What's the most-often used item on your bench?

[Catfish]

Of all the presses, dies, gadgets and gizmos at your disposal which one actually winds up being used nearly every time you sit down? For me it's a pair of pointed angled tweezers. For a lot of tiny items and little press parts my sausage fingers just don't work. I reach for these things all - the - time.

 

[Schattenreiter]

And second most used is the magnetic tray you keep them in.

 

[Tim]

TV Remote?

 

[Wolverine]

A big damn hammer. Goes with everything.

If it don't work use a bigger hammer.

 

[Schattenreiter]

TV Remote?

You mean you can find yours????

 

[Bailey Boat]

Glasses...... hands down, glasses......

 

[Pogue]

The bench. Flat surfaces don’t stand a clutter-free chance at my house.

 

[Howland]

Bullet puller.

 

[Button Pusher]

My Optivisor by Donegan Optical, accept no substitutes! https://doneganoptical.com/product/optivisor/

 

[falconew]

My credit card.

 

[Beef15]

My LnL AP which means my Mr. Bulletfeeder and Shockbottle Hundo case gauge.

Atypical tool would be a bent up piece of wire used for unclogging the case feeder, checking for incipient case separation, picking debris out of tight spaces.

 

[kcult]

TV Remote?

I was going to say bluetooth speaker.

 

[Toprudder]

First thing that comes to mind is my Lee Classic Turret press. Seems I hardly go into the reloading shack without at least popping out some primers with it.

 

[jimmyjames8]

Rockchucker, RCBS CasePrep Center, iGaging Digital Calipers,

 

[SnowRooster]

My Optivisor by Donegan Optical, accept no substitutes! https://doneganoptical.com/product/optivisor/

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These work pretty good? I’ve been looking at some on Amazon trying to decide if I want to Try them. I’ve got pretty bad eyes for up close work quite frankly I can’t see it all close. They pretty clear?

 

[InvisibleOne]

Absolutely the #1 most used is my Big Lighted Magnifying Lens.
It's on a long arm, so I can use it over the bench vise, or just to light-up the work area. Love it!

 

[Geezer]

I wear my contact lens when I'm going out. But, I have cheap reading glasses all over the place. My reading glasses are the most used item. And, until I got one of those magnetic parts trays, I had no idea how handy one those things would be.

 

[Button Pusher]

These work pretty good? I’ve been looking at some on Amazon trying to decide if I want to Try them. I’ve got pretty bad eyes for up close work quite frankly I can’t see it all close. They pretty clear?

Absolutely, the genuine OptiVisor uses optical glass not cheap plastic optics. I use them mostly for working on PC boards for my ham radio stuff and also repaired the LED light board for our Maytag fridge, they undersized two components and they burned up because the board powers all the other LED's in the fridge and freezer. Bad design. Magnifying light by Luxo.

 

[Took]

Big lighted magnifying glass is now my favorite. I actually bought it only about 2 months ago to do some work on a watch and now I don't know what I'd do without it and have no idea why I did not buy one years ago.

 

[MacEntyre]

#1 Versa Vice with leather jaw covers
#2 screwdriver bit set from Lyman
#3 leather hammer

 

[SnowRooster]

Absolutely, the genuine OptiVisor uses optical glass not cheap plastic optics. I use them mostly for working on PC boards for my ham radio stuff and also repaired the LED light board for our Maytag fridge, they undersized two components and they burned up because the board powers all the other LED's in the fridge and freezer. Bad design.

Cool! I’m gonna pick a set up

 

[georgel]

Dremel.


Not really, but I had to say it.

 

[StanfieldNC]

Power screwdriver

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[Geezer]

#1 Versa Vice with leather jaw covers

I made some leather jaw covers from some scrap leather donated by @gunbelt.

 

[Etruett]

Wheeler Gunsmith Screwdriver set and cigarette lighter. Smoking keeps the nerves steady when working on firearms as well as reloading.

 

[Coltdefender1911]

Ashtray or beer coaster. Close tie between the 2.

 

[Tailhunter]

The Dillon gets cranked but the Giraud gets its fair share too.

 

[Schattenreiter]

Well this probably doesn't qualify cause you said "on the bench" but the most used thing "at my bench" is the chair. LOL

 

[Dale Gribble]

Another vote here for glasses.

 

[NKD]

A big damn hammer. Goes with everything.

If it don't work use a bigger hammer.

Yep.

 

[copdills]

yep Glasses

 

[BatteryOaksBilly]

Hacksaw

 

[Geezer]

Hacksaw

Many people on here will think you're joking. Some of us will know better.

 

[ncav8tor]

Curse words. [emoji23]


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[Schattenreiter]

Hacksaw

Nu uh! Tape measure.

 

[Catfish]

Curse words. [emoji23]


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This is true. many of my tools will not work at all without the proper incantation.

 

[JohnFreeman]

Case gauges.....

 

[Windini]

Rags.

 

[Amps 13]

Flashlight. Everything ends up on the floor under something.

 

[Get Off My Lawn]

Hacksaw

The hacksaw's Billy's old school Dremel.