A series of accidents involving air-powered nail guns last summer brought home the fact that the productive and powerful tools are also highly mini drill press dangerous and need to be handled with respect. in the most tragic case, a framing nail punctured the heart of carpenter camillo juandelos on a home construction site in ocean view, md., in july, ending the man''s life at the age of 25. police said camillo''s brother jesus was holding the gun that fired the deadly nail.according to reports in the delaware news-journal, the accident took place as the two men were framing new homes in a development in ocean view. jesus had been bending over a stud wall using the air nailer, and then straightened up and turned to call his brother. but camillo was not on the other side of the room as jesus thought; he was already standing right behind his brother. camillo made contact with the nose of the nail gun, triggering press the bump-nail mechanism and taking the nail in his chest.

whenever i visit foodservice manufacturers'' factories or trade shows, i am amazed at how little engineers--the people charged with designing and improving equipment--know about the realities of how customers use and maintain equipment.some of the blame must fall directly on manufacturers for not providing their engineers more opportunities to make field trips and site visits to operating kitchens. how many manufacturers ask their engineers and designers actually to work inside a busy kitchen for a few days so that they can fully appreciate how their equipment is used and cared for? have you ever seen an engineer observing a service guides agency trying to fix the equipment they designed? do they recognize the challenges service folks face everyday? it is clear that learning and understanding from the manufacturers'' side could be greatly improved, but receiving an education from purchasers and users is equally important.

* mac''s favorite attachment is a rock hand drill press hog press bucket. "it was less costly than a rake and pull-type guides picker and saves a trip over the field," he says. "it almost makes picking rocks fun."* tracy uses a pallet fork for hauling and stacking big square and round hay bales, digging large rocks, pulling up fence, and hauling logs, branches, scaffolding, and pallets.* another farmer says his brush hog mower does a great job mowing wild roses in pastures. "the skid loader also has tracks on it, so even the drill big stuff pushes over, press then i drop the mower on guides its," he says.

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