Saw a new Craftsman commercial the other day. It's a new one in the series
were Bob Vila (man he looks old!) interviews some schlub who has performed
some miracle like hanging some shelves or remodelling a room using all
Craftsman tools! Wow! What did we ever do before all these new gadgety
things?
This new one shows a guy remodelling a room. Right at the begining, he is
cutting a board about 3" x 24" with a circular saw. As he completes his
cut, his wife steps up behind him and grabs the piece of wood before it
falls, meaning that her hand and body are directly behind the path of the
saw. Nice work Crapsman. Not only do you sell junk, now you make a
commercial showing unsafe usage of your junk. The downward spiral of
Crapsman's reputation continues.
It only reinforces my decision to not support the Crapsman/ Boob Vila
nightmare.
Frank
Frank Ketchum wrote:
> It only reinforces my decision to not support the Crapsman/ Boob Vila
> nightmare.
As I read your post I was thinking, "Man, what did Sears do tothis guy!"
Then I remembered how much I hate the stupid ass "Can you hear me now?"
idiot. I wish someone took him to a place he can't be heard!
--
gabriel
Doug Miller wrote:
> only door. A doorbell wouldn't be much use with machinery running and ear
> protection in use. So I asked a deaf guy whom I used to work with, 'what
> do deaf people use for doorbells?'
Good line of thought. Could maybe use something like that on a phone too,
so I can be reached without being screeched.
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hmm I gota scar there too.
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"Jay Windley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Lawrence A. Ramsey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> |
> | I was running a chainsaw one day and a "friend" slipped up
> | behind me to scare me.
>
> My friends know that if they see me operating a power tool, they're to
wait
> until I've finished and the tool stops before trying to get my attention.
> The alternative is summary eviction from the shop.
>
> I remember restoring a Neupert harpsichord after a long period of storage.
> Thanks to all the wonderful environment effects that affect wood, many of
> the ebony-clad pine keys had moved to the point of hitting each other. As
I
> was poised with my razor-sharp chisel to shave off a couple thousands of
an
> inch of ebony off a quarter-inch key, some [expletive] decided to scare
me.
> The result was a nice clean gash along the side of my left index finger.
> You gotta wonder what some people are thinking sometimes.
>
> --Jay
>
Use a dimmer switch instead. She can gradually turn it up and there
will be no sudden event to distract your concentration. Maybe use a
different color light off to the side.
Joe
>
> I'm thinking about rigging up a light switch on the outside or something, so
> she can blink a light and get my attention, so I'll come out without her
> having to scare the bajeezus out of me and maybe send me to the emergency
> room.
Frank, I don't think Sears is the only company that lets marketing get in
the way of displaying safe operation, though their ad sounds especially
stupid.
I love my Jet Supersaw, but I was appalled at the Jet video on this saw. The
guy makes all kinds of cuts with a naked blade and not even a pair of safety
glasses on. He could have at least put them on while making the cuts.
Then there's the recent woodworking show. The demos fell into two safety
categories - those that went to great lengths to put up clear shields
between their equipment and the audience and those that did nothing. I was
amazed how many naked table saws were in operation, free for little kids to
stand behind the saw at eye level to see what was going on.
I have to admire Torben Helshoj, president of Laguna tools, who takes
signficant time to talk about safety and then sprinkles safety comments
throughtout his commercial video on Laguna tools.
Bob
"Frank Ketchum" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Saw a new Craftsman commercial the other day. It's a new one in the
series
> were Bob Vila (man he looks old!) interviews some schlub who has performed
> some miracle like hanging some shelves or remodelling a room using all
> Craftsman tools! Wow! What did we ever do before all these new gadgety
> things?
>
> This new one shows a guy remodelling a room. Right at the begining, he is
> cutting a board about 3" x 24" with a circular saw. As he completes his
> cut, his wife steps up behind him and grabs the piece of wood before it
> falls, meaning that her hand and body are directly behind the path of the
> saw. Nice work Crapsman. Not only do you sell junk, now you make a
> commercial showing unsafe usage of your junk. The downward spiral of
> Crapsman's reputation continues.
>
> It only reinforces my decision to not support the Crapsman/ Boob Vila
> nightmare.
>
> Frank
>
>
"Lawrence A. Ramsey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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|
| I was running a chainsaw one day and a "friend" slipped up
| behind me to scare me.
My friends know that if they see me operating a power tool, they're to wait
until I've finished and the tool stops before trying to get my attention.
The alternative is summary eviction from the shop.
I remember restoring a Neupert harpsichord after a long period of storage.
Thanks to all the wonderful environment effects that affect wood, many of
the ebony-clad pine keys had moved to the point of hitting each other. As I
was poised with my razor-sharp chisel to shave off a couple thousands of an
inch of ebony off a quarter-inch key, some [expletive] decided to scare me.
The result was a nice clean gash along the side of my left index finger.
You gotta wonder what some people are thinking sometimes.
--Jay
Kinda like a bunch of lumber jacks at the bar and trying to get a word in
edge wise isn't it?
<[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Eric Johnson wrote:
> > Back when I was young and spry I did some rough framing. I'm 6'5" 300lbs
so
>
> I figure that's about normal size for this bunch. Seems to me this is a
> larger than average bunch.
> Dave in Fairfax
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Jay Windley writes:
>As I
>was poised with my razor-sharp chisel to shave off a couple thousands of an
>inch of ebony off a quarter-inch key, some [expletive] decided to scare me.
>The result was a nice clean gash along the side of my left index finger.
>You gotta wonder what some people are thinking sometimes.
Good thing it was nly razor sharp. :)
Many people think a joke is more important than blood. Too many. I like jokes,
but I don't like practical jokes or jokers. They don't come in my shop twice.
Charlie Self
"Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?" Lily Tomlin
http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/myhomepage/business.html
mttt wrote:
>> > I figure that's about normal size for this bunch. Seems to me this is
>> > a larger than average bunch.
>>
>> Nah, it's just that we're mostly Americans.
>
> And all on "Atkin's"...
Nah.
I'm hoping once the weather improves and I get more active I can drop some
weight without having to bother with a diet. Diets are too complicated.
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Eric Johnson wrote:
> Back when I was young and spry I did some rough framing. I'm 6'5" 300lbs so
I figure that's about normal size for this bunch. Seems to me this is a
larger than average bunch.
Dave in Fairfax
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"Silvan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
>
> [email protected] wrote:
>
> > Eric Johnson wrote:
> >> Back when I was young and spry I did some rough framing. I'm 6'5"
300lbs
> >> so
> >
> > I figure that's about normal size for this bunch. Seems to me this is a
> > larger than average bunch.
>
> Nah, it's just that we're mostly Americans.
And all on "Atkin's"...
Yea, I don't like that practial joke crap either, It;s dangerous.
Some shop's make a game or competion out of it.
Tony D.
"Charlie Self" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Jay Windley writes:
>
> >As I
> >was poised with my razor-sharp chisel to shave off a couple thousands of
an
> >inch of ebony off a quarter-inch key, some [expletive] decided to scare
me.
> >The result was a nice clean gash along the side of my left index finger.
> >You gotta wonder what some people are thinking sometimes.
>
> Good thing it was nly razor sharp. :)
>
> Many people think a joke is more important than blood. Too many. I like
jokes,
> but I don't like practical jokes or jokers. They don't come in my shop
twice.
>
> Charlie Self
> "Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?" Lily Tomlin
>
> http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/myhomepage/business.html
"Charlie Self" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Jay Windley writes:
>
> >As I
> >was poised with my razor-sharp chisel to shave off a couple thousands of
an
> >inch of ebony off a quarter-inch key, some [expletive] decided to scare
me.
> >The result was a nice clean gash along the side of my left index finger.
> >You gotta wonder what some people are thinking sometimes.
>
> Good thing it was nly razor sharp. :)
>
> Many people think a joke is more important than blood. Too many. I like
jokes,
> but I don't like practical jokes or jokers. They don't come in my shop
twice.
>
> Charlie Self
> "Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?" Lily Tomlin
>
> http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/myhomepage/business.html
Back when I was young and spry I did some rough framing. I'm 6'5" 300lbs so
needless to say if I was walking a wall it would have some flex to it. Had a
young bull on the crew that thought it was funny to shake the walls under me
hollering earthquake when I was up there. One day I'm 24' feet up setting
trusses and focusing on the job at hand and he starts up catching me
completely off guard. Off I came but I had a hand on the truss being craned
into place it was suspended in the center so I still went down in a hurry
but not freefall. I came down on top of this guy feet first and he
thankfully broke my fall to the tune of a broken jaw and a broken
collarbone. Job boss was on the the other end of the truss when I went and
almost went off the other side. Mr. Practical Joker came round in the ER to
his paycheck and an invitation to a blanket party if he came back on site
ever again. Haven't seen him since...
EJ
He's lucky he lasted that long.
Having been to school with guys who thought everything was a joke He would
have been fired after a first warning.
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"Eric Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Charlie Self" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > Jay Windley writes:
> >
> > >As I
> > >was poised with my razor-sharp chisel to shave off a couple thousands
of
> an
> > >inch of ebony off a quarter-inch key, some [expletive] decided to scare
> me.
> > >The result was a nice clean gash along the side of my left index
finger.
> > >You gotta wonder what some people are thinking sometimes.
> >
> > Good thing it was nly razor sharp. :)
> >
> > Many people think a joke is more important than blood. Too many. I like
> jokes,
> > but I don't like practical jokes or jokers. They don't come in my shop
> twice.
> >
> > Charlie Self
> > "Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?" Lily Tomlin
> >
> > http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/myhomepage/business.html
>
> Back when I was young and spry I did some rough framing. I'm 6'5" 300lbs
so
> needless to say if I was walking a wall it would have some flex to it. Had
a
> young bull on the crew that thought it was funny to shake the walls under
me
> hollering earthquake when I was up there. One day I'm 24' feet up setting
> trusses and focusing on the job at hand and he starts up catching me
> completely off guard. Off I came but I had a hand on the truss being
craned
> into place it was suspended in the center so I still went down in a hurry
> but not freefall. I came down on top of this guy feet first and he
> thankfully broke my fall to the tune of a broken jaw and a broken
> collarbone. Job boss was on the the other end of the truss when I went and
> almost went off the other side. Mr. Practical Joker came round in the ER
to
> his paycheck and an invitation to a blanket party if he came back on site
> ever again. Haven't seen him since...
>
> EJ
>
>
[email protected] wrote:
> Eric Johnson wrote:
>> Back when I was young and spry I did some rough framing. I'm 6'5" 300lbs
>> so
>
> I figure that's about normal size for this bunch. Seems to me this is a
> larger than average bunch.
Nah, it's just that we're mostly Americans.
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On 10 Feb 2004 19:34:22 GMT, [email protected] (Charlie Self)
asserted:
>Many people think a joke is more important than blood. Too many. I like jokes,
>but I don't like practical jokes or jokers. They don't come in my shop twice.
Here's another Twain quote for you.
When grown-up persons indulge in practical jokes, the fact gauges
them. They have lived narrow, obscure, and ignorant lives, and at full
manhood they still retain and cherish a job-lot of left-over standards
and ideals that would have been discarded with their boyhood if they
had then moved out into the world and a broader life. There were many
practical jokers in the new Territory. I do not take pleasure in
exposing this fact, for I liked those people; but what I am saying is
true. I wish I could say a kindlier thing about them instead -- that
they were burglars, or hat-rack thieves, or something like that, that
wouldn't be utterly uncomplimentary. I would prefer it, but I can't
say those things, they would not be true. These people were practical
jokers, and I will not try to disguise it. In other respects they were
plenty good-enough people; honest people; reputable and likable.
S.L. Clemens The Autobiography of Mark Twain.
Luigi
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"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> "Frank Ketchum" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>
> > This new one shows a guy remodelling a room. Right at the begining, he is
> > cutting a board about 3" x 24" with a circular saw. As he completes his
> > cut, his wife steps up behind him and grabs the piece of wood before it
> > falls, meaning that her hand and body are directly behind the path of the
> > saw. Nice work Crapsman.
>
> IIRC, the path of the saw and the direction that the board would be thrown
> would be forward and away from the wife. No?
NO. when a circ saw binds, it always jumps backward.
"Frank Ketchum" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> This new one shows a guy remodelling a room. Right at the begining, he is
> cutting a board about 3" x 24" with a circular saw. As he completes his
> cut, his wife steps up behind him and grabs the piece of wood before it
> falls, meaning that her hand and body are directly behind the path of the
> saw. Nice work Crapsman.
IIRC, the path of the saw and the direction that the board would be thrown
would be forward and away from the wife. No?
Leon asks:
>> This new one shows a guy remodelling a room. Right at the begining, he is
>> cutting a board about 3" x 24" with a circular saw. As he completes his
>> cut, his wife steps up behind him and grabs the piece of wood before it
>> falls, meaning that her hand and body are directly behind the path of the
>> saw. Nice work Crapsman.
>
>IIRC, the path of the saw and the direction that the board would be thrown
>would be forward and away from the wife. No?
Start screwing with falling wood from a circ saw and you're asking it to lock
up in a cut and kick back. I knew one kid that happened to: took him a couple
years to really get right after the slice in his inner thigh muscle.
I am constantly haranguing my wife to stay out of the tool's path when I'm
working. She wants to help, and does, but has no ability to determie the
path(s) of problems, so I have to remind her each time. So far, so good. She's
seen a couple items fly and stay wary for a few months, but if she doesn't
help, she forgets.
Charlie Self
"Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?" Lily Tomlin
http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/myhomepage/business.html
Charlie Self) writes:
[snip]
>Start screwing with falling wood from a circ saw and you're asking it to lock
>up in a cut and kick back. I knew one kid that happened to: took him a couple
>years to really get right after the slice in his inner thigh muscle.
Thass why you always support your work, right?
>I am constantly haranguing my wife to stay out of the tool's path when I'm
>working. She wants to help, and does, but has no ability to determie the
>path(s) of problems, so I have to remind her each time. So far, so good.
Heh, see you one and raise you one.
Tool path, BTDTGTFS.
1)Fishing: fighting a 15+ bluefish in the surf (Hatteras NC), and he's giving
me gyp, I can feel the hook slipping. Missus is up the beach a smidge, comes
running to see what I'm fighting. Much cries of <female version>
"Youdaman!"</femaleversion) while standing in front of me. (Guess they never
get over that cheerleader crapola).
<Me> "Get out of the way please, get out of the way please . . . get the f...
behind me d***a**! </Me(as I feel the hook going totally south)>.
Hurt look on her face, <me> steps between her and the incoming (treble) hooked
spoon.
Wham! sensation, right down in the left groinal region. Quite frankly I'm
afraid to look right away.
<SWMBO>: "Why are you so mean to me? Why did you yell at me?
</SWMBO(preblubbering)>
<Me> "Uh, honey, is that hook in my left nut or not? </Me>
The hook was about 1.5" from the bidness, luckily didn't break the skin.
With a little bit of coaching she caught the next blue, 19 lbs or so.
Good day all told.
Best,
Marc
MrAoD wrote:
Heh, see you one and raise you one.
> 1)Fishing: fighting a 15+ bluefish in the surf (Hatteras NC), and he's giving
> me gyp, I can feel the hook slipping. Missus is up the beach a smidge, comes
> running to see what I'm fighting. Much cries of <female version
> "Youdaman!"</femaleversion) while standing in front of me. (Guess they never
> get over that cheerleader crapola).
> <Me> "Get out of the way please, get out of the way please . . . get the
> f... behind me d***a**! </Me(as I feel the hook going totally south)>.
> Hurt look on her face, <me> steps between her and the incoming (treble) hooked
> spoon.
> Wham! sensation, right down in the left groinal region. Quite frankly I'm
> afraid to look right away.
> <SWMBO>: "Why are you so mean to me? Why did you yell at me?SWMBO(preblubbering)
> <Me> "Uh, honey, is that hook in my left nut or not? </Me>
> The hook was about 1.5" from the bidness, luckily didn't break the skin.
> With a little bit of coaching she caught the next blue, 19 lbs or so.
> Good day all told.
Reminds me of snitching salmon back in MI. Much more dangerous than
deer hunting. People hooking each other in nearby boots, every once in
a while a pair of waders going by upsdie down.
Dave in Fairfax
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MrAoD wrote:
> <Me> "Uh, honey, is that hook in my left nut or not? </Me>
>
> The hook was about 1.5" from the bidness, luckily didn't break the skin.
I'll never look at a fishing pole the same way again after reading that.
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"Charlie Self" <[email protected]> wrote in message >
> Start screwing with falling wood from a circ saw and you're asking it to
lock
> up in a cut and kick back. I knew one kid that happened to: took him a
couple
> years to really get right after the slice in his inner thigh muscle.
Yeah I agree with that ... I just did not see the picture that Frank was
painting I guess.
--={Flyer}=-- wrote:
> Harsh words were exchanged one day when SWMBO tried to get my attention
> while I
> was running my rather noisy Rockwell TS. Since she was upstairs in the
> kitchen, and obviously unwilling to come downstairs to the shop, she felt
> it was more expedient to turn the shop lights off.
Gack!
Wimminz... Can't live with'em, can't live without'em.
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In article <[email protected]>, "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Frank Ketchum" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>
>
>> This new one shows a guy remodelling a room. Right at the begining, he is
>> cutting a board about 3" x 24" with a circular saw. As he completes his
>> cut, his wife steps up behind him and grabs the piece of wood before it
>> falls, meaning that her hand and body are directly behind the path of the
>> saw. Nice work Crapsman.
>
>IIRC, the path of the saw and the direction that the board would be thrown
>would be forward and away from the wife. No?
>
Kickback with a portable circular saw generally results not in the board being
thrust forward, but in the *saw* being thrust *backward*.
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How come we choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America?
Jay Windley wrote:
> My friends know that if they see me operating a power tool, they're to
> wait until I've finished and the tool stops before trying to get my
> attention. The alternative is summary eviction from the shop.
Now that my pain and anger have faded, I can share this one...
I don't have any kind of motorized way of sawing up turning wood yet. I had
been sawing on a pretty good hunk of wood for awhile with a bow saw, and I
had gotten it almost sawn in half. I grew impatient, and grabbed a baby
sledge to whack it and finish it off.
Right as I was standing and turning with the sledge, SWMBO burst into the
shop with a screeching HI HONEY!!!!!!!!!!!
I let go of the sledge, and POW, smacked the spindle on my weeks-old JET
mini. I bent it, and the lathe was ruined in an instant. Not bent by
much, but it was definitely *way* out of whack after that.
(Well, I was able to fix it with a new spindle for $40, and the little guy
runs like a champ again. Still, it was heart wrenching seeing my
practically new baby incapacitated like that, and so senselessly.)
As y'all might imagine, we had a fight that day.
We still haven't come to any good resolution on the issue either. I have no
windows, and no way of seeing out of the shop. It's hard for anyone to
know what I'm doing in there, and impossible to open the door without
startling me. So the result is that she no longer calls me to dinner or
says hello when she gets home. It's sort of a wedge between us.
I'm thinking about rigging up a light switch on the outside or something, so
she can blink a light and get my attention, so I'll come out without her
having to scare the bajeezus out of me and maybe send me to the emergency
room.
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My Radio Shack Fone Flasher 2 alerts that phone is ringing with bright
strobe flashing. Fringe benefit is LOUD ringer capability helps when
outside in yard.
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 21:42:34 GMT, "Al Reid"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>We have a wireless phone with an intercom. If she needs me, she will call.
>
>If it's too noisy to hear, she will wait a few moments and try again. Sure
>beats being snuck up upon.
>I'm thinking about rigging up a light switch on the outside or something,
>so
>she can blink a light and get my attention, so I'll come out without her
>having to scare the bajeezus out of me and maybe send me to the emergency
>room.
My shop is lit with flourescents, and very brightly...but there is
a single incandescent bulb with a switch at the top of the stairs.
My wife just blinks it on and off; it's noticeable but not distracting...
and she knows better than to come down while the DC and
jointer are running!
Warren
We have a wireless phone with an intercom. If she needs me, she will call.
If it's too noisy to hear, she will wait a few moments and try again. Sure
beats being snuck up upon.
"Warren Senders" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >I'm thinking about rigging up a light switch on the outside or something,
> >so
> >she can blink a light and get my attention, so I'll come out without her
> >having to scare the bajeezus out of me and maybe send me to the emergency
> >room.
>
> My shop is lit with flourescents, and very brightly...but there is
> a single incandescent bulb with a switch at the top of the stairs.
> My wife just blinks it on and off; it's noticeable but not distracting...
> and she knows better than to come down while the DC and
> jointer are running!
>
> Warren
"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> Kickback with a portable circular saw generally results not in the board
being
> thrust forward, but in the *saw* being thrust *backward*.
>
Thanks, Doug. This is exactly what I was getting at, I guess my OP wasn't
all that clear. The way she reaches to grab the board, if the saw kicked
back, her hand, arm and body are all in harm's way.
Frank
In article <[email protected]>, Silvan <[email protected]> wrote:
>Now that my pain and anger have faded, I can share this one...
>
[snip a tale too painful to repeat]
>
>We still haven't come to any good resolution on the issue either. I have no
>windows, and no way of seeing out of the shop. It's hard for anyone to
>know what I'm doing in there, and impossible to open the door without
>startling me. So the result is that she no longer calls me to dinner or
>says hello when she gets home. It's sort of a wedge between us.
>
>I'm thinking about rigging up a light switch on the outside or something, so
>she can blink a light and get my attention, so I'll come out without her
>having to scare the bajeezus out of me and maybe send me to the emergency
>room.
>
I have much the same issue: my shop is in the basement, completely enclosed to
confine the dust as much as possible, and no window in the only door. A
doorbell wouldn't be much use with machinery running and ear protection in
use. So I asked a deaf guy whom I used to work with, 'what do deaf people use
for doorbells?'
Here are some examples:
http://www.nexgenproducts.com/doorbell.htm
http://www.deafresources.com/cgibin/shopper.cgi?preadd=action&key=AMER-AM100
http://www.mitedu.freeserve.co.uk/Circuits/Misc/deafdoorbell.htm
http://www.sonicalert.com/
Now if I can just find the time to install the darn thing...
--
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
How come we choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America?
The Fone Flasher 2 strobe and loud ringer get attention with earmuffs
on.
On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 21:35:48 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Good line of thought. Could maybe use something like that on a phone too,
>so I can be reached without being screeched.
Due to your observance I bett hat ad gets pulled quickly! Thank's for
noticing. I was running a chainsaw one day and a "friend" slipped up
behind me to scare me. He did, but I put a little "fear" into him.
that is STUPID!
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 14:18:22 GMT, "Frank Ketchum"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Saw a new Craftsman commercial the other day. It's a new one in the series
>were Bob Vila (man he looks old!) interviews some schlub who has performed
>some miracle like hanging some shelves or remodelling a room using all
>Craftsman tools! Wow! What did we ever do before all these new gadgety
>things?
>
>This new one shows a guy remodelling a room. Right at the begining, he is
>cutting a board about 3" x 24" with a circular saw. As he completes his
>cut, his wife steps up behind him and grabs the piece of wood before it
>falls, meaning that her hand and body are directly behind the path of the
>saw. Nice work Crapsman. Not only do you sell junk, now you make a
>commercial showing unsafe usage of your junk. The downward spiral of
>Crapsman's reputation continues.
>
>It only reinforces my decision to not support the Crapsman/ Boob Vila
>nightmare.
>
>Frank
>
gabriel wrote:
> Frank Ketchum wrote:
>
>
>>It only reinforces my decision to not support the Crapsman/ Boob Vila
>>nightmare.
>
>
> As I read your post I was thinking, "Man, what did Sears do tothis guy!"
> Then I remembered how much I hate the stupid ass "Can you hear me now?"
> idiot. I wish someone took him to a place he can't be heard!
Ditto - I feel your pain.
>
>Right as I was standing and turning with the sledge, SWMBO burst into the
>shop with a screeching HI HONEY!!!!!!!!!!!
Harsh words were exchanged one day when SWMBO tried to get my attention while I
was running my rather noisy Rockwell TS. Since she was upstairs in the kitchen,
and obviously unwilling to come downstairs to the shop, she felt it was more
expedient to turn the shop lights off.
<sigh>
Tom Flyer