Thread: Necessary Warning

aahhh the ol save me from a law suit label ..lol

You know, now that I think about it, I got this straight razor from an online shop that had no warnings with it at all, and I cut myself. Where did I put the lawyer's number?!??......

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

Rifles come with warnings stamped on the barrels. And booze, and smokes, and motorcycles, and cars, and... We live in a suing culture (those of us who live in the US at least...)

It seems the new American Dream is "Don't work at all, and get rich quick"

Well, this type of label never saved an idiot from himself. Natural selection still exists, in spite of the government's efforts.
Voters are getting injured and dying every day and costing us all piles. No one teaches and advises like they used to.
Hell, not so many WORK like they used to. JMO

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I suppose the government requires these warnings for all as Cali had to do it first! (Sorry, Cali guys! )
I get tickled every time I knock a bearing race out with this thing! Must be 40 years of it!
Sorry. Cannot upload pics, but it is a 12 inch tapered punch saying 'for line-up use only. Not for impact use!'
Hammer end is mushroomed!

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Less than a minute with the bench grinder would remove that burr and add a slight taper to the top.

I would worry more about the exposed fibers visible in the lower portions of the picture!

Ya, I dress the end pretty often and the top every once in a while. Like I said, about time! This punch has lost a few inches over the years. Good old Craftsman! Just nylon threads from some beaten-up indoor/outdoor carpet on the tool box. Gotta get new stuff!

on the lawsuit topic ..
a lady in Cleveland got a letter from the courts that her neighbor filed a suit for mental abuse and all kinds of damage do to dog barking .. so she laughed, thought it was a joke and didn't go to court !! well co urt ruled in favor of the neighbor and is rewarded either $350,000 or $500,000 ..guess she should have went to court but either way what a ridiculous lawsuit

In the land of the free lunch and lack of responsibility where shop teachers must teach by demonstration, and the kids are not allowed to use tools due to insurance considerations...will we import the Asians to operate the equipment which we all ready buy from them...one wonders.

Till you operate a college level mixed equipment shop in the art department and deal with the students who have never used a tool nor seen anyone in their family use one; you have not experienced terror such as is available to a responsible person in charge for the first weeks of a quarter.
Since art was their passion, they mostly were educable.

Industry is crying for workers in many skilled positions and can find few takers or even people who they can train.

Oh yes, the Mac and Don hot coffee fiasco...the injured party later admitted the whole thing was a scam with some properly coached helpers and they had fun while the money lasted. I understand she in now on welfare.
~Richard
PS, Saw a washcloth set with the full safety listing of safety glasses and electrical warnings...the whole list. Hmmmmmm

Originally Posted by Geezer

Industry is crying for workers in many skilled positions and can find few takers or even people who they can train.
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In the factory where i work they need help but are having a hard time finding people that can even pass the drug test.

They're even doing it in China (I think).

Originally Posted by Geezer

In the land of the free lunch and lack of responsibility where shop teachers must teach by demonstration, and the kids are not allowed to use tools due to insurance considerations...will we import the Asians to operate the equipment which we all ready buy from them...one wonders.

Till you operate a college level mixed equipment shop in the art department and deal with the students who have never used a tool nor seen anyone in their family use one; you have not experienced terror such as is available to a responsible person in charge for the first weeks of a quarter.
Since art was their passion, they mostly were educable.

Industry is crying for workers in many skilled positions and can find few takers or even people who they can train.

Oh yes, the Mac and Don hot coffee fiasco...the injured party later admitted the whole thing was a scam with some properly coached helpers and they had fun while the money lasted. I understand she in now on welfare.
~Richard
PS, Saw a washcloth set with the full safety listing of safety glasses and electrical warnings...the whole list. Hmmmmmm

Is a sad situation,I used to teach adult Ed night classes at a local J.C (wood shop/metal shop) OSHA shut us down for lack of a very spendy sawdust evac system.
True craftsmen are going the way of the dinosaur,Young people today have no way to learn anymore and the people that can teach them are dying off and or forbidden to do so.