USB Chainsaw

[Don McKenzie]

Now here is a handy little tool for the handyman's tool box:
http://www.usbchainsaw.com/index.php

What's dangerous and swings from trees?
1) An IT engineer, with a USB chainsaw!
2) A help desk monkey, with a USB chainsaw!
3) A telemarketer that has been rudely spoken to, with a USB chainsaw!


Don...

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[Rich Webb]

Now here is a handy little tool for the handyman's tool box:
http://www.usbchainsaw.com/index.php

What's dangerous and swings from trees?
1) An IT engineer, with a USB chainsaw!
2) A help desk monkey, with a USB chainsaw!
3) A telemarketer that has been rudely spoken to, with a USB chainsaw!

No mp3 player included? Epic fail... ;-)

 

[Mr.T]

Now here is a handy little tool for the handyman's tool box:
http://www.usbchainsaw.com/index.php

Wow, 8lbs, 10" bar, but no mention of motor power, or how much current it
draws from the USB port

MrT.

 

[Don McKenzie]

Wow, 8lbs, 10" bar, but no mention of motor power, or how much current it
draws from the USB port

MrT.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/video-usb-powered-chainsaw-makes-short-work-of-a-fake-plastic-t/
single USB port, I assume less than 501ma

Don...



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[Trevor Wilson]

Now here is a handy little tool for the handyman's tool box:
http://www.usbchainsaw.com/index.php

**Nice. I can finally dump my old fashioned, 2kW electric chainsaw.

 

[terryc]

3) A telemarketer
that has been rudely spoken to, with a USB chainsaw!

Umm, punctuation?
I personally don't know any telemarketer that would threaten anything if
I had a USB chainsaw.

umm2, are they still a telemarketer if they are standing in your presence?


<more coffee, more coffee, more coffee>

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

Wow, 8lbs, 10" bar, but no mention of motor power, or how much current it
draws from the USB port

MrT.

Say a 1/2HP motor should be okay from a USB part, given a suitably low
duty cycle (maybe 10 minutes of blood-spattering mayhem per day).





Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

 

[Mr.T]

http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/08/video-usb-powered-chainsaw-makes-short-wo
rk-of-a-fake-plastic-t/
single USB port, I assume less than 501ma

But why would you want to charge it from a USB port rather than a plug-pack?

MrT.

 

[Mr.T]

**Nice. I can finally dump my old fashioned, 2kW electric chainsaw.

But how often do you use it to cut down miniature plastic trees?

MrT.

 

[Trevor Wilson]

But how often do you use it to cut down miniature plastic trees?

**Ah, it's all about the duty cycle.

 

[Mr.T]

Say a 1/2HP motor should be okay from a USB part, given a suitably low
duty cycle (maybe 10 minutes of blood-spattering mayhem per day).

But why I would want to add to the load on my computer power supply rather
than just use a plug-pack charger still escapes me????
(even assuming I ever had a use for such crap)

The only thing worse than morons with too much money to waste, is the morons
creating more useless products for them to buy, IMO.

MrT.

 

[F Murtz]

Nope. The worst thing are clowns like you who can't recognize a spoof.

The clue is in the bit where you do not need any money.

 

[Mr.T]

Nope. The worst thing are clowns like you who can't recognize a spoof.

Nope, seen far too much of this crap in real life to think it might be
funny.
Check out your local Jaycar store for a *huge* array of "spoofs".

MrT.

 

[Boudewijn Dijkstra]

Op Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:52:37 +0200 schreef terryc

Umm, punctuation?
I personally don't know any telemarketer that would threaten anything if
I had a USB chainsaw.

The telemarketer has the USB chainsaw, not you. He is likely to need some
activity to vent his anger, which combined with a USB chainsaw could be
rather dangerous. Perhaps not to his prey, but dangerous nonetheless.

umm2, are they still a telemarketer if they are standing in your
presence?

Depends wheter you are a colleague or prey, but that has nothing to do
with the point.

 

[Don McKenzie]

Hmm, isn't that device-side USB port the wrong type? Unless what is
illustrated in the photo is the downstream socket that can be used to
cascade several devices - hey, you could create a chain-saw-chain!

Very unusual, an AM to AM cable.
Only time I have used these, was when the designer did it wrong.

Don...



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[John Tserkezis]

The close-up on the video is a little TOO CLOSE UP !!

Notice on the closeup, the total blade length was longer than the blade on
the mockup.

 

[John Tserkezis]

This is a real one, just for you.
http://www.welookdoyou.com/fufme/

Nope. All the images are CGI. That almost invariably means it's either
vapourware, or fake.

Heck, look at the iPhone. Prior to actual physical release, the ONLY images
available were CGI. Even now, several manufacturers had released, or already
released phones that either compete with, or surpass the iPhone capabilities.

Just goes to prove, if it's shown in CGI, it's fake.

So there.

 

[Don McKenzie]

I see them in stores. They are sold to transfer data between PCs.

I sell them also:
http://www.dontronics-shop.com/usb-a-male-to-a-male-cable.html
these are straight through, whereas the transfer cable swaps rx and tx.

As I say, the only time I have used these, was when the designer did it
wrong, and placed the wrong connector on the peripheral. IE: Chainsaw!
Then you need an AM to AM straight through cable, and not a transfer cable.

Cheers Don...




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[Don McKenzie]

No it doesn't. There's only one twisted pair in a USB cable, and
reversing it's polarity won't do much good. You are probably
thinking of UTP ethernet cables from the days before autoswitching.

The data transfer rigs have a double-ended USB device in between, so
both computers can be the host.

In the age of USB-OTG interfaces some previously illegitimate cables
have become legitimate, but there it's the interface doing the
switching between host and device mode, not the cable swapping pairs.

Fair nuff!

Obviously I wasn't familiar enough with the transfer cable, however the
AM to AM that is used with the USBchainsaw is considered a special cable

The only reason I have ended up stocking them is because of designer faults.

Cheers Don...



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[Don McKenzie]

Now here is a handy little tool for the handyman's tool box:
http://www.usbchainsaw.com/index.php

Now, the tag line:
http://www.usbchainsaw.com/reveal.html



Cheers Don...





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