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Can you send me that trash can?

I use the"flat" wrenches daily, as an auto mechanic there just isn't room for an offset wrench in every place

As an industrial and commercial electrician, I’ll never own a tape measure without a magnet, matter of fact, I always choose the tape measure with the strongest magnet. Drop a screw or a wrench off your ladder, just push the tape down and use the magnet to retrieve your item, really helps save your hips from unneeded trips up and down the ladder.

I keep learning the hard way, never throw away any tool unless you have an EXACT replacement for it because you never know when you can need it for some random hobby or project you didn't think you'd get into. i once threw away this cheap Black and Decker corded drill driver cause i started investing in high quality tools. now im wishing i hadn't done that cause i could have used it as a cheap car buffer. And at the very least, you can use those cheap tools to give to your neighbor when they will inevitably come over to barrow a tool.

Next week Cody works on tractor...needs to reach a hidden bolt and the offset on his wrench is preventing him from reaching it...buys a new set.

This is super stupid, especially the first tool, flat wrenches have many uses where an offset wrench wouldnt work

Some simple advice to avoid these pitfalls in the future: 1. Good tools aren’t cheap, and they don’t come in 2-for-1 packs. (Tape measure and caulk gun) 2. “Good” is subjective. However, as a baseline, good tools have a purpose. If you you don’t have a use for it, it isn’t a good tool. (Jitterbug and crows foot) 3. Never use a weapon as a tool. 4. Never throw away a tool that may be useful (and safe) for someone else. If you don’t sell it or donate it, take 30-45 minutes to post up with a table in the back of a hardware store parking lot with a sign that says “free tools”. They’ll be out of your hair quick…at least in TX.

With all due respect, some of these tools and products have their place. Sometimes offset wrenched just don't fit in some spots. The foam we use to fill in the holes in robinson decking when putting in sleeves and yeah the crows foot is essential for torquing anchors when setting transformers

When I throw a magnet in my nails, they get stuck to it.

The tape measure one baffled me, you bought a magnetic tape and complain things stick to it? And you don't even clip it to your belt you put it in your nail pouch

That "tomahawk" hammer is actually a roofing tool. It was designed for splitting shake shingles to the needed width then flip the tool to nail the shingle in place. Shake shingle roofs are, for the most part, a thing of the past due to the fire hazard. Bow saws were never meant as a precision cutter they are for cutting tree branches off the tree or to length for fire wood (this is pre chain saws).

On the spray foam, I've kinda stumbled on something that may work. In my case I removed the trim around my window, and used the foam to you know to make sure the outside wasn't coming inside. But after I sprayed the foam I used blue painting tape and taped over the opening and made sure the tape was pressed firmly on the wall and on the window. When the foam was dry, oddly enough the tape pulled right off and thats where the foam stopped. Worked pretty good.

When you want to upgrade your tools; pass your old tools to someone else...for free. They may not be great tools, but they're better than no tool at all and it helps get someone else started. Spray foam is the devil though.

Stopped watching the second you threw that gearwrench away. As a mechanic, those made me sooo much money, more than that "awesome" snap on off set wrench did.

The push button knipex chanel-locks are probably the best pair of pliers I've ever had. 👍

Solutions: 1 Heat up and bend the wrench. 2 Use a punch and break the magnet, wear gloves. 3 Cover all your cloths preemptively with spray foam, (shooting it more fun than tossing it). 4 Weld crows foot to ashtray for cigars. 5 Jitterbug sander, you can revive burnt toast. 6 Caulk gun, yeah that’s junk. 7 Skill saw, dig the spray foam back out and encase the saw in foam so no one else has to use it. 8 Channel locks good for hot grates or handleless pans on the grill or campfire. 9 Bow saw.. hold on for a sec. 10 Tamakawk, use the bow saw and cut the handle off of it. Throw both tools away.

B roll, cody picking the tools out the garbage.

New name for video "10 perfectly fine specialty tools for trades that I have no use for because I just need general tools for home use."

What you call a “tomahawk “ is actually called a framing axe and very useful for roof framing. Properly sharpened they can cut as clean as a saw. Great for adjusting bird’s mouth, notching etc without having put your hammer down. Mine all have nail pullers …

The hate for bow saws is hilarious. They're log saws. Anybody trying to do joinery with one may aswell be using a hammer and wedges for accuracy and ease Crow's foot spanners are a specific use tool bit like a basin wrench. Most people won't use them all the time, but the job it does it excels at Tomahawk I can totally understand

"A poor craftsman always blames their tools" Never heard a 1/4 sheet sander called a jitterbug sander. Good luck getting into corners with a RO sander....

I’ve worked on many different farms and ranches but the best one was when the boss built a new shop and I helped clean out the old one. He was just like this going thru everything and throwing out the “junk” tools and I backed up my pickup to the door and filled it up for my shop hahaha it was better than Christmas hahaha

As much as I agree 100% with everything in this video, it was extremely painful to see you throw away that spyderco tomahawk. Those are not cheap and definitely hard to find, and I know so many people who would've paid quite a pretty penny for it

The Makita saw is the best saw in existence in my opinion. Worm worm drive or the normal one. Awesome torque. Just gotta have some muscle to use them.

There’s a goober on the end of it, alright...

As someone who turns wrenches on equipment on the daily, 0 offset wrenches and crowsfeet are a MUST have in my toolbox.

For the record, I use jitterbug sanders for fine finishes. I’ll sand polyurethane in between coats with those because orbital sander can sometimes be too aggressive when you don’t want to sand through a finish, and the jitterbugs work perfect because they sand much lighter.

A non-offset wrench makes a lot of sense in certain space situations, especially one with a ratcheting box end like the one shown in the video appears to. Sure, in most cases you can get the job done with either the straight open-end or the offset box-end, but sometimes you get the right combination of constraints and it's all that can do the job. Sometimes only a straight wrench will fit, but the open-end isn't giving quite enough grip. Or the space you have to turn the wrench might be really tight, too, and you just need the extra wiggle room a 12-point gives. Better to have one and let it gather dust than to not and wind-up needing it, I think.

Back in the 80s my boss lost his temper and he was in the back of the van throwing stuff around and a block landed on a can of foam and exploded .we stood there watching him expand 🤣🤣🤣

Snap-on makes 0* offset wrenches as well. Using 0* wrenches in the wrong situation seems to be your problem there, Big Chief.

I have the Makita worm drive saw, and yes the torque is a problem. Just make sure you are not too close to the wood when you pull the trigger. It is a beast of a saw, though. I've cut a lot of concrete with mine. The torque is part of the reason it can do the hard work. Like most Makita tools, it is good.

Your thoughts on the bowsaw are interesting. My great-grandfather mostly used them for making furniture, not cutting through larger pieces. I think they're mostly meant for finer cuts made in a comfortable posture, in your workshop. Mind you, he had to build his own tools, so perhaps the bowsaw was more convenient to make and replace. I definitely don't think he would have used them for over half his life if they didn't cut straight occasionally, the furniture around the farm is all made by him and nothing wobbles ;) Totally agree on the tomahawk, they're not as widely useful as people think. I like my tomahawk head because it's light and the trees around me grow limbs that are good for a DIY handle, but I wouldn't ever carry it around. I keep it in my car so I always have an axehead, but I wouldn't rely on one for anything more than basic, sloppy work, and only in a pinch. Still better than those survival abominations that have serrated edges and can openers on every surface.

Wow. Sounds like most of his problems are self inflicted.

Wish I was wealthy enough to throw away tools. If I have a tool I don't like I pass them on to someone else. Garbage seems like a waiste.

Love seeing the little family updates in your videos. Such a great family you got mate! Loving the videos! Godless you and your family. Love from Australia

Flat spanners and offset spanners both have many many useful applications. I'm a truck mechanic and I have both in my box for any sort of application that I come up against.

Ratcheting wrenches dont have an offset because they are designed to be used to tighten or loosen. I would love a set and you just threw them out jeez

I was half expecting him to pull out a flat-ended dive knife and say it's bad at poking holes in inflatable boats

A bad workman always blames the tool.

i actually love that your tools good or bad you can tell they have been used too many videos on youtube show brand new tools being either hated on or loved without properly testing the longevity

made myself watch until "worm drive saw has too much torque." uh, isn't the torque why you bought it?

He is complaining about the smallest flaws in tools, cause he can afford tons of them. Instead of throwing those tools away, give them to someone who is starting out, who cannot afford it. Instead, he sees the tiniest flaws, that other people will not mind at all.

As an hvac tech the magnet on the end of the Milwaukee tape measure is super helpful. Haven’t had the issues with the sides of the tape you mentioned but maybe it’s because mine isn’t the auto locking one? Idk. Absolutely agree with every single other review. Keep it up. New subscriber, love the information

Moral of the video is Wrangler doesn't really seem to understand what many tools are used for...

If you kept the Milwaukee tape measure, you'd have a nail for the membrane of caulk. :)

The wrenches without offset are absolutely essential for instance changing blades on certain power planers. You have to fit the french into a narrow gab, which would be impossible if it did have an offset. Same with reaching to any narrow space to take a hold of a bolt to be able to unscrew the nut from the other side etc. Both have their places and it is best to own both.

Put an offset in it the wrench. Totally agree with Knipex. I made that switch years ago, never will another channel lock touch my hand.

Those ratcheting wrenches shouldn't be used to loosen anything with the box end. You should use a combo wrench first. Otherwise its user error.

that wrench doesn't have an offset because the racketing is not reversible ...

One man's trash is another man's treasure. Don't just trash them, hand them to the next person in need so they can build their own frustrations. Seriously though, for someone who does not have anything these will come in handy.

Crowsfoot wrenches are specialty tools with specific purposes. I never needed them, and never had them until I was working on some power steering lines on my car, and then nothing else would have worked. Not a bad tool, but certainly rarely needed at home. I've had good experiences with the Bosch cordless tools. My old 12 volt impact is about 20 years old, and the batteries still hold a good charge. Then I have the newer 18 volt set (had for 5 years), and their cordless reciprocating saw (the bigger one they have) with some extra battery packs is extremely useful (at least in my area).

I agree with your assessment on the Milwaukee Tape measure; the tape is substandard - one little redeeming feature is that it has some decent little scales other than fractions of an inch on the first few feet that are helpful if your scaling weird field measurements. That said, not enough to maybe warrant keeping it around.

"apart from splitting skulls, I have never found them useful" *The FBI has entered the chat...*

"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing" - My Grandma

I like my Worm Drive circular saws, and as far as a bow saw a silky is three times the work non ergonomic. And crow's-feet I use them all the time to undo hydraulic lines

- “And then you’ll go looking for a nail, which you are never going to find in that moment.” This guys knows me. 😅

This video is for apprentices to feel better. “I DONT LIKE THIS BECAUSE I CANT USE IT RIGHT.”

Cody I would pay shipping for your crowsfeet set. I'm a beginner diesel technician and have needed them countless times. Please message me if you see this.

Ratcheting wrenches are super useful I use them often. The reason theyre flat is if they had an offset it would have to be a flex head because you cant flip the mechanism like a ratchet you have to flip the wrench. Theres probably some high end ones with a flipper but buy and large theyre good tools regardless

However did I miss this vid? Man, one of your best. Insightful and hilarious. 👋🏻

Some people that dont know how to operate tools correctly shouldn't critique them

"Jitterbug sander" Is good for finishing alumium to get anodized. No Swirls

Having needed a wrench without an offset recently I can say I agreed up until a couple of days ago. There is no tool that does everything and when it comes out I will buy 2.

I admire your ability to actually get rid of a tool that isn’t working for you. I have a garage full that I keep telling myself I’ll find a purpose for some day

I nearly had a stroke when he said the jitterbug sander is useless. As a painter (interior and exterior house painting) I have used these sanders to strip 50 years worth of paint back in seconds. I'm talking several layers of oil, lead and acrylic paint. An 80grit will make short work of anything, yes jitters aren't as great for stock wood removal (which isn't what they're designed for anyways) but for sanding paint which the jitterbug is primary used for (or for fine finish on wood) they're great tools. The jitterbug sander is cheaper to supply sandpaper for. Orbitals need special and rather expensive pads. A pack of pads for an orbital sander will set you back 50 bucks. you can get 4 different grit rolls of sandpaper for 50 bucks. Also the square or rectangle shape lets you get in places an orbital struggles to get, specifically corners. When you sand a house with an orbital sander it will miss a few square inches on every board where the weatherboard meets the scribe of windows or the corner boxing of the wall. You either have to hand sand the (literal) hundreds of missed spots because the orbital is round or you use a jitterbug and save yourself hours of work. In general yes I think the jitterbug isn't as good as an orbital (in general) but you can get a similar amount of work done and a similar quality with either tool. To imply they're bad is mind bogglying. Knowing how and when to use a tool is pretty important, if you don't know how or when to use a tool then yeah you'll think it's a bad tool. Take it from a guy who has years of experience using all types of sanders for all applications, the jitterbug absolutely has it's uses, anything who thinks otherwise is wrong.

The Paris Hilton of homesteading

"Stanley is the gold standard for carpenters tape measures" I've never met a carpenter who didn't swear by Lufkin.

I have a tear in my eye seeing tools being thrown away

I never knew that those "janky" caulk guns could cut the tube. Man they are even better than I thought.

"I've never been able to cut well with it" one of my favorites

What do you suggest instead of spray foam ?

LOL agree 100% on the Milwaukee tape measure. Things that i hate that you did not mention. The belt clip will not clip with out using two hands,using one to force it open and the other to push. Simply bending the bottom open into a flair would have made it work. The lock is extremly hard to engauge and once engauged it does not hold. L:ocking and unlocking is never smooth or easy. You hit the nail about the magnet. Love the Fat Max.

"It is a hateful and terrible thing, and I won't suffer it any longer." Wow, that must really be one bad tape measure.

I’m with you on some of it, but Milwaukee makes like 20 tapes, I bet Stanley has one with a magnet too

Don't throw them all away give them to a newbie! Let them learn on them.

Video ends... camera man proceeds to pull all the tools out of the trash can. 🤣

I’m a carpenter of 26+ years and I LOVE MY MILWAUKEE TAPE MEASURE, I’ve owned all the others and Stanley Fatmax is 2nd to my Milwaukee!! HINT: KEEP THE NAILS OUT OF YOUR TAPE POUCH !! Nails have their own pouch on your belt !!

ah ... the caulking guns ... when I was a kid growing up I would take them from my dad's toolbox and they became my "sub-machine gun", the imagination of kids growing up ...

I've enjoyed watching your clips and have started looking back at your previous stuff. Your descriptions of land management artifacts and their usages (especially for USFS) are as informative as captivating. Nice job. Do you think the current concern from some people regarding electoral integrity in the US is based on objective facts?

I was with you on the Milwaukee tape, flat box wrench and claw wrench, but I will take all of your (brand name) Channel Locks. They aren't designed to grab small things in the tips. They are for grabbing round objects like pipe and double as a wrench in a lot of cases. I would probably hate the Knipex for some other functional reason.

the flat wrench gets in places where an offset doesnt, like when working on cars engine bay.. what are you talking about?

Knipex are great, but I've never had trouble with channelock.

I have that Makita Worm Drive and it is a powerful beast. But I did have to remove the deck plate and file, bend and shim it so the edges are now square with the blade, they were way off. Only other problem I have had is the little plastic lever handle on the blade guard broke in two when I dropped the saw. It now has a stainless steel one I made out of a piece of scrap laying around.

Funny video and I tend to agree with just about everything you said but the crows feet. I have a set of crows feet both metric and SAE. I've only used them about half a dozen times in 15 years and they certainly are not my go to tool but in the instances where I had to use them they were the only thing that would work. Typically they are on the end of an extension loosening a nut where the there is little clearance and a socket won't fit. Not used often but the difference between success and failure. You're going to regret throwing them away and they don't take up much room in the tool box.

Anything made from Bosch is garbage you say? That's a massively derogative statement that I totally disagree with and I'm sure many others will too!

Instead of throwing the tools away, you could have just sent them to me. I'll pay for shipping!

Agree with you on most all those. It depends a lot on the work you do. I have a set of Irwin channel locks that are awesome. The cheap ones I agree are terrible to use. And crows feet I used a lot doing diesel injectors or something’s fuel rails on diesels. They’re not a tool I used often but when you need them you need them. But they are only good for certain applications.

A guy I worked with spilled some spray foam on my from above onto my shoulders of new carhartt jacket. Stains still there 7 yrs later.

I grew up working on my own cars, and discovered early on that every tool has it's uses. As a master carpenter, with 50 years of experience I have also learned that 99% of the complaints of the problem with a tool are operator error. A true craftsman will learn to use the tool in his hands, before blaming it for his short comings.

I work in steel and I love the Milwaukee magnetic tape. The belt clip is really nice because it never bends out, the tape has markings on both sides, the body is an even 3 1/2 inches long, the hook is nice and big, the finger rest is way more comfortable. I also really like the flush ratcheting box wrenches because they take up less space and they can get into tighter spots. You should always have more than one type of wrench, anyway. Anyone who says otherwise is a fool

I quickly and randomly saw an add for knipex mini cobra, like the pocket size ones. Thought they looked cool and would be a good EDC, I look at the price and realize they are pretty steep. A good like 10-15 more than I was expecting but I bit the bullet, I'm like 30 and I mainly use tools for bmx bikes at this time. Idk how many times these little guys just save the day working on cars bikes I put together my entire bike after taking it apart completely with just that tool, I'm telling you the sprocket the handlebars pedals, everything could be done with that tool the grip was amazing. On a bike ride home one day I lost them, popped out of my bag somehow and I miss them dearly. I'll probably get them again but for sure I'll get the larger size just because they're more versatile especially since I do more woodwork now. Great tool

Know what you mean - my adjustable spanner also has no offset. Hang on- none of them do. Does that mean I have to throw them all out?

A little vise work will solve that "no offset" problem. And please tell me you ended up donating those tools to someone.

I love my Milwaukee tape everything about it. Plus still using those channel locks every time I buy a set the handles get stripped right after I open them. Perfect for reming conduit.

Channel locks are unmatched

the type of guy who would complain about battery powered tools....: "everytime i try to use it i have to charge it"

Hey man just throwing this out there I’m 24 and was fortunate enough to walk into my own homestead we got for a good deal.. 120 year old house and bars but not in to bad of shape.. from someone who would really appreciate and has really app related assistance from others and especially more experienced guys.. I hope you aren’t throwing those tools away... I’ve bought and been given many old and used tools that aren’t perfect but tools are pricy now and some of us haven’t had generations of tools passed down... in short find a young guy who needs them and give him a hand. We need it and appreciate it!

Every tool here has been improperly explained. The “tomahawk” is actually used for installing cedar shakes. The bow saw is generally a camping saw. The box wrench without offset is used in auto repair where you can’t use an offset wrench such as when working along side a firewall. The worm drive saw is actually meant to be a heavy duty saw. The spray foam is easily removed with acetone, etc.. The Channel Locks weren’t properly adjusted. The sander is a “Finish sander”, etc.. I guess my father actually explained all of this to me. How painful to watch all of that stuff go in the trash when a donation to a group such as Habitat for Humanity would have quickly repurposed all of it to raise money for construction projects. Sad….

Just subscribed. Great videos and love your knowledge. A fan from Ireland 🇮🇪