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I like that the prototype camera is simply a metal box with a lens and a handle :) Reminds me of Neal Stephensons' Hole Hawg [ 1 ] [ 1 ] http://www.team.net/m

• jacquesm 11y ago
  Thanks for that link! That's an excellent tool from an excellent company. I had one of their circular saws (the hand operated variety, not the table model) and accidentally dropped it down a 39' roof. I fully expected it to be a goner but to my surprise it worked just as well as before the drop, the saw body had a little scratch from the impact but that was about the extent of the damage. The Hole Hawg sounds interesting, I've never seen one but it is - like any other tool - judging by the story a tool to respect. I like tools like that, the ones that just do what you tell them to without any fuss. The biggest drill I have here is a Bosch contractor version, it's 'only' 1150 watts, spins really slow but makes drilling holes in just about anything deceptively easy. I'm always very conscious of my position relative to the tool and I'm very careful making sure that if it would seize that I can release the trigger. The day I bought it I wore out my previous drill on a hole in a concrete floor, it just died and gave up the ghost. The blue monster took care of that hole in about 1 second, doing it's lazy and surprisingly quiet spin. The contractors motto: don't force it, use a larger hammer :)