WIRE WHEEL:     Cleans Paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light.  Also removes fingerprints and hard-earned calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say, "Oh sh**!"                                                                                                         

SKIL SAW:   A portable cutting tool used to make studs, rafters, etc., too short.                   

PLIERS:  Used to round off bolt heads.  Sometimes used in the creation of blood blisters.                                                                                                                                     

BELT SANDER:  An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor touch-up jobs into major  refinishing  jobs.                                                                        

HACK SAW:  One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle.... It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your results become.                                                                                                       

VISE GRIPS:  Generally used after pliers to completely round off bolt heads.  If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.                                                             

OXYACETYLENE TORCH:  Used almost entirely for lighting various flammable objects in your shop on fire.  Also handy for igniting the grease inside the wheel hub, out of which you want to remove a bearing race.                                                                                                                                                           

TABLE SAW:  A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood projectiles for testing wall integrity.                                                                  

HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK:  Used for lowering an automobile to the ground after you have installed your new brake shoes, trapping the jack handle firmly under the bumper.                                                                                             

BAND SAW:  A large stationary power saw primarly used by most shops to cut good aluminum sheets into smaller pieces that more easily fit into the trash can after you cut on the inside of the scribed line instead of on the outside of the scribed line.                                                                                                 
 
TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST:  A tool for testing the maximum tensile strength of everything you forgot to disconnect.                                                      

PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER:  Normally used to stab those foil seals under the caps of anti-freeze containers or carburetor cleaner, etc.  Also good for opening old style paper and tin oil cans and for splashing anti-freeze, carburetor cleaner or oil on your clean shirt but can also be used, as the name implies, to strip out Phillips screw heads.                                
 
STRAIGHT SCREWDRIVER:  A tool for opening paint cans.  Sometimes used to convert common slotted screws to non-removable screws and butchering your palms.                                                                                                        

PRY BAR:  A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or bracket that you needed to remove to replace a fifty cent part.

HOSE CUTTER:  As the name implies, a tool used to make hoses too short.                                                                                                                                                         

HAMMER:  Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer now days is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive part adjacent to the object that you are trying to hit.                                                        

UTILITY KNIFE:  Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door.  Works particularly well on contents such as seats, vinyl records, liquid in plastic bottles, collector magazines, refund checks, and rubber or plastic parts.  Especially useful for slicing work clothes and body parts within those work clothes while using as outlined above.                                                                  
 
SON-OF-A-***** (GUN) TOOL:    (a personal favorite and one that I have used quite frequently)  ANY handy tool that you grab and throw across your shop while yelling, "SON-OF-A-*****(GUN) at the top of your lungs.  That tool is also, most often, the next tool that you will need.

     I hope that you have found this informative.  It is coupled with a community service project that I am working on.  There is no need to send me a thank you note.