Must be a man

   Now I don't want anyone to think I'm sexist, because I don't believe I am.   Although I know there are some people who would beg to differ with that.  But, I finally got to try out my new jump ringer and flex-shaft.  They do work great.  I love them both.  But, there is one little quirk that is so illogical in the design.  After the wire is wrapped into a coil, the flex-shaft is used to cut them apart.  There is a nifty sleeve that fits over the flex-shaft cylinder (sorry if I'm not using the proper terminology; it is still new to me.)  The directions say to attach the blade to the flex-shaft and then slide the sleeve over the cylinder.  Now that isn't going to happen, because the blade is wider than the sleeve.  No biggy though as it is easy enough to put on after the sleeve is in place.

   The thing that was driving me nuts was the two screws on the sleeve that hold it in place on the cylinder.  One side of the sleeve has an opening that exposes the cutting blade.  This opening fits over a guide, that fits over the coil and has a narrow slit in it.  (Have I lost you yet?)  The narrow slit is used to line up the saw blade in the sleeve.  There is also a mark on the edge of the opening to help with that.  The trouble starts after the blade is lined up.  The screws are to be lightly tightened to hold the sleeve in place, with the blade in the proper position.   But, the darn screws are on the back of the sleeve and I don't know about you, but I can't screw something I can't see.  So I tried to hold the sleeve in the proper position, turn it over to screw it in place and of course the whole thing moves on me.  I'm not sure how many times I kept trying.   (Way too many.)  Finally I tried to line the blade up a little higher than the mark (since it always kept slipping down) and I was finally able to line it up right; so the blade was centered in the narrow slot.  Common sense tells me that if the screws were on the top where the hole was, the whole darn thing would have been a lot easier.  But, then again maybe I'm wrong.

   I could tell you many stories where some men in my life did not do the logical thing, but that is not what this blog is about.  But, I still think a man must have designed this thing.  A woman would have put the screws on the top.