whats one of the best tools in your shop?

[havinnoj]

The only tool you need.. a BFH! :rofl:

[the cosmic avenger]

I have a Makita impact that I use for smaller stuff use that about a hundred times a day.
I have a pretty loaded shop though, band saw, drill press, mig,tig,welding table, pedestal and belt grinder, balljoint- u joint upress,dremel, and a few thousand other hand tools.
Only thing I really need that I don't have is a large parts washer...I wouldn't mind a big arsenal dual stage compressor but the one I got works ok.

[KASEY]

when the wife comes in the garage with little on,, I have the right tool to fix" her" right on the seat of the 250r,,, she is happy and goes back in the house and I get a couple of more hours of garage time,,  man that's fun too,,,,,,

[mennis1971]

80 gal air compressor. It gets used a lot for tools,painting, sandblasting etc... To many toys in the shop right now for painting tho, so I use my friends paint booth

[mandom250r]

when the wife comes in the garage with little on,, I have the right tool to fix" her" right on the seat of the 250r,,, she is happy and goes back in the house and I get a couple of more hours of garage time,,  man that's fun too,,,,,,

damn i need one of those broken wifes lol

[PORTED R]

Craftsman 8mm,10mm ,12mm,14mm sockets
And torque wrench

Also my tusk crank puller and case splitter

[pinned250r]

All these guys saying 8,10,12 sockets, what about your Allen head sockets!?!? I use those waaaaay more than hex head, on my bikes that is

[the cosmic avenger]

I think some of you are confusing most commonly used with best tool. :wink-new:

[Maxxh2o]

Miller syncrowave 250. Great tig for alum or steel.

[wilkin250r]

I had a job several years back where I was grinding burrs off parts with a dremel, so I had a dremel in my hand probably three hours a day.  With all that experience, I became a dremel master, and it's probably my favorite tool in my shop.  From wire-brushing parts, cleaning electrical connections, drilling, cutting,sanding, grinding, polishing, you name it.

I had a pilot jet stuck in a Grizzly carb, the previous owner had stripped the slot on top.  A drill bit in the dremel and an easy-out fixed that problem.

[jcs003]

a multimeter comes in handy.  especially with the OEM ignition.

john

[Kevhes11]

a mallet. because after 30 years a lot of these parts don't want to move like they should

[etccb]

The best thing that I ever got for the shop/garage was the white tool box. Plug it in and keep it stocked to make for good quality maintainance and repair time. It makes you happy to spend lots of extra time tinkering with and going over your quads.

Also a nod goes to the plastic bb filled dead blow hammer as a stand out happy to have item and the good stereo.

[the cosmic avenger]

I had a job several years back where I was grinding burrs off parts with a dremel, so I had a dremel in my hand probably three hours a day.  With all that experience, I became a dremel master, and it's probably my favorite tool in my shop.  From wire-brushing parts, cleaning electrical connections, drilling, cutting,sanding, grinding, polishing, you name it.

I had a pilot jet stuck in a Grizzly carb, the previous owner had stripped the slot on top.  A drill bit in the dremel and an easy-out fixed that problem.

I probably would've just cut another slot in the top and tried again...

[wilkin250r]

I probably would've just cut another slot in the top and tried again...

It was recessed in a hole about quarter inch deep.  The only way to "cut" a new slot would have been to use something very small, like a 1/16 end mill or a very small carbide, and mill it.  Drilling was by far the easier option.