Comments on: It’s Just Scary: The Dentist’s Foot Engine http://toolmonger.com/2007/08/24/its-just-scary-the-dentists-foot-engine/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:43:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: isaiah http://toolmonger.com/2007/08/24/its-just-scary-the-dentists-foot-engine/#comment-850229 isaiah Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:53:45 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/08/24/its-just-scary-the-dentists-foot-engine/#comment-850229 i have one of these as part of a dental suit from the 1870s its made of cast iron and brass i got out of the store room of a dentist practice where it had sat along with a matching chair and spittoon since it was replaced in 1913 cost me only 378 pounds that's why i love stupid people and eBay it is not rickety or weak at all its a very bomb proof peice of kit you can stamp down on the pedal as hard as you like and as fast as you like to get it spinning up to speed i would equate its working to a car engines pistons shooting up and down at high speed it sounds like constant drumming of the foot there amazingly well built i have one of these as part of a dental suit from the 1870s its made of cast iron and brass
i got out of the store room of a dentist practice where it had sat along with a matching chair and spittoon since it was replaced in 1913 cost me only 378 pounds that’s why i love stupid people and eBay

it is not rickety or weak at all its a very bomb proof peice of kit you can stamp down on the pedal as hard as you like and as fast as you like to get it spinning up to speed
i would equate its working to a car engines pistons shooting up and down at high speed

it sounds like constant drumming of the foot there amazingly well built

]]> By: Letter Re: Recommended Preparedness Focus for a Dentist in Kansas? | Islamic Alert - Islamic Alert: Islam and Terrorism In The Daily News. Islamic Jihad, Islamic Terrorism, Islamic Blogs, The True Nature of Islam. http://toolmonger.com/2007/08/24/its-just-scary-the-dentists-foot-engine/#comment-549520 Letter Re: Recommended Preparedness Focus for a Dentist in Kansas? | Islamic Alert - Islamic Alert: Islam and Terrorism In The Daily News. Islamic Jihad, Islamic Terrorism, Islamic Blogs, The True Nature of Islam. Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:06:22 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/08/24/its-just-scary-the-dentists-foot-engine/#comment-549520 [...] can afford it. You might even be able to find a foot-powered dental drill. These are now considered museum pieces, except in the Third World, where they are still in limited [...] [...] can afford it. You might even be able to find a foot-powered dental drill. These are now considered museum pieces, except in the Third World, where they are still in limited [...]

]]> By: MT http://toolmonger.com/2007/08/24/its-just-scary-the-dentists-foot-engine/#comment-112255 MT Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:33:49 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/08/24/its-just-scary-the-dentists-foot-engine/#comment-112255 Actually, cocaine is an excellent local anesthetic, and is probably what should be used. Lidocaine's pretty common nowadays. No, it doesn't look like an execution chair. Actually, cocaine is an excellent local anesthetic, and is probably what should be used. Lidocaine’s pretty common nowadays.

No, it doesn’t look like an execution chair.

]]> By: Stuey http://toolmonger.com/2007/08/24/its-just-scary-the-dentists-foot-engine/#comment-110067 Stuey Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:49:28 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/08/24/its-just-scary-the-dentists-foot-engine/#comment-110067 I've gotten a few fillings without novacaine, and it's actually not as bad as you'd think. Just last week my wife went through the same. She didn't crush my hand too badly, which confirms my "it's not that bad" declaration. Still, I would not wanna have any work done via a foot-powered drill. Also, is it me, or does that chair look like an execution chair? I’ve gotten a few fillings without novacaine, and it’s actually not as bad as you’d think. Just last week my wife went through the same. She didn’t crush my hand too badly, which confirms my “it’s not that bad” declaration.

Still, I would not wanna have any work done via a foot-powered drill.

Also, is it me, or does that chair look like an execution chair?

]]> By: Jay http://toolmonger.com/2007/08/24/its-just-scary-the-dentists-foot-engine/#comment-110058 Jay Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:42:32 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/08/24/its-just-scary-the-dentists-foot-engine/#comment-110058 The US Army still has these around for backup when the power fails or is unavailable. The US Army still has these around for backup when the power fails or is unavailable.

]]> By: marc http://toolmonger.com/2007/08/24/its-just-scary-the-dentists-foot-engine/#comment-109111 marc Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:09:26 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/08/24/its-just-scary-the-dentists-foot-engine/#comment-109111 two words: no novacane two words: no novacane

]]> By: Tom http://toolmonger.com/2007/08/24/its-just-scary-the-dentists-foot-engine/#comment-109038 Tom Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:09:59 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/08/24/its-just-scary-the-dentists-foot-engine/#comment-109038 On the other hand, Wikipedia says that prior to the discovery and synthesis of Novocaine, cocaine was the most commonly used anesthetic!! On the other hand, Wikipedia says that prior to the discovery and synthesis of Novocaine, cocaine was the most commonly used anesthetic!!

]]> By: JamesBrauer66 http://toolmonger.com/2007/08/24/its-just-scary-the-dentists-foot-engine/#comment-108980 JamesBrauer66 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:55:18 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/08/24/its-just-scary-the-dentists-foot-engine/#comment-108980 I just looked up that Einhorn synthesized Novocaine in 1905, so there is a 15 year window there where I definitely wouldn't have wanted to get a filling. I just looked up that Einhorn synthesized Novocaine in 1905, so there is a 15 year window there where I definitely wouldn’t have wanted to get a filling.

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