Peter Halle
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« on: July 09, 2011, 06:43 PM » |
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As a public service announcement type of post, I just wanted to let members in North America know that there is a website that you should check occasionally: The Consumer Products Safety Commission. This website has a listing of all recalls in effect. I am posting this because just the other day I was in a Lowe's store returning extra materials and turned around and saw a flyer on the wall that was a recall for my kitchen range that had been issued in 2009. Although I registered my range I was never notified of the recall. In 2001 I had a fire in my house caused by a faulty fax machine. Luckily I was there to put it out, but if not? Again, I had registered that product and had not been notified. The manufacturer chose to put a sticker on the ink jet refills for that machine instead of sending written notice to owners. I am not being a sky is falling kind of guy here, just bringing it to your attention. Here is the link: US Consumer Protection Saftey Commission Website.A link to the area where you can check by categories: Searching by category (When you select your category you need to click the find button.) Be safe my friends! Peter |
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The tools in my truck were talking the other day. The Dewalts, PC's, Boschs, Makitas were not happy. They also were in the minority. Their complaint: They felt unused and unappreciated since the Festools moved in. I guess the truth hurts.
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Sal LiVecchi
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« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2011, 09:04 AM » |
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Peter Thank You, just found a recall on one of my freezers , I had no clue about
Sal
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Life is too short and the road is too long to drive anything less than a Festool
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Alan m
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« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2011, 11:01 AM » |
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great site to know about. if you find one for our side of the pond can you post it
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ts 55+2 1400 rails+ 1 lr32 1400 rail, domino+assortment systainer+ domiplate, ct 22 with boom arm+home made thien baffel, lr32 set, rotex 150, home made MFT,home made work center, 6 t locs for other tools, of2000 , ro 90, mft 800, trion , ls 130
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of 1400, MFT 3,, even more t locs for other tools
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
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Peter Halle
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« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2011, 11:49 AM » |
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Alan, Ask and ye shall receive to some degree: European RecallsPeter |
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« Last Edit: July 10, 2011, 11:51 AM by Peter »
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The tools in my truck were talking the other day. The Dewalts, PC's, Boschs, Makitas were not happy. They also were in the minority. Their complaint: They felt unused and unappreciated since the Festools moved in. I guess the truth hurts.
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« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2011, 12:46 PM » |
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Hmmm to a small degree perhaps... certain fridges burning houses down and killing people very late to let anyone know there was an issue  |
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If the milk turns out to be sour, I ain't the kind of **** to drink it.......
Why do Festool accessories only have a two month guarantee here in the UK ?
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« Reply #5 on: August 28, 2011, 10:03 PM » |
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Thanks for the note, it's good to be aware.
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dwillis
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« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2011, 05:41 PM » |
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 Great, just found my Rigid table saw with a recall notice dated 2009. Fortunately I haven't used a stacked dado set (the cause of shaft failures), so now I have to find out if they will make repairs...
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Remember that the only scientist to walk on the moon was a geologist. Dr. Harrison Schmitt - Apollo 17 - Valley of Taurus-Littrow - 11 to 17 December 1972.
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TomLewis
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« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2011, 09:01 PM » |
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My radial arm saw was a subject to a recall back in 2000. Though the saw was from about 1974, they sent me half the saws components, all modified to be 'safer'. I decided to chuck the saw and stick with my AT 65.
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Richard/RMW
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« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2012, 09:26 PM » |
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Peter, thanks for posting this, you never know when you will end up being the guy who dodges the stray bullet...
RMW
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Deke
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« Reply #9 on: November 18, 2012, 09:54 AM » |
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Thanks very much for this. My wife thinks I am nuts for always unplugging the coffee maker (and phones and anything else charging) for fire issues, but one look at the coffee maker page convinced me I am not crazy (at least on this topic). I can't imagine there is too much money in this, but imagine an app where you could list all your appliances and tools and then receive an alert if one is recalled or the the subject of some notice. I can program google alerts to message me when anything with the string "Festool" goes on our local Craigslist (uh oh, my secret weapon is out now), so this seems doable.
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Paul G
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« Reply #10 on: May 07, 2013, 12:38 PM » |
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I wonder if this site has different info than www.recalls.gov, or did we just stumble upon some of that duplicate govt we're all paying for? (I keep searching that site for a recalled defective politician but they must be exempt  ) |
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