collinb Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Ok, so some girl named her car "Brad". My car is "Grace" -- it a theological thing. My newest tool is named "Morticia" ... I can already hear the groans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 The last anything I named was my dog! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 We have enough trouble coming up with names for our kids.... For tools i stick to names like "jointer" and "planer" never forget them that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceHoleInOne Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Yep....my machines on bad days all have the same first name..........want to guess what letter that word starts with? It's the 6th letter of the alphabet -Ace- 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 There's only 1 inanimate object in my shop with a name. My dead blow hammer is named "Coercer" as in "This freaking thing doesn't fit, I'll coerce it in with force!" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapid Roger Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 I have a mallet that I marked "BFH" on.....Big Fu...Fine Hammer. Rog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Not individually, but collectively: Money Pit… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroDave Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 My wife named my PM 8" jointer.."The Beast" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immortan D Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Not individually, but collectively: Money Pit… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vyrolan Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 There's only 1 inanimate object in my shop with a name. My dead blow hammer is named "Coercer" as in "This freaking thing doesn't fit, I'll coerce it in with force!" That's my only one as well... I call it "Persuasion". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keggers Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 I only name my machines when they mess up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 My Precious – Certainly not the stationary power tools… Power tools only get named when something goes wrong – and the names aren’t for a family-friendly community… Especially the wide-belt sander… There is not a single stationary tool as finicky as an oscillating wide-belt sander… Well, at least not any that I’ve owned… I haven’t owned one yet that’s not a maintenance nightmare… Sort of a black hole in the shop space/time/money continuum… My Precious: Maybe the LN Small Smoother in Bronze or perhaps the 4” Starrett Combo Square…. How about the ½” Blue Spruce Dovetail Paring Chisel – that’s pretty sweet… Another candidate is the Auriou 8” Modeler’s Rasp in #13 stitching or the Bridge City Saddle Square… Maybe something from Woodpeckers... Don't know... Let me take that back -- there is one item in the shop that has a name... Soon after purchase, I ‘lost’ the guard for the surface planer*... It's a 750kg beast that tends to scare the snot out of summer shop helpers (and so it should)... Some years ago, we had some stock remaining from a dining table build --- it was repurposed to tame the gaping maw: 16/4 Honduran Mahogany around 42" long x 6" wide fashioned into an enormous push stick – PushZilla… *Note: And before anyone asks, Surface Planer is the Euro name for Jointer.. Or maybe the other way around... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immortan D Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 My precious: every single Starrett tool I own, especially my 12'' combi square set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krtwood Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 I give them many names that I can't repeat here when they screw things up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pghmyn Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 Machines, no. My truck is named Bertha, however. She's a big girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroDave Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 Ok, so some girl named her car "Brad". My car is "Grace" -- it a theological thing. My newest tool is named "Morticia" ... I can already hear the groans. Oh forgot to ask... is your real name Gomez and does your new tool speak French? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jfitz Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 That's my only one as well... I call it "Persuasion". I have its close cousin, "The persuader". I have names for all the other things too. Saw, Bandsaw, MItersaw, Jointer, etch. Unlike George Foreman, I can't really get confused which one I'm yelling at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 No 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 No Terry, you sound unsure 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collinb Posted March 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 Oh forgot to ask... is your real name Gomez and does your new tool speak French? Nein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted March 29, 2015 Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 I have lots of names for my stuff but, only when they don't do what I wanted them to do. Usually some choice 4 letter words preceded by some F bombs.. But I'm sure that's not too different than many here.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinF Posted March 29, 2015 Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 Generally, they only get called by the name "piece of s**t" when my cuts mysteriously come out un-square! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewG Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Only my shop vac. It's "R2”, 'cause I'm constantly having to tell it the way to go when I pull it around the shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janello Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Things we learned today. Everyone has the same tool called *&^%! Confucius say... "smaller the part, further if flies from workbench." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 I thought it was one of the laws of physics; size and color of dropped part are directly proportional to the quantity of shavings on the floor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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