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
I am intrigued... I do sit cross legged in my chair a lot, but I also would like back support still... and not sure about that multi-level... would love to test one of these in a store, because I'm quite interested but don't want to risk an expensive bad purchase XD
I had one and they did a 100 day money back guarantee
Load More Replies...Me right now sitting cross-legged in my uncomfy office chair at work lol I can't sit right in a chair to save my life.
I need one! My feet never reach the floor so I always cross my legs.
I need this ! I'm five foot nothing , and my feet never reach the ground when I sit . I've been sitting cross legged all my life
I used to switch between crossed legs and dangling, until my husband made me a footstool (the ones that the office provided just weren't high enough for me).
Load More Replies...I'm over 50 still sit leg crossed at my desk, I would love one of these
Load More Replies...But, then I wouldn't have this awesome red imprint of bar and mesh on my leg! And I'd be able to walk immediately after standing!
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
That is one of the cutest things I've seen and I don't even like babies
Medieval ones were a padded ring around the head at forehead level for that reason
Load More Replies...I totally could have used this when my daughter had conscious sedation for some dental work. The aftermath was a commercial for "this is your child on drugs".
Cow Brush
Oh yes we had huge bull near my office that loved skritches.. he'd headbutt you like a puppy for more..
Load More Replies...Reminded me of the children's book Click-Clack-Moo. Next they'll be asking for a hairdryer....
I glued a scrub brush at the doorway to my bedroom. My kitties use it all the time.
Load More Replies...A Seatbelts Attachment For Pregnant Women
Awesome! AND… still hasn’t fixed the “I have boobs, where does this blasted thing go?!” Problem! 🤣
As a short person i have to say that it's never on my boobs! It's always on my neck which makes me think how safe is it! Yes i won't fly out of the car in case of an accident but i will definitely strangle myself
Load More Replies...Seat belts are not designed or safety tested around this manner of wearing them, and it has been shown to be detrimental to the safety of both mother and baby in case of an accident.
Load More Replies...a normal seatbelt doesn't go across your stomach, you're wearing it wrong
and that's exactly how you cause fetal trauma when you come to a sudden stop or experience a collision.
Load More Replies...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
The one who wants to save the planet, one move at a time 😁😁😁
Load More Replies...There was a tree a couple miles from my house - a giant heritage Live Oak - that was going to be cut down to make room for some road "improvements", and the people in the neighborhood raised like $50,000 to have it moved. It was at least as big as the one in the photo.
Shame about the ancient ones in England that were cut down for % bloody G
Load More Replies...Correction: It doesn't seem to be a machine created specifically for the purpose as suggested by the post title. It simply is a self-propelled modular transporter!
No pot big enough. That one's gonna need a swimming pool.
Load More Replies...Well, that tree will live, maybe, another 4 years, depending on how much energy it had stored. but, either way, it is history. To successfully [?] transplant a tree that is growing in the ground, you MUST dig up the entire tap root. The tap root, as a rule of thumb, is, generally, longer than the tree is tall. You must also dig up twice the circumference of the branches. This tree has no chance. But it makes people feel good to think that they are saving a hundred/400 year old tree so that they can go ahead and build a building that will be torn down in about fifty years.
This post should be #1. I didn't have quite the detail you did, but I knew that this tree would not survive. What do they have, 3 feet worth of roots?
Load More Replies...I'd be very surprised if that tree survives because the root ball is far too small for so large a tree.
I hate to rain on everyone's feel good parade here, but if you know about trees you know that their root systems mirror their branch system. That tree on the trailer looks like it has had a significant segment of the major root system removed, including the crucial central trunk. I would have to say that its chances for survival are iffy.
Depends on the species. But I agree this one doesn't look promising.
Load More Replies...A Lift To Help This Truck Driver Get In Cab
This is amazing! We need more of these or companies willing to provide these!
I know in the US there is a shortage of truck drivers
Load More Replies...I could use one of these to help me into 4WDs, and I'm NOT in a wheelchair.
Surgical Suture Training Pad
Probably dead pigs, as their skin is extremely similar to humans. Or cadavers.
Load More Replies...You can buy these on Amazon! I got one for my sister for Christmas! She enjoyed this random gift lol
Thanks for telling us that. I might get one for my niece who is applying to med school.
Load More Replies...I have benefited from this type of innovation way to many times not to up vote it!!!!
probably a marketing photo from the manufacturer, or a stock photo
Load More Replies...My Smallest And Largest Hex Keys For Working On Large Injection Molding Presses
For putting together Ikea warehouses. 😉
Load More Replies...I have 12 of those in my junk drawer from previous visits to Giant Ikea
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
Load More Replies...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
Snow Clearing Machine For Trucks!
And for those of us outside the USA it's illegal in most places as well. Yet I still see them every winter with a mountain on the top.
Load More Replies...poor guy who has to shovel away the snow when the next truck arrives.
It's not just about mileage, there's also the safety aspect. Snow falling behind the truck poses a real risk to drivers.
Load More Replies...We sure could have used this at the Post Office. We had to climb on top of the front and rear bumpers with a broom to clear our trucks off.
To Test Large Crane Capacity We Use Giant Water Bags... Aka The Balls Of Judgment
They could hang them from the back bumper of one of those gigantic mining trucks.
"He's got big balls, she's got big balls... But they've got the biggest balls of them all!"
Bwahahahaaa! One of my favorite AC/DC songs!
Load More Replies...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
Especially when braking.....there was a gasoline truck that went off an exit overpass onto the highway below and exploded due to the impact of the liquid in the tank when the trucker applied the brakes too hard
Load More Replies...Thanks. I was about to ask why the tanks don't have baffles built in. I guess they usually are.
Load More Replies...Thought they were practice golf balls at first glance. Used to use these in the garden as they didn't fly so far.
I just assumed they filled these trucks so they didn't have room to slosh.
A mass amount of water sloshing to one side of a truck will cause it to tip over but the balls keep a great big amount of water from hitting the side of the tank.
Load More Replies...I want to see the size of the Wiffle Ball bat that comes with those.
I think the Jolly Green Giant had one as a kid.
Load More Replies...During The Australian Bushfires Any Water Source Can Be Used To Fight The Fires
I saw water getting taken from water hazards on a neighbouring golf course during the Canberra Bushfires.
How many lost golf balls ended up being dropped on the fire? :-)
Load More Replies...And why not?! The nearest lake could be 15 minutes away, that pool is super convenient!
I was kayaking on a river, when a fire started on the bluff above me. A few minutes later a firefighting helicopter appeared, and what it did was hover above the river, stick a long broad hose into the river and hoover up water, and spray it on the fire. It could have used any water source larger than a puddle, that thing could have drained a horse trough and used it to fight a small wildfire.
If my water pool is needed for a fire and by that picture the fire is quite close to the house. I would be please empty it so my neighborhood don't burn down
Wouldn’t work here in the U.S. it would be “infringing on our God given RIGHTS.”
Pretty sure the owner of the house with the pool was only too happy to contribute.
Whatever they have to do to stop those fires, right? You know the alternative & it isn’t going to be a good one. This world is falling apart as it is, so we gotta do what we can now to save it... 🔥🌍🤷♀️
Absolutely right. A major emergency that is affecting so many people, there shouldn't be any question about it.
Load More Replies...You Saw My Largest And Smallest Hex Keys. These Are My Largest And Smallest Adjustable Wrenches!
I bet that's what you say to all the boys/ girls/ non-binaries (delete where appropriate).
Load More Replies...I was just about to say, we also get to see more of the ink too lol
Load More Replies...That is, without a doubt... the second-biggest adjustable wrench I've ever seen.
Steve's Shifters. We cater for the bloke with big nuts...as well as the less well-endowed gentleman.
Looking at that large one and thinking, I could let go of that if you insisted, but it would be a major wrench.
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?
Or leave your butter covered and on the counter, giving you better flavored butter and saving you $40 on a knife you’ll lose in a week.
Wouldn't work in my hands, they're always blue and freezing cold (secondary raenolds)
Curb Shaper
Wait till you see a video of the extruding machine that makes the curbs first (this is the smoothing). We had it done at our house, its like a gigantic play dough machine. Google: curb extrusion machine .
Precast building adornments are made that way, but not curbs, to my knowledge.
Load More Replies...Wow, had to get all the way to number 16 before we saw a tool specific to one industry. Who comes up with these lists?
I don't know, maybe you have a different view on what constitutes an industry, but I would say most of these are for a specific industry. I was going to list them, but there are too many.
Load More Replies...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.
And the driver is called Verkehrsschildreinigungsmaschinenfahrzeugführer and the co-driver Verkehrsschildreinigungsmaschinenfahrzeugführerassistent.
Load More Replies...We use rain . Not sure what days though. Mostly Mondays and bank holidays in the UK . Oh and in my birthday ALWAYS
I loved the times I went to Germany. The only thing I didn't like was I could never find Ausgang, even though signs pointed to it everywhere.
i know your pain. I once drove half an hour to get out of an Ikea parking space.
Load More Replies...'Some Kind Of Reflective Wax' probably not.. they reflect on their own when clean :)
These Specialized Chain Tires That Are Used In The Extreme Heat Of Steel Mills
My husband works in a steel mill and unfortunately the extreme heat will wreck the AC so they tend go without. He drinks tons of water during his shift.
Load More Replies...Not only for heat resistance but also to avoid leaks when driving over scrap metal.
My sister also worked at a company that made highly heat resistant cameras to keep an eye on sawdust mills because if you over fill a sawdust silo, the heat it generates can make it burst into flames.
Refueling Helicopter In Mid-Air
When a mommy heli and a papa heli really like each other...
Load More Replies...And they tell me I must switch off the engine before refuelling my car...
This is the standard aerial refueling system used by most US Navy aircraft. The Air Force has a completely different system.
My Buddy Made Me A Label Applicator. Just Passed 8000 Bottles/Labels
Radius Measuring Guage
And my math teacher told me i'd have to know those equations! What a lie!
Now THAT is cool! I can think of a hundred times I coulda used one of those when I was still working!
The radius is halfway to the center of the circle, not the curvature of the outside of the circle.
The radius is calculated using circumference. That's what they are measuring here. The scales are already calculated radii.
Load More Replies...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
I misread this as "satsuma" and wondered how a small orange fruit could be used in crowd control... My bad.
No the US cops would just beat you to death with this thing. Then act like it was all apart of the job.
Load More Replies...Are they using this method for social distancing? Seems like it would work, as it looks to be at least 5-6 ft long. Looks like it would be especially effective on “Karens”, too! 😂
It's also common to see policemen carrying bo staffs at the entrance of police stations.
New Type Of Parking Enforcement On My Campus Replacing The Boot, Appropriately Named “The Barnacle”
Curious about how its fixed to the windscreen, surely easier to remove?
I live in a college town. From what I see of student driving, some of them would just stick their heads out the window and go.
Run your defroster on Hot/High for 10-15mins, then use a credit card (or spudger) to break the seal at one of the corners. (Thanks Reddit!)
You should not have to pay to park at a hospital or where you go to school.
"As it turns out, to take off the Barnacle, all you need to do is run your vehicle’s windshield defroster for 15 minutes, and then use a credit card or similar thin piece of plastic to release the suction cup around the edge. Presto! You’re free from fees....Because it has a GPS tracker meant to set off a loud alarm whenever it, or the car it’s attached to, moves, the Barnacle also has a built-in SIM card. One reddit user figured out the SIM card had unlimited data, and hacked it so they could tether their own personal cell phone to its network, giving them unlimited free phone data for several months" Source: https://driving.ca/auto-news/news/students-defeat-new-barnacle-parking-boot-skip-fines-and-get-free-internet
The car can still move though. I can just imagine two drunk fools trying to drive away with this, one at the wheel and the other giving directions on the passenger seat.
My friend got a boot off of his car by deflating the tire. He then threw the boot in a lake. He got stopped once they were confused when running his plates. He jus played dumb & they probably assumed it was a computer error. This was over 15 years ago so technology has changed a lot since then. For those who want to say he could get in trouble- He passed away almost 10 years ago so it makes me laugh as it really didn’t matter what he did or didn’t do. It’s all irrelevant once we are gone
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
It's a great classic . They even selling it with a specific pen to get inside the tiny holes Something like this : https://amzn.to/3CX9Z0O Amazing gift fo woodwork lovers
wow, I could replicate that in stiff but foldable plastic to do exactly that, shape corners
Tool That Allows One Man To Move The Whole Train By Hand
You'd like every train in the UK is moved like this ALL THE TIME judging by the constant delays
And in the Netherlands that guy ain't working when it's too hot, too cold, too wet or too dry. On other days he has a day off.
Load More Replies...whole train? or whole train car? whole train seems unlikely XD
Archimedes once said “Give me a place to stand and I can move the world.”
Please could you let us know before you do it? I don't want to spill my tea.
Load More Replies...I have that tool! it is my favorite tool on the entire farm and workshop. As you say you move anything with that bar.
Load More Replies...I am willing to bet it is not a WHOLE train that is getting moved this way. Maybe a car at a time.
Barrel-Filling Bridge
What on earth are they filling in those barrels? Radioactive whisky?
The signs are all there. Tabasco. Make Everything Better. Better Starts Here. Tabasco. Make Eveything Better. ;-)
Load More Replies...My brain is screaming: Oh my gosh guys: PUT ON SOME EYE PROTECTION!!! It only takes one oops while moving the bridge to the next barrel to be fixed, for disaster to strike!!!
Load More Replies...I wonder how they get the sauce into the tiny little hole in the top of the bottle?
From the signs in the image, I imagine that is tabasco sauce they are filling into the barrels.
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.
Aparently it went off the scale when they tried it in the Houses of Parliament.
In Canada we call it a bolometer, I used one for years. It measures CFM-cubic feet per minute, used for air balancing.
How long did it take for a dude (obviously) to test it with his farts?
Years ago I used one of these that I'd made from cardboard. We had a gap where we would insert a rod to measure air speed. Worked up and down the country.
Depending on the jurisdiction hard-hats are required for doing any sort of overhead work, just as a safety precaution.
Load More Replies...The speed of air inside a building is something I've rarely* been concerned about. *never
Commercial buildings are required by building code (at least the US building code) to deliver a certain CFM of airflow and turn over the air volume a certain number of times per hour.
Load More Replies...It's a FREM. Fart Removal Efficiency Monitor. That's why he's got a mask.
When I worked in industrial hygiene, part of my job is doing exactly that! We also measured asbestos in the air during certain processes!
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.
It's an Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator.
Load More Replies...All I can hear in my head is Will Smith saying "Now that's what I'm talkin about" in Men in Black
I was about to say that looks a bit heavy to use but then my brain engaged and realised it's for use in space, where everything is weightless! D'oh!
maybe i'm stupid, but why can't they use a normal cordless drill/screwdriver?
Short version - Because you are no longer in gravity, the force of even a normal, small screwdriver could cause you to move while bigger ones can send you flying. Long version All forces between two objects exist in equal magnitude and opposite direction. As the screwdriver spins the screw one direction, an equal and opposite amount force is transferred into the screwdriver and the person holding it. Newtons other laws regarding inertia and momentum means this doesn''t matter much when you are on the ground. A 100kg astronaut has 980 N of force from gravity that has to be overcome to change your movement. In space, this force is reduced to 1x10^(-6) so there's only .00098 N of force to counter. A normal screwdriver is ~20N that can send you spinning into space. These special tools have parts that transfer the forces in different directions so they negate each other and keep you mostly still.
Load More Replies...This makes me think of the Wolowitz Hand that Howard invented on The Big Bang Theory.
Please keep Hubble happy until the next wonderful telescope is in place. it truly is an amazing piece of technology
Actual it’s only $188,000,000 for this screwdriver, a Hammer is $12,000,000,000.
Load More Replies...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
Exactly. We all know what it's eventually going to be used for!
Load More Replies...I had a nitrogen freezer at work for one of our investigational studies for a melanoma drug - company had to come out every 2 weeks to refill the liquid nitrogen, and it was always a fun time with all the steam/fog flowing everywhere. The neat part was everything was kept insanely cold but the freezer wasn't plugged in! And we gauged the depth of the liquid nitrogen by sticking a yardstick into it and seeing where the freeze line was. It was refreshing how "low-tech" the whole thing was.
Also known as a c%m drum as they're also used to transport bull/horse semen.
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.
Been there, done all of that. My dad always said if you don't bleed on it, it won't work.
Load More Replies...I think I would probably mess up and ruin it... that person must have a steady hand
Uh, can I have one? When I was like four I mashed those things in like my life depended on it
Stenographer, The Machine The Court Reporters Use To Type Everything That Is Said There
can somebody explain me how it works and how the people know what they wrote?
A stenographer is a person trained to type or write in shorthand methods, enabling them to write as quickly as people speak. The machine allows a trained person to type 300 words per minute while the average speaking speed is ~150 words per minutes. They have to learn how to write and type like this, like almost a new language. The machine works by typing syllables rather than single letters and you can combine multiple keys at once to create words. With the modern machines, a computer will be able to translate the cryptic list of symbols into real text adding spaces, punctuations, etc. In the past, it was a mandatory training for secretaries. My grandmother learned to do it and still uses it in her daily life without really noticing she's writing gibberish to us :)
Load More Replies...I used shorthand to write notes to myself during a fairly famous court case way back when. I still have the notebook but cannot read one single thing.
Serious question here: why can't you just record what's been said in the court?
You can, and some courts do, but a transcriptionist is only going to transcribe as good as the recording is. A stenographer can ask someone to repeat what they said, ask people to speak up, slow down. And it's less tedious than transcribing audio on a qwerty, a much more efficient process overall.
Load More Replies...My mom is a court reporter. I sent her the image. I'll update if she's able to make out what it says.
"'s head all the time" is the first three lines. At least that's what it says in the theory I learned. My theory is too different to be able to read the rest.
Load More Replies...This is a student writer and I think they're just playing around. A E S is when you add on an S to a word. H E D - Head A U L T - alt? T AO EU PL - time P P - ? T L - ? B - be R L - ? R B G S - comma , R L - ? K HR O E S - close. They might just know a different theory than me. YouTube has an awesome video with an explanation of what's going on here. Way easier than writing y'all a book.
My mom is a court reporter. She said AULT = all the, TAOEUPL = time, TL = it will, B = be, RL / RBGS / RL = really, really, KLOES = close. She said PP and PRAEF are probably brief forms unique to that reporter.
Load More Replies...Spent Shotgun Shell Lawn Sweeper Picker-Upper
aren't golf ball pickers basically the same, just larger spacing on the brush?
Yes. I used to drive a golf ball picker in high school. Broke a lot. One time they were putting in new dirt and the picker couldn’t drive over. So the pro told me to go hit the balls off the dirt to more solid ground. While the range was open and people were hitting! I told him no and he said “no one is going to hit you”. Well then htf did the balls get there? I quit he was a prick
Load More Replies...Any Olympics venue (trap shooting is an Olympic sport).
Load More Replies...Maybe my brain is twisted (no doubt), but I read "my dad's p****r."
Load More Replies...I assume this is used at a shooting range out in the boondocks, right? Not an urban or suburban neighborhood where families live, right?
Boondocks? Ranges are in “suburbs” too. There’s a rail trail where I live where you literally walk by a gun club. There’s a wall, but still... and the goddamned noise is pervasive for many miles.
Load More Replies...Well, that's the REAL question, isn't it? If you own a target range and close down, the EPA will have to come in and clean up the lead which you will have to pay for.
Load More Replies...Pedestrian Catcher In 1920s
I can just imagine the narration. :D "And look at this hapless chap, we'll soon deal with him."
"Oh no Mary! This clumsy fellow has absentmindedly stepped into the street in front of you! Don't worry, he's not hurt, the catcher has made sure of that."
Load More Replies...At least when the car has killed you, this thing can sweep you up and put you in the bin .
This should be combined with the roller used to collect shotgun shells.
... "And this marvelous system can catch more than 25 pedestrians each day! Call now!"
"Don't answer yet, because we'll throw in a SECOND Pedestrian Catcher for half price! Just pay the additional shipping and handling."
Load More Replies...They're Childrens' Training Scissors. Like For Pre-Schoolers. The Extra Holes Are So A Grown-Up Can Co-Scissor And Help The Kid
Yeah, I was imagining a heated Scrabble argument after someone tries to play "COSCISSOR" :-)
Load More Replies...The main problem with scissors for children is that they are always so blunt they can't cut wet tissue paper!
And it's for leftys, too! Only had one for right handed kids, when I was a trainee as kindergardener.
Not for another person to do it with them, it’s for the toddler to use 4 fingers, because dexterity… 🤦🏽♀️
Those can also be used for when the person need extra strength for cutting. Like after a muscle mass loss
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 .
A nightmare for those of us with thick hair. I never let one near my head. Scissor cut all the way.
Load More Replies...groomers have thinners and chunkers. thinners have more teeth. both are used for slightly different things.
I also tried to use it on my cat's matted fur but she didn't like it.
Load More Replies...Insulated Cryo Glove For Handling Very Cold Items (E.g. Liquid Helium). Like An Oven Mitt’s Cold Cousin
I don't know of any thermal insulation material that only work from "one end", as in only works against cold or only against hot. Thermal insulation works by slowing down the transfer of heat through the material regardless of which side is hot or cold. So technically speaking they work in the same way as oven mitts though these ones are most likely manufactured to a different specification.
You're right, says the physicist I was, some 30 years ago.
Load More Replies...How long does it take to tame a yeti? That's abominable!
Load More Replies...I need these. I live in Canada and have poor circulation; every glove I've tried so far leaves me struggling to feel my fingers as I shovel my driveway.
I feel you. But not really because my fingers are frozen.
Load More Replies...I honestly could use one for working around the barn in winter. Sigh.
A Tool Used For Straw Roofing. Dutch Word For It Is 'Drijfbord'
You tap it against the ends of the straw to push it up make the edge straight. dekspaan_2...f4e8e3.jpg
DONT INTRODUCE this thing to asian mother, slipper is already painful enough
It is when you don't know the correct translation of a certain word
Load More Replies...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.
I'm blind in my right eye. Never heard of this before, will have to look into it!
38 years ago, I was refused entry into the British Armed Forces because THIS was not available in the 1980s. 😥
My son had to learn how to shoot left handed after having a detached retina in his right eye.
Take all my money now! I'm THIS kind of shooter! How cool is this!?
I am left handed and my right eye is dominant, so I shoot my rifle on the right....
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
when you're so hyper special that you design a car that comes with its own tools :D
haha, cute that you think it comes with and isn't an extra cost and exclusively sold to authorized mechanics ;)
Load More Replies..."The only tool"? Yeah, right. Hold my beer and gimme a bog-standard pipe wrench. Noone said it had to be scratch-free.
I would be willing to bet that your pipe wrench wouldn't fit into whatever crevice they've tucked the filter into.
Load More Replies...Right next to the Ferrari is a blue colour Gallardo
Load More Replies...Funny that it looks EXACTLY like the tool we use to open the new 5-gallon buckets of dish soap and laundry detergent at the retirement home I work at...
Tried to change a light bulb on my Boxster once and realized, I need a special tool too and the whole lights need to be shortly removed from the car?!
And I thought Apple were bad for having their own USB charging cables.
Whoever photographed this could take 2 steps and get a shot of that blue Lambo, not a Ferrari...
LOL I was gonna say, they talkin’ about a Lamborghini and showing’ a Ferrari!!!! 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Load More Replies...A Champagne Sabre, For Cutting The Tops Off Champagne Bottles
Lucky you! I would have sabered off my fingers with it.
Load More Replies...other than it looks cool if done properly, and hilarious when it goes wrong, what is the purpose of opening a bottle in this manner?
Chiefly? Sabering is about looking like a badass. It exploits a structural stress point in the bottle to create a clean break without the risk of glass shards flying back into the wine. Ironically enough, you're meant to do it using the blunt side of the knife blade as a bludgeon, rather than actually cutting through the glass.
Load More Replies...Orrr... and hear me out... we could maybe just use a cork screw? I dunno but something about using a straw to suck the wine off the floor after the bottle breaks just doesn’t appeal to me.
You don't even need a cork screw, a pair of functioning hands is enough.
Load More Replies...Still not very safe, you'll cut the bottle which can cut at the wrong angle and you end up with 28 stitches. Don't ask how I know.
Because it's SO inconvenient to just pop the cork? Or is it just to look cool with a knife and a bottle?
It's just to look cool with a knife and bottle. If one is VERY daring, you can actually do it with a champagne flute instead of a knife.
Load More Replies...Saw it being done at a family wedding, where the reception was held at Sandhurst Military Academy. The Groom & his best man did it with their military sabres, very impressive.
A Dental Saw Used To Shape Porcelain Crowns
Nobody makes crowns out of porcenlain anymore (ceramics isn't the same) and they aren't shaped with something like that either. This is for creating space between two teeth. Most dentists don't have a handle and just use the thin blade like you would do with dental floss. But even more common are just specialized tools for the drill that look like a much smaller version of this.
Not anymore, my dentist just used a 3-d printer. No more waiting for the lab to make the crown
You obviously don't know where the handle ends, the picture is cropped, what are you on about?
Load More Replies...A Spray Specifically Designed To Test Smoke Detectors
This is important because it doesn't leave a residue behind with might affect future operation of the sensor in an emergency.
This Scale Matches Up Combinations Of Mushrooms That Weigh A Certain Amount For Packaging
In all honesty I have a dirty mind as well, I thought is was something totally different as well.
Safe Autodialler Cracking A Floor Safe
If you want to see it in action then this video :::: https://youtu.be/vkk-2QEUvuk :::: from the Lock Picking Lawyer is what you need to watch.
One hopes that it is only sold to people with extremely high clearances
A "Tree" For Drying Bottles Are The Homebrewing Shop
Here in Belgium we have the same (just a little smaller) for baby's bottles avent-droo...8e617f.jpg
They start drinking early in Belgium I see
Load More Replies...This Keyed Switch That I'm Installing In A New School So Kids Can't Turn Lights On And Off
They'll find a way. Particularly now you've shown the key and how it works on t'internet :D
There'll be paper clips and ends of pencils stuck in those before the end of the first week.
Load More Replies...Nothing that a paperclip won't do. In a newly build school I worked in, there were no light switches. It was all automated with sensors.
My school had sensors to. Really fun if you had to use the restroom for more than 60 seconds, especially because there where no windows and all the doors automatically closed.
Load More Replies...Also wouldn’t that be very time consuming (as opposed to just flipping a switch)
Load More Replies..."Look, children, how we poke metal objects into electrical switches..."
except aren't the kids supposed to turn the lights off and stay quiet if there's a shooter in the school?
If You’ve Ever Pulled Carpet By Hand, You’ll Appreciate This
Ooooooh yes I do. Pulling carpet by hand is a workout and a half. Especially for your hands, as you can't quite get a good hold onto the carpet without absolutely CLENCHING your fingers.
And the hidden tack strips get you every single time. I want one just to say I have it now! Mwahahaha!
Load More Replies...We cleared an granite floor by hand with only some scrapers. This would have been useful.
Conveyor Table For More Humanely Vaccinating Lambs
Having a stockman restrain them by direct holding while they're injected. More chance of human error and greater freedom of movement for the lamb will increase the risk of bruising, needle breakage, or having the skin pulled away from the underlying muscle.
Load More Replies...With lambs there's not very much wool at all to have to go through. My friends own a huge sheep farm. I help at lambing looking after the little ones in the nursery who are having problems. I also help at vaccination time. I've never had a problem holding onto any lamb to get their shot. Dont know about this deal but it kind of looks like a conveyor belt. Not humanely. Just faster.
Have worked with sheep before. Lambs are easy to hold, this just seems excessive tbh.
Load More Replies...And how huge the needle must be to go through all of the wool to get to the muscle in the rump? I think this is to avoid the needle breakage mostly , which could be very painful . I agree that it doesn’t look great but they forget as soon as they are off and back to grazing
Load More Replies...Diamond Core Drilling Machine
not sure why you're being downvoted: the perpetrators of the Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary literally used the exact same drill
Load More Replies...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.
Load More Replies...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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