DeWalt Pencil Vibrator Kit??

[buddyrough]

OK, I'll bite. DeWalt offers an "18V heavy Duty Cordless Pencil Vibrator Kit", 4' long shaft, 14,000 vibrations per minute. My wife looked at that askew and asked, "just what do you woodworkers do out there in the shop"? Well, I couldn't answer her and now she won't let me go out there alone. So, can somebody out there tell me about this?

Rod

[TB Roye]

Could it be and engraving pencil? They vibrate. Just a guess don't have a clue other wise.

Tom

[DaveW]

quote:Originally posted by buddyrough

now she won't let me go out there alone.

ROTFLMAO

How about http://concreteproducts.com/mag/conc...t_products_50/

"Among the most powerful cordless concrete vibrators available, the manufacturer notes, the 18v heavy-duty, cordless pencil vibrator kit (DC530KA) improves the flow of concrete for both residential and commercial applications. The DC530KA is equipped with a 48-in. flex-shaft/vibrator suitable for small-scale jobs requiring high-performance consolidation of relatively small volumes of concrete, such as post-tension slab perimeters, small street repair, loading docks, streetlight footers, sign footers, and insulated concrete forms."

[Jim-Iowa]

Funny how a little thing like a vibrator elicits unclean thoughts?
Clear back in 1967 as a kid in highschool I had a summer job that introduced me to vibrators. I worked for Cooper Concrete & Coal located next to the Rock Island Line between Maytag plant #1 and the Vernon Company. My job was Yardman and Concrete came in in railroad Hopper cars. They would pull a hopper over a pit with auger and my job was to hook a vibrator up to the hopper to shake the cement loose so it could be augered up to the tower above the batch house. The ugly part was getting inside and clean out the corners after it was empty.

[Stick]

quote:Originally posted by Jim-Iowa

Funny how a little thing like a vibrator elicits unclean thoughts?

One year our legion had a scavenger hunt. One of the items on the list was a vibrator. All the teams except one brought in sex toys. The last team brought in a concrete vibrator.

[LCHIEN]

I work in the petroleum exploration industry. For seismic excitation sources we use big vibrators:

60,000 pounds, hydraulically operated, usually used in sets of four for more energy.
here's a pic of a small one (maybe 20,000 lbs)

[Jim-Iowa]

quote:Originally posted by LCHIEN

I work in the petroleum exploration industry. For seismic excitation sources we use big vibrators:

60,000 pounds, hydraulically operated, usually used in sets of four for more energy.
here's a pic of a small one (maybe 20,000 lbs)

Now Thats a vibrator! What a cool Toy!!

[SteveR]

Loring, thanks for that pic...it brought back memories!!

Those vib. trucks have changed looks.....
I worked on one of those crews for a summer job some 25 yrs ago.
The company was called prarie eagle or similiar.
I was a jug? setter I think it was called.
We were first situated somewhere up near oregon (Very dense forest) very near the coast. Only saw the sun two days out of 45 or so. When the sun did show, it heated up the asphalt enough, when the vib. pads were pulled up, the asphalt came up too! We also had to be on watch for trees falling.....those vib. trucks would get going...shaking the entire area.....soil must have been loose enough to allow some trees to fall. Then we got a new assignment to go down the coast, almost all the way to the Mexico border....talk about extremes...Again due to asphalt temps down there...started work at like 2-3 am.....and were off by 9-10 am.

It was an interesting experience for sure...the individuals were unique and very carefree...almost gypsy (moving alot) type of living. Was interesting to watch the entire caravan of trucks going down the coast hwy as well.
Steve

[LCHIEN]

quote:Originally posted by SteveR

Loring, thanks for that pic...it brought back memories!!

Those vib. trucks have changed looks.....
I worked on one of those crews for a summer job some 25 yrs ago.
The company was called prarie eagle or similiar.
I was a jug? setter I think it was called.
...
Steve

Ah, you were a "juggie".
In the '50s the geophones were the size of gallon jugs. The guys who set them were known as juggies. The geophones are now roughly a
2" cylinder 3" high but the name juggie has stuck. A system may now have 2000-3000 channels spread out on the ground and recorded. Each channel may use an array of 24 geophones.

[SteveR]

[quote]quote:Originally posted by LCHIEN

Ah, you were a "juggie".
In the '50s the geophones were the size of gallon jugs. The guys who set them were known as juggies. The geophones are now roughly a
2" cylinder 3" high but the name juggie has stuck. A system may now have 2000-3000 channels spread out on the ground and recorded. Each channel may use an array of 24 geophones.

YES YES!.....that what I was, a juggie LOL! The gallon sized ones would have been a bummer! I did my stint in the early 80's. I think the phones were about the same size as you describe..kinda like a string of x-mas lights..orange top I think with a spike to set them in the ground with. I was amazed that they rarely broke....these things were abused. And you always hoped for soft ground or else your foot was sore for days. I am suprised with todays technologies that they are not smaller now. Yeah....we would lay out literally miles of them. Once laid out....go back to where you started and wrap them back up and then pick them up as the truck was speeding along. I think there was a total of 4 big vib. trucks and one recorder truck, plus a slew of crew/storage trucks...impressive operation to a young kid. I do recall the big boss catching "grief" every now and then by the dot or county roads guys...one phone call to the big office..."puff" those guys were outta there fast with tails between their legs! I assumed they recieved some sort of fee for potential damages and/or exploration fees. It was a pretty easy job....per diem + decent hrly wages...saved up a chunk of money that summer.

BTW.....did not mean to hijack thread, but looks like you are safe going in the shop alone now LOL!

Steve

[buddyrough]

Well, glad we got something going in this thread. I've explained it all to my wife and she's now OK with me going to the shop alone again. Many thanks,

Rod