Someone fire that photographer!

That means many toolmongers will have good side-jobs for their retirement.

It also means that people will inevitably start going into the trades when the market shifts to correct itself.

From a distance, the two types can look identical. I’m assuming that the model above isn’t wearing chemical goggles since it is just more likely they are regular goggles.

Anyways, chemical goggles must have “indirect venting” such that, as you mentioned, the user is protected from splashes at all angles. Cheapo impact protection goggles, on the other had, have direct vents and holes aroud the perimeter of the goggle shell. If there is a chemical accident, liquid can splasy up into the goggles, or find their way to your face via direct vents on top and around the goggle.

It is alright to wear chemical goggles in a regular shop environment, but not okay to wear regular shop safety goggles in a chemical environment.

Lastly, I trust that you would know the difference between the two types of gogglesby visual inspection, but I felt that it would be beneficial to describe the differences for anyone else who may happen across these comments.

LOL!!

I’ve used my hammer drill in regular drill mode a few times, but still, the guy in the pic looks as out of place as the Dolphins in the Superbowl.

The point isn’t to keep vapors away; just to keep chemical splashes from hitting your eyes (and the vents will still prevent that).

“studiously haphazard tousled metrosexual hairstyle!”

Hahahaha, nice.

Maybe he’s just starting the hole and trying to keep everything steady and square?

Also, so what if one uses a hammer drill on wood? I have a limited budget and was in the market for a corded drill since my needs went beyond my cordless’s capabilities. I use masonry bits occasionally - enough that I could benefit from a hammer drill. Rather than spend my money on a low end hammer drill and a decent corded rotary drill, I sprung for a nice Bosch hammer drill that I now use more in rotary mode than hammer mode.

Back to the point - I wouldn’t trust a contractor that gels his hair and wears a shirt like that to a job either.

I stay sober while working on my projects, no fear.

I think you’re being a little to critical of the choice of a hammer drill. If I have a hammer drill close by, I’m going to pick it up and use it rather that go get another drill. Most hammer drills let you turn off the hammering action, hell even if it didn’t I probably still would us it if it was just for a hole or two.

Maybe it’s the only drill the guy had. For someone who gets mad when people tell him that he needs a table saw to make bookcases, it might seem a little hypocritical.

Not that I disagree with your point, but what is the actual problem? Is it that people in marketing have no clue about reality? Or is it that people don’t do things for themselves anymore — thus don’t know how to use tools? Complaining about the first is like sooting fish in a barrel. I’m not so sure about the second though, I keep reading in various home improvement magazines that more and more home-owners are becoming DIYers.