smart enough to figure that one out) in the back room for which we have never found a use. I believe it was originally purchased back in 2008 to actuate an arm that never went on the robot (it was supplanted by a far-superior scissor lift).

[pmangels17]

Our Harbor Freight MultiMeter is the "One Time Use" or the "Well, There's Something Detector"

Our Hammer is the "Persuader"

We also have several "Special Tools" including a T-Handle with some 3/8 threaded rod on a block, though nobody is sure what it is for, and a bent flat-head screwdriver for the WAGO connectors on the PD board

Oh, and my personal favorite, we have the "Big Wrench/Big Screwdriver" for anything bigger than reasonable.

[Phyrxes]

The only tool in our cart that has a name is the 2 lb sledge "Doomhammer." In 2009 we were packing up from a demo and in cleaning up we found what we guessed to be another teams packing list, "Doomhammer" was at the top of the page and a student happened to be putting the sledge away so the name stuck.

At the regional this year one our mechanical students was helping to get a rookie robot through inspection and he said "be right back, need to get the Sawzall and the Doomhammer from our pit to finish this," the look on the faces of the rookie team members were priceless.

[JFKinator]

Originally Posted by lorem3k

We call our hammer The Persuader.

Funny our team calls our hammer "The Gentle Persuader". I have no idea why though.

[MisterG]

Originally Posted by BigJ

The only nickname I have for a tool on 1675 is the Maraca (dead blow hammer)

I always use my little black stanley as a rhythm instrument.

Our best classmate netbook is "Happiness" and any small standard screwdriver is a Wago (best pronounced in a count von count voice as VAH-goh).

The printer that our scoutegy subteam took to champs is now called "Betsy."

[dubiousSwain]

our broom is called "The Pry Bar"

[themccannman]

Originally Posted by MisterG

I always use my little black stanley as a rhythm instrument.

Our best classmate netbook is "Happiness" and any small standard screwdriver is a Wago (best pronounced in a count von count voice as VAH-goh).

The printer that our scoutegy subteam took to champs is now called "Betsy."

You should put wheels on your printer and a sticker that says "118 Robonauts".