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OBSCURE WORK TOOLS PART 7

ITT we post obscure tools we work with and try to guess others.
We've been going for 9 hours and We're carrying this on
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robot?
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>>689126696
Camera light measurer
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>>689126696
robot builder
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Not my profession, but a hobby
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>>689127005
fishing?
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>>689126696
Shut up and go measure that light, light measuerer
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>>689127086
nope
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>>689127005
Glow plugs for RC
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This is really useful tool.
I wonder if anyone knows this one.
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>>689126937
>>689127104
yes
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>>689127175
nope
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Alright a serious one
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guess what I make
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>>689127192
fingernail collector?
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>>689127192
Finglonger?
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>>689127005
Is it for lock picking?
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>>689127291
robits
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>>689127291
Rainbows?
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>>689127005
Reloading
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>>689127279
weedwhacker? lawn maintenance?
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>>689127279
Automotive
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>>689127400
yep
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>>689127005
reloading dies for making ammo.
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Use it for beer.
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>>689127279
UV curing gun? Used for curing UV-sensitive polymers?
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>>689127469
hygrometer
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>>689127469
Beer tester
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reposting from last thread
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>>689127465
exactly
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>>689127291
Blog posts for hipster wannabe electronic engineers
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>>689127564
reposting answer.
vacuum chamber for impregnating something with epoxy or a hydro static testing machine
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>>689127564
starbucks barista
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>>689127192
Something electrical/phone. Don't know the jargon; it's to stuff the end of a wire into a hole
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>>689127327
>>689127345
Off it goes.
Fingolonger could to be cool tho.
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>>689127469
I wonder if it measures pH...
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>>689127448
Yes, it's an infrared A/C leak detector
>>689127513
>>689127442
Nope
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>>689127469
>filename
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>>689127392
exactomento
>>689127619
hater
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>>689127796
for cooling wart when brewing beer.
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>>689127564
Heat exchanger
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>>689127768
Reel 2 reel editor
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>>689127699
Kind of close one.
I need a name.
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>>689127279

Borescope
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>>689127796
you're a beaner who waters lawns
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>>689127641
>>689127679
close
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>>689127768
hmm... lots of reels and stuff...

Is it for editing VHS or some other tape media, like cutting/splicing?
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>>689127879
piercer
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>>689127879
Grommet crimper
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>>689127564
earth quake measuring machine
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>>689127564
oh shit no its a furnace!
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probably the easiest to identify tool that we use
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>>689127864
Ding ding ding ding
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>>689127796
What proof liquid happiness comes out of that?
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>>689128071
another fucking mexican!!
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>>689127879
nutcracker
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this has a pretty specific use
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>>689127879
Cleco pliers. Pic related
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>>689127748
Nice. I knew it was something to do with testing automotive fluids, gasses or some shit, just not the exact type of tester. I just recently started doing work with an ASE master tech not too long ago, so I'm still learning the ropes.
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>>689128037
wat
>>689128049
yeah pit furnace...used for heat treatment of steel
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>>689128137
>THEY'RE TAKING ALL THE JOBS
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>>689128071
lumberjack
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>>689127005
Redding dies, nice. I use Lee mainly, cuz poorfag.
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>>689128109
Just water goes through it ya dingus
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no one will ever guess what I do for a living
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(Doesn't come with man)
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>>689128210
vape juice taste tester?
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>>689128071
Drywall trowel
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bonus points if you can guess what specifically I make
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>>689128262
well actually, I use lee too I just didn't want to take a pic of my own
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>>689128224
nice! must be some big parts all the heat treating furnaces I seen are horizontal.
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>>689128191
sump tester cfi/ pilot
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>>689128191
Sippy-cup for drinking horse semen?
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>>689128346
Dowels?
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>>689128071
Plasterer
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>>689128296
You're an assassin
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>>689128346
spaghetti extruder at italian restaraunt, they grab a nooble and make it 20 times bigger and then fool you into thinking is a big noodle with a small nooble
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>>689128296
Fistfuck your own ass hole
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>>689128346
wood lathe you make wood dildos
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good luck
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>>689127291
seriously you could make so much shit with those how to guess?
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>>689128427
yes

I think we have a few pilots in this thread
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>>689128300
is that for shooting "white void" photos of products?
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>>689128433
almost
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>>689128137
actually no
>>689128225
indeed
>>689128240
wat
>>689128307
>>689128477
close but wrong surface
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>>689128515
Ball sorter?
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>>689128303

Temporary rivets used to hold together sheet metal during fabrication.
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>>689127879
manual riveter
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>>689128515
Is it for precision pins?
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>>689128300
Used for measuring optical properties of some object
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>>689127469
pool boy
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>>689128346
render? nice
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Guess what I work as.
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>>689127192
for your pipi
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>>689128666
wall shaver for when it gets bad
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>>689127564
Freeze dryer
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>>689128515
Testing blood samples for something
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>>689128512
hearing test related?
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>>689128515
>brhldr14.jpg
Brush holder
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>>689128071
Grout trowel (or whatever the stuff's called that's used to cement tiles to the floor)
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>>689128830
alien extractor
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>>689128071
>>689128666
tile setter
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>>689128515
for filling pills
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>>689128681
>>689128705
>>689128853
nope
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>>689128830
A lifting device of some sort?
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>>689128868
Nope. Not used on human body or any animal
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>>689128650
Nah, but you probably could.
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>>689128666
Its a notching trowel for tile
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>>689128830
Medical?
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guess my job
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>>689128769
Compressing pills
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>>689129055
Skateboards?
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>>689129055
Dentist
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>>689129055
engraver
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>>689128830
Automatic chest-compression machine. When someone's heart has stopped.

You're a paramedic?
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Just a hobby
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>>689129092
for testing oil concentration in coolant.. probably the bitch that cleans the tramp oil out of cnc machines.
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>>689128716
Bang on pal, product designer here
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>>689128938
nope

>>689128903
Aw shit! Yes.
Paintbrush holder.
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>>689129092
viscosity tester for coolant
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>>689129210
dunking booth?
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>>689128932
>>689128972
No
>>689129046
Yes but you gotta be more specific
>>689129204
Yes and no, I'm a nurse that goes with paramedics.
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>>689128436
>>689128505
ummm well I used this alot too usually not together but to make the same kind of product just two different styles
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>>689129092
It's for looking at sugar index. Forgot what it's called
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>>689129310
Nope
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>>689129055
jeweller
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>>689128587
I posted cfi stuff a few threads back
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>>689129210
Woodworking? that looks like a sanding belt.
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>>689129092
antifreeze measuring tool. mechanic
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>>689129320
You make pipes
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>>689129169
>>689129187
>>689129196
>>689129376
nope
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>>689128526
I was just looking for robots because of the sarcastic answers at the beginning of the thread. but yes they can be the basis of tons of projects
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>>689129405
It's a sanding belt, not for wood though
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>>689129299
viscosity? really its a refractory you cant measure viscosity when a fluid is sitting still!!
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>>689129310
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>>689129456
Tube bender?
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>>689129210
Knife work?
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>>689129456
MC cable cutter
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>>689129456
used for cutting conduit, great tool
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>>689129092
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>>689129575
correct, electrician?
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>>689128071
>>689128936
ding ding ding winner
>>689129037
just a little late
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>>689129092
Refractometer used for wine or fresh produce to measure sucrose (glucose?) content.
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For my hobby not my job
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>>689129055
sculptor? is that for clay?
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>>689129535
thats what i ment its 2 am here
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>>689129719
are you retarded
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>>689129689
Sex swing?
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>>689127469
i've used those for testing the pH of soils
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>>689128071
>>689128921
indeed
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>>689129689
To move fat fucks from one bed to another
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>>689129687
chain breaker for roller chain ie bike chain
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>>689129418
Yessss
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>>689129719
Americans won't know what this is
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>>689127192
folding bone
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>>689129687
chain break?
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>>689129689
hoyer lift for people who can't stand
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>>689129689
Sex swing
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>>689129614
optician? Those are pliers used for bending frames haha
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>>689129719
Is it difficult trying to make a living as a faggot?
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>>689127768
old school tv broadcaster/ editor
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>>689129689
I got fucked on one of those once
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>>689129741
don't fucking backtrack... you don't know how to use measuring devices and its ok!
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>>689129850
I'm American and I know that it's a manual shifter
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>>689129614
Flap clamp
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>>689129447
nope
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>>689129689
Crane and harness for wheeling around obese amerifats
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>>689129982
Lol
>>689129773
>Falling for b8
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>>689129210
bladesmith?
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>>689129966
same. it wasn't bad. did your nurse keep shushing you and warning you not to tell your doctor too?
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>>689129558
Nope
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>>689128515
tip box, easy
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>>689129977
you dip it in look through the hole and find where the color changes from light blue to dark
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>>689129873
Yep.

>>689129795
>>689130021

Not necessarily. We used it for paraplegic patients too.

>>689129873
Hmm.
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>>689129659
why do you need the grooves in the putty?
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>>689130014
You are a carpenter who makes tables and cabinets
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>>689126696
EZ mode
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>>689129689
Feminist lift service
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>>689129982
Gearstick*

Taxi driver/ race industry?
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>>689128515
microbiologist, used for micropipette tips
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>>689129210
for grinding glass pieces for making colored glass things
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>>689130248
grease gun
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>>689130248
Grease gun, auto?
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>>689130092
Nope, not
>knives
>wood
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>>689130241
close I do work with wood but I make one specific thing I also use the lathe that I posted before that
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>>689130248
no country for old men
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>>689130248
Pipe bomb.
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I use this almost every day
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>>689130202
holy shit someone taught you how to check the coolant concentration! how just if they can teach you how to use a micrometer.
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>>689130334
>for grinding glass pieces
We have a winner
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>>689130248
For filling up grease nipples
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>>689130423
Automatic circumciser. Family-size.
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Used for my grandfather's work
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>>689130423
finger box
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>>689129063
Nothing medical
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>>689130323
I drive manual pretty much exclusively. All my cars have been manual except for a shitty automatic 98 Ford contour.
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>>689130423
Jesus christ is that a fingerbox?!
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>>689130230
>grooves
honestly I'm not sure why probably just so that we can level them accurately of it has something to do with letting air in idk

btw it's called mortar or thinset
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>>689130552
Uses everyday kek
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>>689130423
electrical box for mounting switches in. probably used as a control box for like a crane or some shit.
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>>689130379
>>689130388
The thread doesn't ask what the fucking tool is, it's what the job is.

>no, nothing to do with auto

I guess the job itself is semi-obscure, but it shouldn't be that hard
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>>689130248
lubing for the drivetrain. small bager or something similar
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>>689130746
newfag detected
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>>689130748
air speed pick up
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>>689130398
You make knobs for drawers, cabinets and doors
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you faggot dont know anything
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>>689128515
Finger Box?
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>>689130749
rope fid
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>>689130525
sculptor?
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>>689130746
this fucking guy doesn't even know what a fingerbox is
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>>689130829
what's it called though?
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>>689130777
You are a glazier
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>>689130525
You bakeadahcakes?
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>>689128515
oh jesus another FINGERBOX
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>>689130579
Wtf does your grandfather put Jews in that oven?
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>>689130632
baker? cake frosting?
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>>689130843
lens and aperture for a view camera.
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>>689130843
some sort of shutter and lense
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>>689130579
I don't know but that thing gives me the heebie-jeebies.
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>>689130751
Pit stop engineer 70 years ago
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>>689130869
Close enough. Marlinspike
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>>689130891
still for making strawberry hooch.
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>>689130748
pitot tube
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>>689130910
Pitot!!!!!!
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>>689130843
You work in a darkroom?
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>>689127279
leak detector
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>>689131048
yessir
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>>689130632
Urethra widener. You sell propane.
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>>689130843
It's a lens for observing your microscopic brain.
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>>689129850
yeah we know how to shift our own gears here just not as common.
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>>689131073
mmhm
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>>689130843
Jeweler's loup
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>>689130777
does that make seals on paper?
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>>689130836
snake wrangler
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>>689131171
Airbus pilot or mechanic?
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>>689130748
chemtrail spray
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Blamp, not a tool but I don't have any pics my tools
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>>689127005
Reloading dies
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>>689130891
You collect essences/essential oils
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