IKEA Recalls Defective Allen/Hex Keys

OK, it's April 1st, right?

Did you know that the word 'gullible' isn't in any dictionary?

Your are correct, that spelling is not in the dictionary.

LynDoor™ Industries On the Other Hand Division will exchange any left handed wrench for the correct tool, FREE OF CHARGE!

Just mail to:

LynDoor Ind.

123 Easy Street

Christmas AZ. 85555

Please enclose $10.00 USD for postage and handling

I wonder if they will ever dance whene'er they're able,

doing routines and chorus scenes

with footwork impeccable . . . .

As funny as that may seem at one of the first places I worked for my boss ordered in a case of bandsaw blades and upon opening them found that every one of them in the shipment had ben welded backwards so they would not run in our saw.

After a few irate phone calls the company said to ship them back and they would reweld them the correct way.

And that's not an April Fools joke either.

A resourceful operator would have just reversed the rotation of the motor.

And then cut everything upside down.

With an easy flip, you can also make it into a 3-fold coil 1/3 the full size. And then you can easily apply Band-Aids to your knuckles....

That's the way I store them.

I long ago learned to wear gloves and keep my face out of the way when handling them as they have a propensity to unfurl at a very rapid rate, and you do indeed lose some skin if you're not careful

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I built my own bandsaw.

Being left handed, I built it to my requirements, with no thought to the convention.

As you can see from the pics below, it is a left handed unit of which I have never seen another.

I have to get the blades specially made as I also didn't follow convention as to standard blade sizes, and I always have to twist the blades (no re-welding required) to reverse them as they are always sent to me for RH machines.

I buy my blades in bulk rolls and make them myself that way they are always the right side out!

A wise manager taught me that.

Yeah, that got me once.... I couldn't work out WTF was wrong
After 2 tries fitting it, I eventually flipped the blade insideout and was good to go (thin narrow wood cutting blade)
Presumably yours were big thick ones for steel that you couldn't flip?

Del

Nope. Standard .032" x 1".

Supposedly he had worked in a steel plant a number of years before landing the manager's job before I was hired.

Apparently at the steel mill they made all their blades from bulk rolls so they were always welded the correct way.

This was also a guy who used his brilliant management skills and knowledge of all things to save us maintenance guys time on welding by directly hard wiring the ground lead output of our main welder to the earth ground of the welder power cord so that no matter where we had to weld in the plant we only had to run the hot lead out.

Yes, the left and right were fighting in the box, Allan key cannibalism is horrible to see...

I have got a left-handed tape measure - perfect for right-handed people.

I tried to copyright (c) "copyleft (L)",but someone beat me to it.

Many years ago my dad worked on a building site where they needed left-handed bricklayers. I laughed, but it was true.

Access and scaffolding was such the the wall they had to build could only be done by a bricklayer holding a trowel in the left hand.

I suppose a dexterous right-hander could have applied......

I have a big problem with modern computer technology. I am right-handed but use my left hand for using the mouse. Started doing this years ago so I could write, talk on the telephone, keyboard the 10-key pad with my right-hand while still using my left for the computer mouse. Multitasking?

I have big hands but all but a few mice are made for use with the right hand, and dainty hands at that. Even the more expensive "ergonomic" mice can't be used with the left hand.

Therefore all this means that I bring my own mouse or laptop while traveling. Sort of like Paladin in "Have Gun--Will Travel", 'Have Mouse---Will Travel'.

Good Luck, Old Salt

I have been fully aware of how to reconfigure the mouse buttons ever since, (a long, long time ago) the mouse was introduced. I tried that but that isn't the solution to the problem. For me, having used the standard configuration of the mouse, switching the use of the buttons only compounds the problem(s).

1. The mouse is too small. If I rest my palm on the near end, the fingers hang over the mouse buttons at the other end.

2. Switching the use of the buttons requires a long time to be accustomed to. "You can't teach an old dog new tricks". I would have to waste time thinking about which button to use during the learning curve. Why switch if it works? (If it works, don't fix it).

3. A few of the latest mice are a bit larger, 1/4" to 3/4", but not large enough. Some of us have "big claws" and not dainty hands. Unfortunately, these more expensive mice cost more since they are more ergonomically designed, for right handed people. On the other hand, more and more mice are being reduced in size for portability.

4. Many mouse(es) are manufactured with the sides coming up flush with the top of the buttons. This design means that the finger touches the side first (since it is rigid and at the same height as the button) and therefore that requires extra motions to push the buttons.

5. Many large sized computer equipment suppliers don't sell left-handed mice. If they say they have them it usually is a marketing claim and not actually one designed for left handed or ambidextrous use.

In the meantime I still use my old dependable Logitec M100. It is not the best, and not even good for my use but at least it works better than the $150 model.

If anyone knows who sells a suitable mouse, please let me know where.

Good Luck, Old Salt

Since you're a Logitech fan, check out the Marathon M705

Maybe the Fentek tension mouse, a bit different but works for big hands, couple of sizes available.

There is always the last resort

Most mice are symmetrical left to right and as Spades said, it's easy to switch left and right buttons: Control panel→Mouse→Buttons→Switch

If you do this to try it out, don't make the mistake of wondering why you can't un-select the check box (you need to use the right button; doh).

Much the same with me, big hands, R-handed, and double vision close up - so I see two keyboards displace diagonally about 10mm - and twenty fingers ('Backspace' and 'delete' are nearly worn out) but with the mouse I see two cursors and two boxes on screen - but luckily I can tick either one - they both work.

But long before computers, I got into the habit of using the phone in my left hand, and nowadays the mouse if I need to write things down. But I don't have any trouble using my mouse L-handed, it must be habit. I change hands mainly due to cramp.

Using 'configure' to programme the buttons to suit you, is fine but like Randall #27, remember to use correct button to change back.

Which reminds me, long ago, 1980's, I had a programme (forgot what for) that had a choice of English, French and German. Just out of curiosity I switched to German - which worked a treat - everything was in German - novelty over.

But long being before Windows - when words were typed on-screen as commands - and not having 'German' I could not read the instructions to go back - I was stuck. Nothing in the English written instructions helped. My local software supplier didn't know either.

In the end he called in with his master disc and reset my computer. (A Superbrain - 64kb memory - two twin 5" floppies - 365kb).

My claim to be On-Topic is the 'L-handed mouse' bit. The rest is artistic license.

Yes, I got in the left-hand habit for much the same reasons you did. Writing notes while on the phone, using a 10-key adding machine with the left hand while writing the figures onto an accounting sheet with the right hand and other tasks that are more efficient if both hands are used.

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Try this one..it is made for large handed left handed folk,such as us.

http://www.amazon.com/Large-Handed-Wired-Handshoe-Mouse/dp/B006T0ODG2

Also this for specs: http://handshoemouse.com/specifications/

And:

http://handshoemouse.com/

Good Luck!

That could be good. There are also some fairly large trackballs that might be handy.