30 Of The Most Interesting Specialized Tools Shared In This Online Group
There are certain jobs that simply cannot be completed using your bare hands and require specialized tools to be performed correctly. And sometimes these tools are so specialized, someone who’s not familiar with them would hardly even imagine what they’re used for. But worry not – that’s where the r/SpecializedTools subreddit comes to help.
The users of this subreddit share all of the bizarre and oddly specific tools they get to use on their jobs, and they’re actually pretty fascinating. From abnormally large Allen keys to barrel filling bridges, check out a collection of rarely seen specialized tools shared in this online group in the gallery below!
#1 Tree Mover
#2 This Chair For People Who Love To Sit Cross-Legged
#3 Surgical Suture Training Pad
#4 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
#5 A Seatbelts Attachment For Pregnant Women
#6 A Lift To Help This Truck Driver Get In Cab
#7 Baby Head Protector
#8 My Smallest And Largest Hex Keys For Working On Large Injection Molding Presses
#9 Cow Brush
#10 Curb Shaper
#11 A Norwegian Shoe Drying Machine
#12 Snow Clearing Machine For Trucks!
#13 New Type Of Parking Enforcement On My Campus Replacing The Boot, Appropriately Named “The Barnacle”
#14 To Test Large Crane Capacity We Use Giant Water Bags… Aka The Balls Of Judgment
#15 You Saw My Largest And Smallest Hex Keys. These Are My Largest And Smallest Adjustable Wrenches!
#16 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
#17 Refueling Helicopter In Mid-Air
#18 Barrel-Filling Bridge
#19 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
#20 Stenographer, The Machine The Court Reporters Use To Type Everything That Is Said There
#21 These Specialized Chain Tires That Are Used In The Extreme Heat Of Steel Mills
#22 During The Australian Bushfires Any Water Source Can Be Used To Fight The Fires
#23 My Buddy Made Me A Label Applicator. Just Passed 8000 Bottles/Labels
#24 Radius Measuring Guage
#25 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
#26 Bend Rules
#27 Tool That Allows One Man To Move The Whole Train By Hand
#28 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
#29 Spent Shotgun Shell Lawn Sweeper Picker-Upper
#30 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
Aušrys Uptas
One day, this guy just kind of figured - “I spend most of my time on the internet anyway, why not turn it into a profession?” - and he did! Now he not only gets to browse the latest cat videos and fresh memes every day but also shares them with people all over the world, making sure they stay up to date with everything that’s trending on the web. Some things that always pique his interest are old technologies, literature and all sorts of odd vintage goodness. So if you find something that’s too bizarre not to share, make sure to hit him up!
