billymade
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In my continual quest to learn new things about tools and being a "sucker" for free catalogs about tools and getting "presents" in the mail from tool companies when signing up for free things... I happened to be on Wright Tool's website and saw they offered a "Wright Tools Hand Tool Safety DVD" free of charge. I have used Wright tools in the past and didn't even know it! The older Matco drive tools were made by Wright and just rebadged with the Matco logo; I thought they were good quality and figured I would "opt in" for this free DVD. What intrigued me about Wright is the culture of the company seems to really hearken back to the old independent USA based companies, that we all had grown to know and love. As far as I can tell from their website; Wright Tools is still a independent company and seems to promote this type of culture that was part of the early American tool companies. This also made me want to get the DVD and what they had to say; I figured I might learn a couple of things along the way! A couple of days afterwards I got some posters to put up in a companies "shop", promote "safety" and "correct" tool usage...
Front of DVD
Back of DVD
The DVD is in a typical package and has a DVD; plus a couple informational based pieces of literature inside.
The inside has some info about the DVD and the yellow images on the right are the "safety posters" they send you a couple of days later; after you receive the DVD in the mail.
This interesting guide is a adhesive backed "sticker" to help you choose the correct drive/socket size based upon what size fastener you are dealing with.
DVD content:
The DVD itself starts out talking about statistics of injuries that companies deal with on a yearly basis; related costs and the need for training in the correct usage of tools. The rest of the content seems to use actual employees of the Wright tool foundry and corporate office staff; as examples in correct tool usage and video footage, of a company environment.
General Safety tips:
Common sense issues such as well lit work space, clean areas free of fluids, safety goggles etc.
They break things down to three main principles:
Hand Tool Safety:
Use the right tools
Use high quality tool
Use tools properly
They proceed to describe what types of wrenches that work for different types of jobs.
The types they go into:
Sockets:
drive sizes, correct usage, torque requirements, types, hand, impact etc.
Handles and Attachments:
flex, sliding-t, adapters, socket bits, etc.
Wrenches:
box, open, combination, adjustable, striking face (use with sledge hammer), ratcheting box, flare nut, structural (spud); usage: "pull don't push" etc.
Torque Wrenches:
types, usage, tightening sequence, "slow steady pull", safety, " etc.
Thats about it: the video is about 17 minutes long or so, it is not a real "in depth" look at tool usage and safety. Overall, the video is interesting and gives a sense of the Wright tool line; plus, a glimpse into their production facilities as well.
If you are interesting in getting one of these DVDs/Poster sets sent out to you; you can sign up for it on the Wright website here:
http://www.wrighttool.com/safety/index.htm
Front of DVD
Back of DVD
The DVD is in a typical package and has a DVD; plus a couple informational based pieces of literature inside.
The inside has some info about the DVD and the yellow images on the right are the "safety posters" they send you a couple of days later; after you receive the DVD in the mail.
This interesting guide is a adhesive backed "sticker" to help you choose the correct drive/socket size based upon what size fastener you are dealing with.
DVD content:
The DVD itself starts out talking about statistics of injuries that companies deal with on a yearly basis; related costs and the need for training in the correct usage of tools. The rest of the content seems to use actual employees of the Wright tool foundry and corporate office staff; as examples in correct tool usage and video footage, of a company environment.
General Safety tips:
Common sense issues such as well lit work space, clean areas free of fluids, safety goggles etc.
They break things down to three main principles:
Hand Tool Safety:
Use the right tools
Use high quality tool
Use tools properly
They proceed to describe what types of wrenches that work for different types of jobs.
The types they go into:
Sockets:
drive sizes, correct usage, torque requirements, types, hand, impact etc.
Handles and Attachments:
flex, sliding-t, adapters, socket bits, etc.
Wrenches:
box, open, combination, adjustable, striking face (use with sledge hammer), ratcheting box, flare nut, structural (spud); usage: "pull don't push" etc.
Torque Wrenches:
types, usage, tightening sequence, "slow steady pull", safety, " etc.
Thats about it: the video is about 17 minutes long or so, it is not a real "in depth" look at tool usage and safety. Overall, the video is interesting and gives a sense of the Wright tool line; plus, a glimpse into their production facilities as well.
If you are interesting in getting one of these DVDs/Poster sets sent out to you; you can sign up for it on the Wright website here:
http://www.wrighttool.com/safety/index.htm
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