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   dgreen | Jun 30, 2006 01:09am | #1

   You have to wonder what they were thinking pressing the gun to the back of their leg hard enough to depress the safety and then pulling the trigger on a loaded gun regardless of the switch position.

   Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
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   Telemike | Jun 30, 2006 08:08am | #2

   This is an interesting endpoint. Consumers receive a caution sticker and an instruction manual insert. The issue wasn't a too-thin instruction manual; the issue was that Porter Cable (or their offshore contractor) made a gun that triggers when it is not supposed to. The problem is a hardware problem, not an instruction manual problem. Who is this agency protecting anyway?

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   dgreen | Jun 30, 2006 08:36am | #3

   When it's not supposed to? It's got a nose safety and a trigger. I ask again what kind of moron pushes a loaded gun into himself and pulls the trigger? Probably the same litigious dirtbag that sticks his head in the endless towel dispenser neccesitating the warning label "Don't stick your head in the loop". Do you suppose because you unplug your stationary compressor it renders your nailer harmless? What happened to common sense and personal responsibility? Maybe we should require large warning labels and hard to defeat safety guards on hand saws and chisels, used without fool proof guards it would be possible to hurt oneself to the extent that medical attention is required. Perhaps mandantory government approved safety classes and licensing for screwdriver ownership, Lord knows one could hurt oneself very badly if improperly used. Maybe the same training and licensing for the kitchen stove since one could easily burn oneself on a hot burner even with the switch in the off position.

    

   dgreen ....  Believer in the Darwin Theory

    
   Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb

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   BruceS | Jun 30, 2006 06:01pm | #5

    Well Put !!  How could we get along without.  CPSC, OSHA, NEMA and Lawyers who want another Escalade in the garage.   Not everything can be reduced down to the least common denominator.Examples of some of the Tech calls I get. 

   Can I use a Rosette cutter in my Craftsman router?

   Can I use a Panel raiser in my 1HP hand held router?

   Can I use a Stile/Rail set in my 1HP hand held router?

   Can I put Pin nails in my brad nailer?

   Why don't you make panel raisers with 1/4 shanks?

   Do I really need a variable speed router for large bits( panel raisers)

    Work Safe,  Count to 10 when your done for the day !!

   Bruce S. 

    

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   dwolsten | Jun 30, 2006 08:51pm | #7

   What happened to common sense and personal responsibility? Maybe we should require large warning labels and hard to defeat safety guards on hand saws and chisels, used without fool proof guards it would be possible to hurt oneself to the extent that medical attention is required. Perhaps mandantory government approved safety classes and licensing for screwdriver ownership, Lord knows one could hurt oneself very badly if improperly used. Maybe the same training and licensing for the kitchen stove since one could easily burn oneself on a hot burner even with the switch in the off position.

   I think it'd be better if they just banned all this stuff altogether. We don't need hand saws and chisels in this country anyway, since those are for woodworking and all that dangerous work can be done in some other country and the finished products sold here at prestigious stores like IKEA. We don't need to do that work ourselves; we can just sit back and watch TV while other people do that.

   As for stoves, we don't need to cook either. We should be going out to eat all the time, not cooking our own food. Only trained professionals should ever operate ovens or ranges. Plus, this would be better for the economy, keeping many more people at work.

   No one needs to use screwdrivers either, except licensed professionals. Any time you need any screws turned, you should just call a professional screwdriver operator, and pay him $100/hr to do it for you.

   Our society will be much better when everything that's remotely dangerous is restricted to only those with proper training and licensing, and the rest of us just pay lots of money to get simple things done for us.

   As for common sense, that died out long ago. I'm only 32, and I can already see that people are stupider now than they were in decades past.

   Edited 6/30/2006 1:54 pm ET by dwolsten

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   John_D | Jun 30, 2006 09:14pm | #8

   I'm only 32, and I can already see that people are stupider now than they were in decades past.

   They're not gooder at English too.My goal is for my work to outlast me.  Expect my joinery to get simpler as time goes by.

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   John_D | Jun 30, 2006 09:35am | #4

   Note to all responders.  I am not advocating anything here, just passing along information.  Use it or ignore it, may Darwin smile upon us all. :)

   My goal is for my work to outlast me.  Expect my joinery to get simpler as time goes by.
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   Mumda | Jun 30, 2006 06:14pm | #6

   Wow, they sold 25,000 of those crappy things?

   That's truly amazing...