Weird Rockler online experience

[Packard]

Preface: I have purchased from Rockler several times and the experience has always been positive. I’m not sure that the described experience is entirely Rockler however.

I am mostly online on my Apple tablet, as I am right now. But in the evening at home, I sometimes use my laptop which is a HP product using a Microsoft operating system.

Like the IPad, the HP (on MSN) tracks my interests and things that I have searched about will often pop up on the news page.

Last night a bunch of Rockler products were pitched, some on a horizontally scroll visual. There was one product that I was not familiar with and could not fathom what it did. I clicked the image and my Norton subscription interrupted me and warned me off the site.

So either the entire scroll of Rockler products was phony (though the products were easily recognizable) or someone hacked in a phony product to lure me into clicking it. Or my Norton protection subscription got fooled.

Has anyone else had a similar experience. I think Rockler has one of the better reputations in the woodworking field and would be a good venue for luring people.

 

[onocoffee]

If ever I'm feeling suspect of a site, I'll have a look at the URL to see if it's accurate. I don't know much else to do beyond that though!

 

[Packard]

If ever I'm feeling suspect of a site, I'll have a look at the URL to see if it's accurate. I don't know much else to do beyond that though!

The entire site looked and felt “Rockler”. It was that one strange product (which does not appear in their website) that frightened Norton.

When I am on MSN on my tablet, it never appears.

 

[MacBoy]

My shotgun says to stick with the Apple tablet and take the other one out to the woodshed.

 

[Packard]

My shotgun says to stick with the Apple tablet and take the other one out to the woodshed.

I tend to agree. There appeared two interesting looking drill jigs that I could not comprehend. I only followed one, and Norton put the kibosh on that.

There were also some fanciful, but absurd CGI Milwaukee battery driven tools that I never chased because I understood what it was supposed to do, and I thought it was CGI humor. But maybe those were CGI breadcrumbs meant to entice me to another Norton prohibited site.

All on MSN on a Microsoft platform.

 

[Packard]

Here is one of, what I assume, is a CGI imagined tool that I am seeing frequently.

 

[Packard]

This is the Rockler image I clicked and Norton stepped in and said “No you don’t”! On my laptop (Microsoft Operating System).

Norton did not complain about any of the other images.

I don’t have Norton on my tablet, so no interruption and nothing seemed amiss when I clicked the image. Strange.

 

[luvmytoolz]

Here is one of, what I assume, is a CGI imagined tool that I am seeing frequently.

Ok we definitely need this to be made real! ;-)

 

[Packard]

Ok we definitely need this to be made real! ;-)

Something I would expect to see more likely in a Star Wars battle than in a workshop. I have no idea how you would go about creating that image. Kudos for the imagination.

 

[MacBoy]

This is simply the Rockler Corner Key Dowel Jig.

This is the Rockler image I clicked and Norton stepped in and said “No you don’t”! On my laptop (Microsoft Operating System).

Norton did not complain about any of the other images.

I don’t have Norton on my tablet, so no interruption and nothing seemed amiss when I clicked the image. Strange.

This is simply the Rockler Corner Key Dowel Jig

It has been available for at least 4 years

Rockler Corner Key Doweling Jig

Beautify and strengthen mitered joints using hardwood dowels and other materials!

www.rockler.com

 

[Packard]

This is simply the Rockler Corner Key Dowel Jig.


This is simply the Rockler Corner Key Dowel Jig

It has been available for at least 4 years

Rockler Corner Key Doweling Jig

Beautify and strengthen mitered joints using hardwood dowels and other materials!

www.rockler.com

Yes, I saw that in the Apple operating system, for which I do not have Norton protection. But Norton would not allow (or sternly warned me off) looking at the actual ad. It did not warn me off looking at other items in the Rockler site. So still strange.

I have used contrasting through dowel joints, just with a butt joint and showing on one face only. The joint they show seems like a lot more work, possibly of equal strength as the butt joint through dowel, and not worth the effort. It does not seem particularly decorative to me.

 

[Packard]

Another Milwaukee products. Real or A.I.?

TikTok - Make Your Day

Gotta have it:

 

[peter halle]

Another Milwaukee products. Real or A.I.?

TikTok - Make Your Day

Gotta have it:

Hopefully A.I. If not, someone at Milwaukee has lost their minds. I know that workers who wear the 3/4 length Scandinavian style of work pants get ribbing on jobs, I would hate to see the response to one of those on a worksite.

Peter

 

[luvmytoolz]

You'd probably want the matching safety boots!

 

[Packard]

The image disappeared from my post. Was that offensive? Moderated out? I thought it was OK.

Addendum: My image (thong) is back. I don’t know what happened before.

Also, I can’t play any of the videos above. Don’t know why.

 

[Packard]

Another interesting Milwaukee item: