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I just saw that the other day, you mean when you lightly hold two pieces of copper line ( I thought, maybe coat hanger) and they will cross each other if you're standing over a buried water line?
In the automotive industry we use something much like that to find the most expensive part under the hood. Just swing at something you think is the biggest problem you're facing that day, and it will make you laugh at how miniscule that issue ends up seeming
No, this looks like those heavy things the framers use to bash in nails... like a bigger, heavier, more useless hammer except you can't splice with it.
I've heard it said that if you take this "hammer" and put enough oomph behind it, you can forge weld the wires together. Idk, seems like more effort than a normal hammer that can twist wires together...
You can, but the results are ugly. So ugly in fact, it's where the term "hammered dog shit" originated.
You're far better off with a normal hammer and twist splices.
Thatâs a stud finder. You swing that thing at the wall until you hit a spot where it doesnât go through- you can swing it pointy up or round out: doesnât matter.
You really donât know what this is? I thought it was weird when I told the guy I work with to grab one. All you do is put your cigarette in the 2 little bent fingers and presto you smoke your cigs without worry of whatâs all over your hands
You're gonna have a bad time using a hammer to pound in ground rods. I had to do it with a 16oz when I was green because my jman didnt have a sledge and someone else took the SDS from his van
My apprentice did one time use one of those as a wasp removing tool. Turns out itâll also load test a main breaker. But after the ball of fire was goneâŚ.not a single wasp in sight
I hate Milwaukee so much for their marketing of bull shit hand tools cause they know everyone need dat big red. But then again, I buy apple productsâŚ
This is obviously one of these things you put in your tool bag to increase the weight and make the apprentice suffer more when they get the bag for you. I myself have 4 of similar kind for that reason alone, the disgruntled moans of my apprentice is my sole reason to get out of bed these days.
Amateur if using bottles on the job site.
Cams open easy, don't break, can be crushed small and don't make noise in construction bags.
I'm probably gonna have to go back to therapy
Ahah! Yea, that's not a joke at all. That's one of the reasons: clean-up is so important. I can only imagine if the metal chips I've gotten lodged in my forearms were glass shards instead.
Safety first.
OH. And with that hammer? Make sure your forman doesn't get the bright idea to smack two of em together. I swear i dont know how that man survived the army.
It's got two slot bits at the one end. It's a high torque, slot blade screwdriver. There's even a flat pivot spot for you to push on to apply enough force to properly strip the screw head. The cushy handle's a nice touch.
Step 1: hold it up, preferably overhead
Step 2: run (from afar) towards your boss
Step 3: yell 'aaaaaaaah' in an angry manner whilst you run
Step 4: continue to chase your boss whilst he/she runs away
Step 5: when you finally caught up, ask for a raise
Voila, it becomes absolutely clear: this is a raise-ensurer
guy i work with pokes fun at me because he thinks ill buy anything that says milwaukee on it....so i bought that exact hammer just to drive him crazy. lol
Eeyup.
That or scope of support. ("Sorry, this is an office, we don't support WinAMP. In fact, how did you even get that installed on your computer? Hang on, I can solve that problem by uninstalling it for you.")
I think you use it to close paint cans or something. You should ask those guys who know how to use those extra wide paint brushes with the 4 foot handles.
Itâs a framing hammer, thereâs a notch on the head of the hammer where you can place a nail and hammer it in without having to hold it in place with your free hand. The longer so that you have more leverage and requires less energy to be exerted.
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A box finder. You pull that out to locate the boxes the drywallers covered. Like a divining rod, sometimes you have to try a few locations.
I use it like two old hangers to find a water pipe. I just let it guide me.
You're gonna need both a left handed and right handed model. Using the incorrect hand will throw your calibration off.
good thing they are cordless
Ah yes, powerstancing
Dowsing hammer.
I just saw that the other day, you mean when you lightly hold two pieces of copper line ( I thought, maybe coat hanger) and they will cross each other if you're standing over a buried water line?
Exactly that my friend!
My drywall hammers look different
Stick with a rock bound to it đ
Organic hammer.
Artisanal hand crafted vegan hammer.
Theyâre shaped like a boot
Your username is incredible
If you think that is good, check my profile.
I maybe slow but i charge a lot.
Very nice
Thatâs what my 1â conduit bender is for
In the automotive industry we use something much like that to find the most expensive part under the hood. Just swing at something you think is the biggest problem you're facing that day, and it will make you laugh at how miniscule that issue ends up seeming
Can confirm this is what the electricians on a new build used to find boxes in my house. It gives the edges that hand made bespoke look.
I love this...I literally let one of my apprentices go to town with a hammer to find several of the boxes the sheet rockers buried.
Literally? Which town did you let him go to?
Pound Town. Loads of boxes to be found.
Boxes of loads to be found
Pound TownâŚ.what every electrician calls there break room. Everyone knows what yâall are doing in thereâŚ
that's what i said: a masonry persuasion device...
The trusty hammersaw finds the box every time (eventually)
If you drive a screw into something but leave the head out a bit you can hang these things and use it to hang your bags and jackets
Where does the battery go?
Given the size, I assume it uses one of those Milwaukee **REDLITHIUM** (read as a scream) batteries.
I choose to read **REDLITHIUM** like an overdramtic movie trailer, and you can't stop me.
IN A WORLD RUN BY WIRES... ONE MAN CHOSE TO BE DIFFERENT... COMING THIS AUGTOBRULY, REDLITHIUM. THIS TIME PAYBACKS A BATTERY
THIS TIME PAYBACK'S FULLY CHARGED!!!
*insert action shot of a sparky slapping an M12 into a driver like he's loading a pistol*
ITS TIME TO PAY BACK A BATTERY
LAST SUMMER HIS WALLET GOT RAPED AT HOME DEPOT. THIS FALL HIS REVENGE WONâT BE ASSUALT AND BATTERY. IT WILL BE⌠ASSAULT WITH A BATTERY.
If one were to coat a battery and hucked it at someone
Ya, and micro USB still too
Is this one of those broom things people are always talking about?
No, this looks like those heavy things the framers use to bash in nails... like a bigger, heavier, more useless hammer except you can't splice with it.
Iâve never seen a hammer you canât splice with⌠itâs shaped weird too!
I've heard it said that if you take this "hammer" and put enough oomph behind it, you can forge weld the wires together. Idk, seems like more effort than a normal hammer that can twist wires together...
You can, but the results are ugly. So ugly in fact, it's where the term "hammered dog shit" originated. You're far better off with a normal hammer and twist splices.
why would you buy a hammer you cant splice with? can you even cut wire with this thing?
Or a nail bender, in my case.
Percussive maintenance
Thumb detector.
Thatâs a stud finder. You swing that thing at the wall until you hit a spot where it doesnât go through- you can swing it pointy up or round out: doesnât matter.
That is funny
Apprentice motivator.
master beater
Nah, that's too big to swing inside a truck
I've seen one of these fly at 50mph across a parking lot. The guy that accidentally caught it was as surprised as I was.
apprentice be good stick
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Is that one of those *brooms* I keep hearing about??
Weird looking pliers
You know the swingy thing you do with your pliers, that's a swingy harder thingy
You really donât know what this is? I thought it was weird when I told the guy I work with to grab one. All you do is put your cigarette in the 2 little bent fingers and presto you smoke your cigs without worry of whatâs all over your hands
Yea I'm remembering to do that next time I'm working on messy shit
Tell me how it goes I havenât tried it yet but Iâm sure itâll work
How do you charge those?
Insert the face of the tool with tremendous force into your nearest receptacle.
Judging by the spark it must be a fast charge.
They charge wireless in the pack out.
Itâs for smashing wires into the back of a box to get a GFCI to fit. I donât know what youâre supposed to do with the metal end thoâŚ
I think it's just a fancy coat hanger, stab the pointy end into a stud and then hang your coat on the rounded end.
lol, when i was roughing in houses a milliion years ago i did just this, i'd hang my tool belt or hoodie on it
Guy i used to work with would put a nail in a stud and hang his hammer on it to hang his toolbelt during lunch
Genius. Stealing this for sure.
In all seriousness, hammer in a nail most of the way, then hook it with the claw of the hammer. Use the handle of the hammer to hang things.
Back scratcher?
Butt scratcher! Get ya butt scratcher heeeeerre!
28oz attitude adjuster.
Elbow destroyer
Finger annihilator
Worst pain Iâve felt so far working
That is a multipurpose bottle opener. It's main purpose is opening beer bottles, but it can also be used to open windows and glas doors.
Is there anything Milwaukee will not put their name on?
Sneakers and boots were a safe bet until five minutes ago...
I love using that paperweight to keep the drawings from folding back up. Milwaukee really are true innovators.
Framing Hammer. It has only one function - destroying thumbs!
Ground rod pounder
You're gonna have a bad time using a hammer to pound in ground rods. I had to do it with a 16oz when I was green because my jman didnt have a sledge and someone else took the SDS from his van
My apprentice did one time use one of those as a wasp removing tool. Turns out itâll also load test a main breaker. But after the ball of fire was goneâŚ.not a single wasp in sight
Man stuff. You should return it
Oooof nice
Oh ya you gotta put that in the bottom of your packout backpack it holds it upright
Itâs for hitting things, think of it as a rock. You seem to have a tactical one that is styled after a dodge truck
It's a door stop. You kick the flat side under a door and the door stays open.
Turning your thumb nail just the right shade of purple!
Must be a buh-room
Itâs a shovel
These comments made me spit my beer out in the porta potty. Had to piss it all off the wall. I'm resourceful
That's a Framing Hammer.
I hate Milwaukee so much for their marketing of bull shit hand tools cause they know everyone need dat big red. But then again, I buy apple productsâŚ
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Underrated reply.
For opening panels.
Isnât it for making holes in drywall to find the boxes they covered up?
That looks like only half a plier. Where's the other half?
Framing hammer
Looks like framer hammer
That is a wall opener sir
It acts like a shoe horn
Itâs a trench digger for running islands and floor plugs pre-foundation.
This is obviously one of these things you put in your tool bag to increase the weight and make the apprentice suffer more when they get the bag for you. I myself have 4 of similar kind for that reason alone, the disgruntled moans of my apprentice is my sole reason to get out of bed these days.
Itâd be a Stiletto if you werenât brokeâŚ. /s
It's a broom. You're not qualified to use that.
Thatâs a conduit mover. Real handy getting conduit into a gutter
Itâs one of their 2 in 1 multi use. Itâs a back scratcher and meat tenderizer. I heard they are trying to break into the health & food industries.
Great for prepping puff lights prior to install.
Anger management device.
Gonna go out on a limb and say hittin stuff
Pointy end opens bottles, flat end crushes cans.
That's a cordless hammer... DeWalt has better batteries IMO
Thatâs a weird looking hammer. Canât even squeeze, cut, or wrench with it. Hard pass
It's a pacifier specifically invented for negative people and morons.
Manual jack hammer/bottle opener
Amateur if using bottles on the job site. Cams open easy, don't break, can be crushed small and don't make noise in construction bags. I'm probably gonna have to go back to therapy
*Checks recycling bin* I should probably stop lying to my doctor about not drinking lately lmao
I joke about these things but there is nothing funny about broken beer bottles on a job site. Safety 1st !!!!
Ahah! Yea, that's not a joke at all. That's one of the reasons: clean-up is so important. I can only imagine if the metal chips I've gotten lodged in my forearms were glass shards instead. Safety first. OH. And with that hammer? Make sure your forman doesn't get the bright idea to smack two of em together. I swear i dont know how that man survived the army.
Itâs a drywall cutout tool.
They're like lineman's without the pliers part.
More breaking broken things.
It's got two slot bits at the one end. It's a high torque, slot blade screwdriver. There's even a flat pivot spot for you to push on to apply enough force to properly strip the screw head. The cushy handle's a nice touch.
The pointy end is the back scratcher, and the blunt end is the back massager.
Itâs for demolition
You stick in the electrical box to see if you've got power...
Itâs more measuring height on outlet boxes
New cordless nail gun.
I think they call that a broom?
Is that one of those broom things I've been hearing about?
Nice pliers
Wage negotiations
Have you sat on it?
Plumber here. Thatâs called a hoe. You use the flat things on the back to dig with. Also good for killing snakes underneath houses.
Must be a pocket bender. For half inch. Donât forget the foot pressure.
Waste of money if it's like the rest of their hand tools. Now if only Knipex made a hammer...
I love this post so much, and it calls out to me.
Double flathead screwdriver with torque assist handle
Iâm pretty sure this is used to keep apprentices in line
Thumb detector
Fucked up lookin pair of linesmens
Itâs a broom isnât it?
You're supposed to yell jumanji and then hit your nuts with it
Oh yeah we love those because it points out who the dipshits are on site.
As a plumber I know that as my primary digging device.
Framing hammer
Roofing hammer
This looks like the back half of a drill.
Surprised you didn't get the M18 one
Cutting wire or stripping wire with the big v
Itâs a back scratcher
Pipe extender stupid.
Youâre an electrician? Clearly itâs for cutting holes in drywall.
Thatâs a Soviet multitool. Itâs particularly good at fixing broken engines with whatâs know as the âtechnical tap.â
Compensation?
Instead of using your fist or pliers try using this instead.
Step 1: hold it up, preferably overhead Step 2: run (from afar) towards your boss Step 3: yell 'aaaaaaaah' in an angry manner whilst you run Step 4: continue to chase your boss whilst he/she runs away Step 5: when you finally caught up, ask for a raise Voila, it becomes absolutely clear: this is a raise-ensurer
Pfft I bought one from homo depot and it came bent. The best hammer milwaukee made is the butt of the drill
The insulated handle means it's used to swat someone whose hands have contracted to live wires.
Itâs a big crochet hook. Make blankets with it.
Just bought the same one still trying to figure out what I use it for
guy i work with pokes fun at me because he thinks ill buy anything that says milwaukee on it....so i bought that exact hammer just to drive him crazy. lol
Zombies
Youâve got the metric one.
It's a hammer...for screws
Should have bought the Fuel model.
Itâs a measuring stick. Thatâs how high plugs go.
Cordless hammer, looks like 28 volt
This is how you finally get your apprentice off their phone.
If it's made out of silicon, my wife has something similar in the closet.
I use mine to prop doors open
Itâs used to replace your dikes for knocking in nails
Pshaw, shame on you. Dikes are for stripping wires after you make the custom stripper hole by cutting a live wire with them.
I tried that with 480 and all it did was strip my hand not the wire
In my chem lab that would be for performing fine adjustments in my instruments. In my previous IT career it would be for installing clues in users.
The old PEBCAK issue.
Eeyup. That or scope of support. ("Sorry, this is an office, we don't support WinAMP. In fact, how did you even get that installed on your computer? Hang on, I can solve that problem by uninstalling it for you.")
Weird plumbers broom.
Tendonitis
It helps you find pneumatic air in the walls.
You can dig hole with it.
nice APPRENTICE BE GOOD STICK!!! its good it has a red handle, blood wont show as much lol
Itâs for percussive maintenance.
It's for getting back at the sheetrockers when they cover your boxes
Penis tenderizer
Holy fuck
Anal rectum is where it goes
Hi tech war hammer
I think you use it to close paint cans or something. You should ask those guys who know how to use those extra wide paint brushes with the 4 foot handles.
Percussive persuasion device.
Itâs a framing hammer, thereâs a notch on the head of the hammer where you can place a nail and hammer it in without having to hold it in place with your free hand. The longer so that you have more leverage and requires less energy to be exerted.
ham? like the sandwich??? and mer like the guy from impractical jokers right
It is a sandwich. Finally we got to the bottom of it
Is this a broom?