Was looking through Van Dyke’s Restorers sales catalog and came across a product description for a “Hole Pro” that gave me a good chuckle.
The description includes the following
“Quick precise cutting of holes in ceilings, wall and floors. Impact resistant dust shield traps shavings to improve working conditions and make for faster job site cleanup. “
The product description ends with
“Intended for use only in stationary drill press.”
Now just how in hell does one use a stationary drill press to cut a hole in a ceiling or wall? And even if you could bring the ceiling to the stationary drill press, how would you use the drill press to make a hole more than just a few inches from the edge? Maybe this is why the item is shown as being discounted at 75% off.
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Well I have seen (i think in the steel industry?) a drill press that has no table. What you do is take the drill press to the item to be drilled and clamp it in place then you start the drill and just drill through what you clamped the drill to. So maybe this is what is intended? :) You have to love the age we live in when a tool has to have a warning on it not to use the tool in the way the tool was ment to be used. I have not read the warnings on my new PC 7 1/4" saw but I image they would be interesting.
Doug M.
Your post brings to mind the instructions that came with my Freud Box-Joint Cutter blade set, not the "operating" instructions per se but the instructions for building a BJ jig for the table saw. Very precise and well-illustrated, but every time you move stock to cut a new slot or make an adjustment, you're instructed to "turn the saw off and disconnect the power". It'd take a full day to make the darned thing if you got that compulsive about safety, LOL! Can't say they aren't covering their bee-hinds though.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
you're instructed to "turn the saw off and disconnect the power"...
I hear you..
Been there and I have had to include such nonsense to 'please' the corporate lawyers in text I would provide for service manuals. I have written more than just a few service manuals in my working life.
The lawyers never understood that the repetitive text gets very boring to a reader and they just put it out of their mind as they read. I am not convinced many folks can read. As in answering question I had to help them through over the phone.
I am no expert on reading skills but I am convinced repetitive text is somehow shut out of the mind of the reader. Doing so, they overlook really important warnings that may save their hands or their life.
While getting my MBA I remember studying business law and I learned the reason the sticker on the mower deck at the grass output says don't put hands here. You guessed it a lawsuit where the plantiff claimed that since it did not say to not do it, they were liable. Low and behold some jury sidded with them! Go figure!Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
"Go figure!"
There is that quote: "The law is an ####".Philip Marcou
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Edited 12/31/2008 5:30 pm by philip
and I learned the reason the sticker on the mower deck at the grass output says don't put hands here..
The story I remember was over a farmer on a ladder that was put on frozen cow dung. He fell off while working. Seems that the Sun warmed up the dung!
I do not remember who actually won the case.
Good one
I was at a woodworking show in BC years ago, one seminar was about business, we started in on the liability thing. The fellow who was teaching said every warning is a result of a lawsuit. Next time you buy a hair dryer read the long list of do not's.
ie stand in shower with hair dryer, use under the influence, et all. Or pointing out the obvious to the oblivious!!
I like the disclaimer about how "in California you may get cancer from this product" so the question begs is it ok to use it in Nevada?Go throw the cow's over the fence some hay. Uncles favorite!
One fellow up here that makes rifle cleaning kits and sporting accessories quit selling to California because of the ridiculous labeling laws. How do you put a danger label on a 1/4 buy 1 inch long brass brush?Why do lawyers interfere natural selection, Darwin would be disappointed!
I bought a 3/8" Forstner bit yesterday and the label says, among other things; "FAILURE TO FOLLOW DIRECTIONS CAN RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH". It's drill bit, for peets sake.
Some of the clamps I own warn the user to wear safety glasses at all times. Can glue squeeze-out be a danger?Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com(soon to be http://www.flairwoodworks.com)
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
Can glue squeeze-out be a danger?
Probably not but it is possible that during the glue-up you may bend over and poke your eye out on one of the protruding bars?
oat,
Remember those old Jimmy Cagney movies?
"Stick 'em up, or I'll drill ya!"
Ray
>in the steel industry?) a drill press that has no tableYep. But. It is over a thousand dollars and "clamps" to the work by electro magnet or BIG mag of some kind.http://www.milwaukeetool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_27_40028_-1_684334_192191_192137#Gotta be a macho macho man to stick this sucker to the ceiling.your experience reminds me of a quote from some instructions I read once of a tiwanese to english translation : ' Be sure to champher round top side to prevent jumping and knocking. "Ha ha ha . . . not sure what I was suposed to do but it sounds important.roc
Edited 12/31/2008 7:56 pm by roc
If this is what I think it is, they should be paying one of the goomers (Galant the electrician) on "This Old House" a royalty. He demonstrated cutting a basketball in half, sticking the drill bit through it and catching all the debris from a hole he drilled in a ceiling.
The one I saw had a retail price in excess of $100.00!
T.Z.
but what is interesting is that all these warnings don't stop the lawsuits...
Bought a new fan belt for my truck the other day: the package include this: "Warning: Do not try to install while motor is running" I would like to see video of the idiot that tried that! LOL!
I would say " Happy New Year " but I would probably be liable for something so welcome to 2009.
always a favorite in the redundant sign message category.
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A Classic if ever there was one!
On a similar note, I almost poked my eye out yesterday using a drawknife. I was taking a slice off and suddenly the grain reversed and the 5" long piece of wood flew off and hit me in the face. Now, I don't remember getting a warning with that drawknife to wear safety glasses!Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com(soon to be http://www.flairwoodworks.com)
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
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