45 Unique And Unusual Tools Created For Specific Problems You Didn’t Know Existed
Considering I still use the back of a butter knife for 90% of my household repairs, I can’t help but be in awe of the r/specializedtools Reddit.
This community is a testament to the fact that for every niche, hyper-specific problem in the world, there is a person who spent three years engineering a piece of steel to solve it. It’s a beautiful contrast to my own life and makes me realize that the old saying “Yep, there’s a tool for that” is 100% true, even though I just made it up.
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1. Baby Head Protector
2. Duck Ramp
3. An In-Fence Foul Ball Return
4. Wheelchair Designed To Be Used In Rough Conditions Like Snow
5. A lift truck designed to lift underneath a bridge while it rests on top
6. My Ski Boot Prosthetics
7. This Chair For People Who Love To Sit Cross-Legged
8. A Little Hook Tool To Pull Through Those Tiny Little Straps That Come With A Lot Of Devices
9. Poking Words Into Cardboard
10. Passport Photo Shears Used By My Local Post Office
11. Surgical Suture Training Pad
12. Cherry Pitting Tool For Kitchen | Canning
13. Heated Razor Blade To Remove Decals
14. Bowling Lane Oil Robot
15. ONT on a stick – Complete Fiber Network Interface In A SFP Module
16. Old German Map Measuring Tool With Compass I Found In The House I Bought
17. New Type Of Parking Enforcement On My Campus Replacing The Boot, Appropriately Named “The Barnacle”
18. Baseboard Scrubber
19. Leroy Technical Lettering Kit. I Was Told Some People Here Might Enjoy This
20. I Asked My Mother If She Had Any Suggestions For How To Remove A Broken Light Bulb Base From The Socket And She Produced This
21. A Special Blade To Cut Metal Sheets
22. # Of Weeks From Date Calculator
23. Drywall Lift. This Makes Ceiling Drywall So Much Easier. I’ve Done It With And Without The Lift And It’s Definitely Worth It. Home Depot Four Hour Rental Was Only $36
24. Money Holders For Banks (Or Rich People)
25. A Roof Leak-Catching Tool/Contraption I Seen At The Shop
26. Applicator Tip For Cove Base Adhesive To Apply A Flat, Even Amount Of Glue. Instead Of The Typical Single Bead Of A Standard Caulk Gun
27. Japanese Engraving Machine For Chopsticks
28. A Level Made For Balancing Roulette Wheels
29. Corner Line Anchor For Bricklayers
30. Cow Brush
31. A Back-Worn Suspension Rig For Heavy Camera Equipment
32. Geonics Em-31 Electromagnetic Survey Unit. That’s Me Using It To Check The Conductivity Of The Soil That Correlates To Chloride Levels From An Oil And Gas Spill
33. Tool To Move Truck Trailers By Hand
34. Device To Clean The Track In The Spanish F1 Grand Prix
35. Brass Crowbar For Working On Plastic Injection Molds
36. Boat Forklift For Moving Docks And Boat Lifts
37. Hydraulic Hand Strength Dynamometer
38. Specialized Tools For Bottling Wine
39. A Perkins Braille (a typewriter that prints in Braille)
40. “my modest collection of barrel thiefs”
41. Leader retriever for 35mm film.
42. Sugar beet transporter
43. Black and Decker spark plug cleaner
44. Shoe Stretcher that can make shoes wider and longer
45. Double decker stamp holder
