Favorite tools 1

[rhodie]

I have a drawer in my desk that gets opened and closed about 2500% more frequently than any of the multitude of others.

No, I do not keep candy, mints, or the Snap-On tools calendar in that drawer. I do keep my most useful work tools in the drawer. I'll give you a breakdown, in order of ascending value and frequent use:

5. My cheap mechanical pencil set, .7mm lead only (lineweights? feh!)
4. A Hegeman Grind Gauge. (I'm in the paint industry)
3. A set of Mitutoyo Vernier Calipers
2. A roll of toilet paper (for my nose!)
1. My Ti-86 graphing calculator.

I am very curious to read what your most valued tool is.

If you'd like, you can also include the least useful thing in your office! Personally, I'll have to take an audit first!

Thanks!

 

[ctopher]

Most used, digital calipers
Least used, drawer full of drafting templates.

Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 05 SP3.1 / PDMWorks 05
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
FAQ559-1100
FAQ559-716

 

[IRstuff]

Mathcad
Excel
Word

TTFN

 

[SmithsJohn2]

cell phone
money
wife's photo

 

[ScottyUK]

Pencil & paper
Calculator
Computer
Multimeter
Adjustable spanner
Insulated screwdriver

and Eng-Tips!


Useless things get evicted from my office pretty quickly. Future-use junk tends to stay - it has saved me numerous times when called to site in the small hours to have a collection of parts to plunder from. A manager remarked one day that my desk looks like a landfill site.



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If we learn from our mistakes,
I'm getting a great education!

 

[quark]

Measuring tape
6"Adjustable spanner
Electrical tester
Mechanical screw driver

 

[ornerynorsk]

Dial Caliper, Calculator, pen and paper.

 

[vooter]

Most-used:
Sanford ProTouch .7mm pencil
bunch of small triangles and a 35 cent protractor
architect's and engineer's scales
enormous collection of codes, specs, manuals, etc. in .pdf format
a 1 GB flash drive
HP-28S, HP-33S

Least used:
Compass
drawing templates
erasing shields
wooden rulers

 

[astructurale]

Most used:
(autocad & excel used daily)
mechanical pencil (0.7mm, of course)
eraser (life is full of mistakes)
egnineering paper
straight edge
sticky notes
HP-48GX
cell phone

Least used:
scissors & tape

 

[corus]

My brain, when I can find it.

corus

 

[EngJW]

Calipers
Small screw driver
Pocket knife
Bottle of aspirin (guess it should be on top of list)
Machinery's Handbook
Change for the machines

No pencils or drawing stuff- since computers came out I can't write anymore and can't draw a straight line.

 

[BobPE]

My ERCO pipe caliper
TETKO screen mesh size gauge
Cameron Hydraulic Data Book
my contractors gift of a coffee travel cup (it has no handle and fits anywhere!!!)
and my HP 48GX

LOL

Bob

 

[Rich2001]

Favorite Tools
MathCad
Word
Digital Camera
Pocket Knifes (I carry two, one in each front pocket, easy access with right of left hand.)
3X5 index cards
Mobile Phone & two-way radio (When I am calling someone.)
10X magnifier
Laser Pointer {tracing overhead lines]

Least favorite
Positector (dry film thickness gauge)
Mobile Phone & two-way radio (when I am being called or paged.)

Most Used
Mobile Phone

Least used
Drafting Templates
Compass set



Vita sine litteris mors est.

 

[EddyC]

Most Used: AISC ASD 89 Manual Of Steel Construction

 

[ewh]

computer (UG, FiberSim, Excell)
pencil
paper
eraser
calculator
machinerys handbook
ASME Y14.5-1994

 

[bigTomHanks]

BFH - (big freaking hammer)

Email - easiest way to dump problems off on someone else.

 

[MadMango]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned their coffee cup yet.

computer
digital calipers
red & blue pen
0.5mm pencil
PDA
cell phone
clip board (just to look busy)

[green]"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."[/green]
Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943.
Have you read faq731-376 to make the best use of Eng-Tips Forums?

 

[Heckler]

Most Used

SolidWorks
Excel
PowerPoint
Brown & Sharpe Measure instruments
Ti-89 Calculator
Pentel P205 0.5mm M-Pencil with HB Lead
Pentel P209 0.9mm M-Pencil with Red Lead
Dell Precision 370
Machinerys HDBK

 

[BobPE]

what edition of machinerys handbook heckler??? you know the edition is important to your status here...mine is the 21st....lol

bob

 

[ewh]

hey bob, we've got the same edition. what edition is the latest?