I wondered what the woman was cutting in one scene, so I paused it for
a closer look:
http://webpages.charter.net/dwarner2/DremelScrew.jpg

It's a crooked screw sticking about 1" out of a door hinge.. Instead
of removing the screw with a driver or vice-grips, she's cutting the
screw off flush with the hinge...

Unless I'm missing something, this is the dumbest tool use I;ve ever
seen.. Do the writers for this commercial even know how to use tools?
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"Doug Warner" wrote in message
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I wondered what the woman was cutting in one scene, so I paused it for
a closer look:
http://webpages.charter.net/dwarner2/DremelScrew.jpg

It's a crooked screw sticking about 1" out of a door hinge.. Instead
of removing the screw with a driver or vice-grips, she's cutting the
screw off flush with the hinge...

Unless I'm missing something, this is the dumbest tool use I;ve ever
seen.. Do the writers for this commercial even know how to use tools?
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I don't think it matters whether the ad writers are tool users or not.
During the holidays, there are plenty of folks out there looking for the
perfect gift for a loved one. They see the ad for the "latest greatest nifty
tool" on TV and go buy one. Unfortunately, most of the tools that are
advertised before Christmas are what I'll call "gizmo" tools. They are not
everyday tools and may not even be *that* good at the thing they are
supposed to do well. Even so, there are plenty of potential gift givers out
there who don't realize that these tools arn't very practical and buy 'em
anyway.

KB

"Doug Warner" wrote in message
...
I wondered what the woman was cutting in one scene, so I paused it for
a closer look:
http://webpages.charter.net/dwarner2/DremelScrew.jpg

It's a crooked screw sticking about 1" out of a door hinge.. Instead
of removing the screw with a driver or vice-grips, she's cutting the
screw off flush with the hinge...

Unless I'm missing something, this is the dumbest tool use I;ve ever
seen.. Do the writers for this commercial even know how to use tools?
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The reason she cuts it off is in the next add in the series she uses a
small dremel welder to weld a new top on the remaining screw. Then you could
in theory put a straight, Philips, square drive or what ever top you want,
giving a wider range of removal tool options. I can't believe you could not
figure that out.

Do the writers for this commercial even know how to use tools?

A totally unrealistic ad if she went through less than 5 cutting discs per
screw.

"JohnH" wrote in message
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Do the writers for this commercial even know how to use tools?

A totally unrealistic ad if she went through less than 5 cutting discs per
screw.
Now thats not true. I used a cutting disc to cut nails from an old tack
strip off flush to the concrete floor; even chewed up some cement. Must
have 20 of them without too much wear on the disk.

It was a PC rotary tool with twice the power of a dremel, but I can't see
why that would stop the disc from wearing.

Have to admit though that I don't know what she is doing either.

"Doug Warner" wrote in message
...
I wondered what the woman was cutting in one scene, so I paused it for
a closer look:
http://webpages.charter.net/dwarner2/DremelScrew.jpg

It's a crooked screw sticking about 1" out of a door hinge.. Instead
of removing the screw with a driver or vice-grips, she's cutting the
screw off flush with the hinge...

Unless I'm missing something, this is the dumbest tool use I;ve ever
seen.. Do the writers for this commercial even know how to use tools?
--

Locally, here in Las Vegas, we have an ad for a local casino that's under
construction. They obviously wanted to kill two birds with one stone, so
they had a lady welder who raises her hood to smile at the camera. She's
middle aged, and very round. She has a big toothy grin. Lots of hair. No
cap like a welder would wear.

Here's the thing -

She's got on a big bulky knit fuzzy sweater!

Crap. Hot dingleberries from welding would burn through that thing in a
nanosecond taking molten polyester with them straight to bare skin.

No, I don't think those guys ever use the tools they are pushing. Double
pity, because they lose sales, AND they are paying some dummy big bucks to
dream these things up!

Steve

On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 21:49:57 -0500, Doug Warner
wrote:


Unless I'm missing something, this is the dumbest tool use I;ve ever
seen.. Do the writers for this commercial even know how to use tools?

Maybe, it's the dumbest you've ever seen, but I'm sure there are
dumber. You should have followed me around my first five years.

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I think he was referring to the dremel cut-off disks' tendancy to
shatter unless you're VERY careful while cutting... I've wasted 3 or 4
of them on the same nail myself.

Actually I've used my Ryobi clone to cut an exhaust pipe off my Acura.
Used the glass reinforced disc however as those thin discs shatter.
They're useful for finer work, thinner cut.
Now I'd probably use my RotoZip with the disc attachment.
I've done something like the comercial shows. I think it was cutting
some protruding nail heads flush with something I didn't want damaged.
I then set the shanks with a small set and filled in the holes. Someone
had "repaired" this piece with 4d nails I replaced them with screws
countersink beneath plugs.
Richard

Actually I've used my Ryobi clone to cut an exhaust pipe off my Acura.
Used the glass reinforced disc however as those thin discs shatter.

Which are a helluva lot different than dremel cutting discs. A grinder with
a 1/4" disc has considerably more durability that the paper-thin ones used
in a dremel.

But yes, cutting off a screw instead of just backing it out is stupid.
There's plenty of sensible reasons to use a dremel, but since when has
advertsing ever been sensible?

Here's the thing -
She's got on a big bulky knit fuzzy sweater!

Ooooo, on the job entertainment, fireworks!

I had a girl friend who I watched lighting candles for a make up dinner
she had made for me. She was wearing one of those sweaters. I was a
split second late in warning her and she went up like she'd been doused
with charcoal lighter fluid. I doused the flames in the next second
with the blanket I was sitting on.
In the emergency room I realised she LOVED the attention she was
getting. I declined all future invitations.

Which are a helluva lot different than dremel cutting discs. A grinder with
a 1/4" disc has considerably more durability that the paper-thin ones used
in a dremel.
Actually the fiberglass reinforced disc is made by Dremel you just have
to look for it. Their stuff is overpriced IMHO/

On 19 Dec 2005 07:04:13 -0800, wrote:

I had a girl friend who I watched lighting candles for a make up dinner
she had made for me. She was wearing one of those sweaters. I was a
split second late in warning her and she went up like she'd been doused
with charcoal lighter fluid. I doused the flames in the next second
with the blanket I was sitting on.
In the emergency room I realised she LOVED the attention she was
getting. I declined all future invitations.

But who ate the dinner?

Can I have some?

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Kyle Boatright wrote:

"Doug Warner" wrote in message
...
I wondered what the woman was cutting in one scene, so I paused it for
a closer look:
http://webpages.charter.net/dwarner2/DremelScrew.jpg

It's a crooked screw sticking about 1" out of a door hinge.. Instead
of removing the screw with a driver or vice-grips, she's cutting the
screw off flush with the hinge...

Unless I'm missing something, this is the dumbest tool use I;ve ever
seen.. Do the writers for this commercial even know how to use tools?
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I don't think it matters whether the ad writers are tool users or not.
During the holidays, there are plenty of folks out there looking for the
perfect gift for a loved one. They see the ad for the "latest greatest nifty
tool" on TV and go buy one. Unfortunately, most of the tools that are
advertised before Christmas are what I'll call "gizmo" tools. They are not
everyday tools and may not even be *that* good at the thing they are
supposed to do well. Even so, there are plenty of potential gift givers out
there who don't realize that these tools arn't very practical and buy 'em
anyway.

KB




The profusion of TV and print ads for laser leveling devices of all
kinds speaks loudly to that.

Unless I'm missing something it's hard for me to believe that the
average DIY homeowner will really have many needs for that kind of level
that couldn't be accomplished by the plain old bubble level he/she
probably already owns.

DAMHIKT G

Jeff
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(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)

"Truth exists; only falsehood has to be invented."

I had a girl friend who I watched lighting candles for a make up dinner
she had made for me. She was wearing one of those sweaters. I was a
split second late in warning her and she went up like she'd been doused
with charcoal lighter fluid. I doused the flames in the next second
with the blanket I was sitting on.

Heh, I recall being in the ER once and overheard the situation in the next
bed. Seems the guy tried being all suave and cooked dinner on the grill
whilst wearing some hopelessly cheesy polyester robe, aka 'smoking jacket'
(literally in this case). One step too close to the flame and FOOOMP! up it
went. It damned near welded itself to his skin. Note to self, no cooking
in robe, check.

In the emergency room I realised she LOVED the attention she was
getting. I declined all future invitations.

Now that's dodging the bullet!

What I really need is a very expensive projecting type laser on a
tripod. However, I do carry a cheap one . The cllients all oh and ahh
at the nice laser line on the wall. Meanwhile I'm leveling it with my
trusty 4' bubble rather than that piece of crap on the laser level
itself. Can't see that anyway.
Richard

Sacramento Dave wrote:
"Doug Warner" wrote in message
...
I wondered what the woman was cutting in one scene, so I paused it for
a closer look:
http://webpages.charter.net/dwarner2/DremelScrew.jpg

It's a crooked screw sticking about 1" out of a door hinge.. Instead
of removing the screw with a driver or vice-grips, she's cutting the
screw off flush with the hinge...

Unless I'm missing something, this is the dumbest tool use I;ve ever
seen.. Do the writers for this commercial even know how to use tools?
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The reason she cuts it off is in the next add in the series she uses a
small dremel welder to weld a new top on the remaining screw. Then you could
in theory put a straight, Philips, square drive or what ever top you want,
giving a wider range of removal tool options. I can't believe you could not
figure that out.




Actually I just did this with my Dremel a few days ago. There was a
screw into cement in my basement that I overtwisted and popped the head
off. I saw a Dreml add where the guy 'dremels' a groove into the top of
the stud, making it like a flathead screw. I tried that, but when I
twisted, the head just split off, lol.

Hey, it was worth a shot!?

So then I just sawed off the screw at its base, and used one of the
remaining 3 holes for a new screw. But yea a door hinge with only 3
screws is a bad idea to waste a screw.

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"Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor
man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard." Ecclesiastes 9:16

I too own a dremel tool. My most common use IS as a cut off tool for small
screws, nails, metal pieces. I would never cut a bent screw from a hinge but
the dremel does work pretty well as a small cut-off tool.
"Doug Warner" wrote in message
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I wondered what the woman was cutting in one scene, so I paused it for
a closer look:
http://webpages.charter.net/dwarner2/DremelScrew.jpg

It's a crooked screw sticking about 1" out of a door hinge.. Instead
of removing the screw with a driver or vice-grips, she's cutting the
screw off flush with the hinge...

Unless I'm missing something, this is the dumbest tool use I;ve ever
seen.. Do the writers for this commercial even know how to use tools?
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