On the Vaughn ballpeen hammer we have at work, the manufacturer has stamped the following message
Que? I can understand the advise to wear goggles, but what’s with the “BOB” business?
Dunno. I scrounged around the Vaughn & Bushnell website, but found nada-so I sent them an email asking for the straight dope. BTW-how’d you make out with the Chrysler and your road trip?
Perhaps Bob was the one telling you to wear safety glasses?
Sadly, I haven’t been able to head out there and get the thing. We’ve lost a lot of people at work lately, so I couldn’t take the time off to go. The owner’s been sympathetic, and is willing to let the car sit around for a while longer until I can get time off to grab it.
It’s a stretch, but could it mean Brains over Brawns?
Eleven definitions on dictionary.com. one of which is;
BOB is probably the die designation. Here’s why I’ve reached that conclusion. Without intending to, I have accumulated a staggering array of hammers. On the ones that have a safety goggle warning on the head, a number follows the warning. For example, a big Craftsman ballpeen reads, “WEAR SAFETY GOGGLES A13.” A Vaughan 16 oz. Tin Rivet Hammer reads, “WEAR SAFETY GOGGLES A3C” Both hammers have a model number on the other side of the head, and it’s not the same number. The foundry probably has more than one die for each model, and they’re marked to track down any defects to the guilty die.
Sounds logical, except for that at the foundry I work at, only one of the nearly 20,000 dies we have has such a marking used in it.
Bob is the High Epopt Living Slack Master of The Church of the SubGenius. Obviously the church has it’s tendrils in all facets of the American economy. That, plus they want you to be safe on the job also.