http://www.toolbank.com/p/FAITMRC


A local man designed and developed this product which took the gold award at a UK trade show

cheeky boy, on Feb 9 2010, 07:20 AM, said:

What a great tool.

I thought inventiom was a domain name!

I hope the device is a success.

Slim, on Feb 9 2010, 08:13 AM, said:

I think it looks a bit pointless.

Maybe - but lets have a guess at how many appear in xmas stockings from mother in laws and grand parents!

They will soon be available on a garage counter near you.

The guy will sell millions.

It needs a torch on it

*heads to Dragon's Den*

x-in-man, on Feb 9 2010, 09:22 AM, said:

And forever thereafter stored in the garage. Between the breadmaker and the sandwich toaster.

It's a bit like those painting pads you see being advertised on shopping channels, but you never see a professional decorator using one.

Good luck to him hope it sells loads and he makes plenty of money out of it.

Wouldn't use it myself but it looks perfect for the weekend warrior builder. If he can get it stocked in the likes of Walmart etc. he certainly could make millions. Good luck to him.

Clever Idea, i can't see it being a site tool, it's more a workshop tool.

i think he sell loads,

looks a good tool,
i for one have never been able to cut stright with a hand saw, dont know why just cant, so i think it would be perfect for anyone like that,

cause at the moment i have to use the chainsaw it might be a bit rash but least the fecker is stright when i use it

gazza, on Feb 9 2010, 10:54 AM, said:

Do you use it to type with as well?

Pierrot Lunaire, on Feb 9 2010, 11:02 AM, said:

i might use it to shut you up you smart ass

Just what every bloke needs a 'Faithful Quality Tool' oooh err missus!!

Pierrot Lunaire, on Feb 9 2010, 11:02 AM, said:

Hahahahaha genius - made me laugh out loud, thanks.

what a wonderful domain name though, wonder if the DTI will register it like shopiom,
there could be a whole series of these, inventiom, shipiom, airiom, bankiom, farmiom, holidayiom, roadworksiom, etc

i personally own a chop saw and since they retail at £60 and actually do the cutting for you i cant see me using one of these.

just seen it in TKMAXX £9.99p

Best of luck to them. Hope it all goes well.

http://www.qvcuk.com...2658&country=UK

This is the demo from QVC, it sold out the entire stock of 1000 in six minutes

It'll go the same way as the black & decker Adjustable Auto Wrench, i.e. in DIY toolboxes, can't see a tradesman using one

I agree with Pierrot Lunaire, what the hell is wrong with a tape measure, pencil and saw, saws these days have a right angle square to draw the line with at 90 degrees.

I imagine a load of Accountants rushing out to buy these to put in their "never seen daylight tool boxes", for when they "plan but never actually get round to doing it" make a stool.

Gazza, if you can't cut straight may I suggest you get your wife to do it for you

Good luck to whoever invented it, but do we really need another pointless plastic thing to usurp the planets resources? It's more akin to those shitty, pointless toys people get when they buy a feckin Happy Meal from McDonalds, opened up, looked at, fucked around with for a couple of minutes, then binned.

Matt, I think you are wrong here.

I think it is quite good. This reminds of 1987 when I received a rechargeable electric screwdriver for a Christmas present. It seemed pretty much pointless to me at the time and I nearly hid it away with the awful lime green cardigan I also received. I would have been laughed off the building site had I turned up with it (the electric screwdriver).

Within 10 years there were few joiners or even DIYers who wouldn't have had an electric screwdriver in their toolbox.


Edited to add:
Not as useful as an electric screwdriver, obviously, but I can see that for some jobs it would be really handy.

Mmm, or of course you could spend 20p on a pencil.

I actually looked at this with the inventor about a year before its release and my opinion was then ,that it would not sell to professionals ! But as the inventor pointed out , it is not aimed primarily at the professional market but at the D.I.Y. market, which has shown healthy growth even during the economic downturn.

As a product, for me the most useful aspect of it is-- That it keeps the fingers of the user well clear of the saw blade and subsequently out of casualty ! Which I suspect is a regular occurance with D.I.Y. handsaw users

homarus, on 06 April 2010 - 06:40 AM, said:

I agree (typed with one finger)