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    Shop Tool Lexicon

    Feb 14, 2020 5 minutes
    by John Neuenburg

    All types of military vehicle fans read this Magazine. Many are old hands at vehicle maintenance and restoration while others are new at it or even pay someone to do work for them. Regardless, tools are mandatory for most maintenance and repair projects. We updated and added to a tool-description list originally published, we think, in Peter Egan’s column in Road & Track, April 1996. This should help get “rookies” up to speed on terminology. Experienced mechanics might learn something new, too. We welcome additions to the list. Send them to our editor at jadams-graf@aimmedia.com

    SHOP TOOL “DAFFYNITIONS”

    A machine that takes energy produced in a far away power plant and transforms it into compressed air that travels by hose to a Chicago Pneumatic impact wrench that grips rusty bolts which were last over-tightened 50

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