Whether you work on your own cars or not, at some juncture in your life you inevitably have to pick up a tool to fettle something on your car. Whether you consider your tools a necessary evil or an extension of your person, I think we can all find meaning in the handy glossary reproduced below. I wish I could take full credit for this erudite study of tools, but it was sent to me anonymously via the Internet…obviously by a learned, but modest, craftsman.
Drill Press—A tall, upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your soda pop across the room, splattering it against that freshly painted air cleaner you were drying.
