What do you use it for???

[Popeye]

For the umptenth (maybe more) time I grabbed my post and pipe level today

to use to transfer a mark around the edge of a board. Bear in mind I've set probably 20 fence posts and a mailbox post with this but..... 99.9% of the time it gets used to transfer marks around the edge of a board.
What tool do you use most for a purpose for which it wasn't intended??
Like the 4' level straight edge cutting guide I have hanging next to my bench??? Just being nosey. Pat

[LarryG]

What tool do you use most for a purpose for which it wasn't intended??

Hmm. I guess I'd have to say my Ridgid EB4424 oscillating belt/spindle sander. I use its table as a drawing board whenever I'm sketching up something out in the shop.

[Ken Weaver]

I use my drill press table for the same purpose as Larry. My Ridgid B/OSS is too far away from the bench to use.

[LCHIEN]

I have a bad habit of storing things on every flat surface.
Tha means I store things on the BT3.
I store things on the router table
I store things on the drill press sometimes.
etc., etc., etc

[bigsteel15]

I would have to say the biggest thing I'm doing is using my 2 car garage entirely for WW shop.
My wife has made me promise the car will fit next winter...YEAH RIGHT!!
I'm also guilty of same as Loring. I don't have a flat surface to work on anywhere.

[jwaterdawg]

For sanding small flat pieces of wood I will use one of the push blocks from one of my joiners with the stationary belt sander sometimes (depending on work piece size) with double sided tape.

[thestinker]

A hammer-

As a plumbing tool, tv repair tool, lawnmower starting device....the list could go on and on and on. Too few people use this soley to drive nails, and it has so many other valuable functions.

[Rounder]

I have to agree with everyone about using the flat surfaces. I also use a yard stick to flip on the light switch near my tablesaw and lathe.

[TheRic]

WHAT!!! Are you trying to say flat surfaces are not suppose to be used to store things on!! Now you guys tell me, every year new rules!
I would be hard pressed to find a flat surface that was not piled (stacked) with stuff on it. Every now and then I break down and clean things off. Wife normally jokes about getting pictures, so she knows what it looks like.

I would say (other then the above) I use my flat head screw drivers for everything but putting screw in / out with.

[Jim Boyd]

I have a bad habit of storing things on every flat surface.
Tha means I store things on the BT3.
I store things on the router table
I store things on the drill press sometimes.
etc., etc., etc

I'll have to add that I store all of my chips/sawdust all over my floor

[LYU370]

I have a selection of PAPT's (Polish All Purpose Tools) AKA 2x4's. They come in handy for a lot of things, hammer, wedge, etc. etc. I remember when I was a kid and was helping my dad, no matter what we'd be working on, plumbing, carpentry, floors, automobiles, eventually I'd hear... "Give me the 2x4". Now I have my own selection of these innovative tools. :-)

And yes, I am Polish!