If there's a problem, there's a solution. Of course, if the issue is very specific, a simple screwdriver probably won't do the trick. Luckily, human ingenuity has more to offer. A lot more. And you can see it all on the subreddit r/SpecializedTools.
It's an interesting corner of the internet, encouraging people to post photos of niche tools, created to make our lives better in situations where nothing else fits quite as well. A real delight to satisfy our curiosity.
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This Chair For People Who Love To Sit Cross-Legged
Most family garages probably have an assortment of tools and materials that could all be used to make, for example, a basic table for the backyard or even something more complex. The team at Dienamics, a company that specializes in industrial design, toolmaking, and manufacturing, says that tools are the backbone of modern industry and trade. They are essential in almost any construction project. However, we don't often stop to think about the process of making the tools themselves.
Many argue that in prehistoric times, one of the most important eras in our evolution was the utilization of basic tools. The earliest known human-made stone tools date back around 2.6 million years. Crafted and used by homo habilis (sometimes known as "handy man"), these implements marked the first in a series of major toolmaking advances among early human hunter-gatherer societies, lasting from the early Stone Age all the way up until the first modern humans, homo sapiens, made the transition to permanent agricultural settlements around 10,000 years ago. Tools allowed our ancient ancestors to have much more of an effect on the world around them, helping them to survive in more comfort, and achieve more with less.
Baby Head Protector
Cow Brush
A Seatbelts Attachment For Pregnant Women
As we evolved as a species, so did our tools and our ability to use them. These two elements were essential to the development of infrastructure, which spurred the establishment of trades like carpentry and blacksmithing which relied on an individual mastering the use of a certain tool or trade. While hand tools were once forged out of the natural environment, these trades fine-tuned the creation of their tools using iron, wood and other metals which were heated and remolded.
These days, the process of creating tools is a lot more specific which, according to Dienamics, means there is a uniformity in material, size, and weight of hand tools which wasn't possible before. Now, a hand tool is designed on a computer, taking into account specific measurements and densities which make it both efficient and easy to use.
Tree Mover
A Lift To Help This Truck Driver Get In Cab
Surgical Suture Training Pad
My Smallest And Largest Hex Keys For Working On Large Injection Molding Presses
A Norwegian Shoe Drying Machine
In fact, the device sucks the smell from the shoes and spread it all over the neighborhood...
So it also keeps the annoying neighbours away? That's an awesome machine
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Guess it won't work in Canada if it's only for Norwegian shoes...where can I buy some Norwegian shoes? I'm so funny I crack myself up...
It looks like it’s about to invade New Jersey while Orson Welles narrates
If it's cold and wet out and a shoe-drying machine is needed... why is everyone wearing porous tennies?
Because living in Scandinavia means that sometimes when you leave your home it’s nice and dry fall and when returning you have to walk in slush.
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We found these at ski resorts, within the condos that were rented for vacationers.
I live in the northern part of the US, this sounds amazing. I've got to start looking to get one.
We had bought a new house and were picking up the last of our stuff from the old home, a carload at a time. Granddaughter (5) was helping me with a load and asked me what else she could carry. I pointed to an old pair of sneakers. The immediate response from Little Miss was “No!" "Why?" asked Grandad. "Because your feet have smellied them!"
How bad does it make a room smell? I cannot imagine my husband's work boots on that contraption 😂
A WHAT??!!! LMAO! I live in a very, very dry desert. The thought of having to buy a machine to dry ANYTHING just cracks me up. I mean, I know they are needed when you live someplace wet, but it's been years since I've seen any kind of country like that other than in movies or pictures. When I do leave the desert, what do I take pictures of? Not the friends and family I haven't seen in years, I take pictures of puddles of water.... I'm a sick puppy, I know! LOL!
I wonder why I never saw anything like that in the Midwest in the USA
We have a cone shaped thing that sits on top of the air vent in the floor. You can put your shoes/boots over them and it just uses the air from the furnace to dry.
This is brilliant. I've had my shoes sitting in front of a fan all day after riding my bike to work in the rain.
it kind of is. At least northern latitude countries.
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The smell is from leaving shoes wet so bacteria can grow, this should be ok?
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Snow Clearing Machine For Trucks!
To Test Large Crane Capacity We Use Giant Water Bags... Aka The Balls Of Judgment
In Case You Have Never Seen, These Baffle Balls Are Used Inside Water Trucks To Stop The Water From Sloshing Side To Side While Driving
During The Australian Bushfires Any Water Source Can Be Used To Fight The Fires
You Saw My Largest And Smallest Hex Keys. These Are My Largest And Smallest Adjustable Wrenches!
This Titanium Coated Butter Knife With Internal Copper Alloy Heat Tubes. It’s Made To Heat Up When Held In Your Hand, So That It Is Easier To Spread Butter
"Titanium coated butter knife with internal copper alloy heat tubes". Really? Just to cut butter? What would you use for bread - a vibranium covered adamantium-made knife with a diamond-cutting laser beam?
Curb Shaper
A Street Sign Cleaning Vehicle, Complete With Soap, Water, A Brush And Some Kind Of Reflective Wax (Or Something?). First Time Seeing One In Germany
In German it's probably called a Verkehrschildreinigungsmaschine.
These Specialized Chain Tires That Are Used In The Extreme Heat Of Steel Mills
Refueling Helicopter In Mid-Air
My Buddy Made Me A Label Applicator. Just Passed 8000 Bottles/Labels
The Sasumata Is A Pole Weapon Used By The Samurai In Feudal Japan. It's Also Used Today To Safely Wrangle Anyone Posing A Threat To Civilians
New Type Of Parking Enforcement On My Campus Replacing The Boot, Appropriately Named “The Barnacle”
Bend Rules
I got one of those from my dad tool box that I got after his passing. Strangely used it to make the corner when I sew
Tool That Allows One Man To Move The Whole Train By Hand
Barrel-Filling Bridge
What on earth are they filling in those barrels? Radioactive whisky?
When A Guy Walks Into Your Office With This Thing Asking To Take A Reading. It's Called A Velometer, And Measures The Speed Of Air In A Given Area. He Kindly Allowed Me To Take A Photo
We're going to be seeing a lot more of this now that the importance of air flow in disease prevention has become more apparent.
Nasa Pistol Grip Tool - A Cordless Power Screwdriver/Drill Used By Spacewalking Astronauts To Fix The Hubble Space Telescope And The International Space Station
Ok, we all know this is a space zapper, stop fooling us around NASA.
I Work In A Stem Cell Lab. This Is A Liquid Nitrogen Dry Shipper, Used To Transport Cryopreserved Products Like Stem Cells And Vaccines In -150c
Using A Comb To Straighten Air Conditioner Fins
Yeah, but no matter how many you bring to the job you won't have the right size, they take quite a bit of effort, and don't work on heavily smashed fins. Plus you're probably going to slip and slice your knuckles.
Stenographer, The Machine The Court Reporters Use To Type Everything That Is Said There
Spent Shotgun Shell Lawn Sweeper Picker-Upper
aren't golf ball pickers basically the same, just larger spacing on the brush?
Pedestrian Catcher In 1920s
They're Childrens' Training Scissors. Like For Pre-Schoolers. The Extra Holes Are So A Grown-Up Can Co-Scissor And Help The Kid
I'm A Dog Groomer. These Guys Are Chunkers Meant To Specifically "Chunk" Out The Thick Hair
In hair dressing we use smaller ones to thin out the hair. Same thing .
Insulated Cryo Glove For Handling Very Cold Items (E.g. Liquid Helium). Like An Oven Mitt’s Cold Cousin
A Tool Used For Straw Roofing. Dutch Word For It Is 'Drijfbord'
For Right Handed, Left Eye Dominant Folks
I wonder if the rest of the world knows that hunting rifles exist in countries other than the US. Wouldn’t know it based on these comments.
Ladies And Gentlemen, Allow Me To Present A Fabled “The Right Tool”. This Is The Only Tool That Can Be Used To Remove The Oil Filter Housing On A Lamborghini Gallardo
A Champagne Sabre, For Cutting The Tops Off Champagne Bottles
Note: this post originally had 49 images. It’s been shortened to the top 40 images based on user votes.
I am missing the dutch bricklaying machine here: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Dq8C0vhwR40s&ved=2ahUKEwiivtajvrryAhXMhf0HHVLnDZ4QwqsBegQIBRAF&usg=AOvVaw1RCLnnnkCP8wCxN0zDzJrH
more posts like these please! I love learning about new and interesting objects
If you had a job which required these specialty tools you would think differently.
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I am missing the dutch bricklaying machine here: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Dq8C0vhwR40s&ved=2ahUKEwiivtajvrryAhXMhf0HHVLnDZ4QwqsBegQIBRAF&usg=AOvVaw1RCLnnnkCP8wCxN0zDzJrH
more posts like these please! I love learning about new and interesting objects
If you had a job which required these specialty tools you would think differently.
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