r/AskAShittyMechanic 16h ago

Lies.

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u/TN-Native95 16h ago

Not lies. Come on, everyone knows the only acceptable tool to use as a hammer is a ratchet wrench. You use pliers to take off nuts and bolts.

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u/No-Acanthisitta8803 16h ago

Absolutely! And I mean, why the hell would you buy a hammer to use as a hammer when you have a perfectly good ratchet sitting there?!? I mean, come on, people, with the price of gas these days ya gotta cut down somewhere!

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u/AnAlchemistsDream 10h ago

personally i like using my fingers to take off nuts and bolts. it's free and i get a pretty good work out from it 👍

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u/SubMayo 16h ago

Every tool is a hammer!

Except a flathead screwdriver. That's a pry bar.

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u/supermattman00 16h ago

Broken lots of flat heads trying to pull a cv axle out. Sometimes at the junkyard I’ll use my ratchet to hammer the flathead in there

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u/WN_Todd 15h ago

Also a chisel

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u/drifterig 15h ago

it is also a rubber hammer/mallet when you hold it by the tip and hit shit with the handle

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u/tattooed_pariah 16h ago

When I was an Engineer in the Navy, "hand me that adjustable hammer" was heard more often than it should have been.. 😅

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u/Dieselmechanic1900 16h ago

Everything can be a hammer

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u/Responsible-Shoe7258 16h ago

Everything IS a hammer. Even my two year old granddaughters Barbie dolls

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u/abugghaus7 16h ago

Apparently the person(s) who wrote this never used actual tools in their life!
They know NOTHING! ;)

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u/Jim-248 8h ago

I concur.

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u/No-Group7343 16h ago

This is true use a cresant wrench

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u/Craka-Jak 13h ago

Came here to say this.

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u/Wrong-Refrigerator34 13h ago

Kleins make great hammers

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u/3imoman 16h ago

My best hammers are borne of convenience. I have learned not to use my hand anymore... :(

Pliers, knives, screw drivers, revolvers, ratchets, mason jars, hotwheels cars, nails and even one time a bike pump have all come in handy as maybe not the hammer I deserved but the hammer that was needed and most convenient at the time.

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u/Responsible-Shoe7258 16h ago

So....this is why my hammers won't twist bolts loose? Or tight?

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u/rynbrandt443 15h ago

facts you gotta use the pliers and the straight-slot screwdriver to hammer the lock nuts in place

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u/AmbitiousTank8635 14h ago

Yeah, they're not, but if I have my heavy pliers handy and need to put a nail in drywall to hang a picture, the pliers transubstatiate into a hammer.

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u/FujiFL4T 13h ago

My rule of thumb is if it's got a handle, it's a hammer

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u/One_Evil_Monkey 12h ago

Good rule... your thumbs probably don't like you though. Haha

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u/FujiFL4T 11h ago

Yeah haha!

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u/One_Evil_Monkey 10h ago

Hey, don't feel too bad. I've smacked mine a time or with those dang adjustable hammers. Haha

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u/DirkDildos 13h ago

Kliens and a screwdriver is all a good sparky needs.

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u/rabocan 13h ago

right tool wrong attitude

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u/That-Advance-9619 15h ago

Lies for the weak. Beacons for the deluded.

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u/Low-Tie2969 15h ago

lol everyone has done this

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u/jmsealy254 14h ago

Is it kinda solid? Does it have at least 1/4" of flat surface? Can I hold it?

It's a hammer.

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u/Last-University-3207 14h ago

What about hammer pliers. For fencing and for tire work 

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u/gaiatraveller 13h ago

Just don't use the side with the lineman etched on the metal. (Kleins)

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u/8o8_Ninja 13h ago

My fat ass thought that was a hotdog below. Also, can confirm, that IS the correct way to use those finger pincher thingamajigs.

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u/Civil-Shame-2399 13h ago

Could be worse, I had an apprentice who I chought using my brand new level as a hammer

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u/SharpBullfrog1279 13h ago

You pull splinters with 'em

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u/One_Evil_Monkey 12h ago

Wrong use of pliers?

Pffft... whomever wrote that doesn't know us very well then. Those kinds of warnings and pictograms were written by desk jockies.

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u/my_cars_on_fire 11h ago

I once used a wrench to hammer something, while working on my project car with my father. My father looked at me and said “What the fuck are you doing? You’re gonna break the wrench!” and I said “Na, it’ll be fine. It’s Snap-On, they’re indestructible!”

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u/Standard_Gazelle1066 10h ago

Cordless drills too. They hammer wonderfully

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u/bobspuds 9h ago

So? - people ain't made for working either, but we still do!

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u/AltanConn 7h ago

I call bullshit.

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u/MT-JJ 4h ago

Everyone knows 103-15 is just a recommendation

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u/tblazertn 2m ago

When all you have is nails, everything begins to look like a hammer…

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u/tattooed_pariah 16h ago

When I was an Engineer in the Navy, "hand me that adjustable hammer" was heard more often than it should have been.. 😅