If you’re a fan of This Old House, you may have noticed the overt product placement of Stanley Bostitch pneumatic nailers and Stanley hammers this season.
Gives it a kind of phony, corporate sponsored (mandate)contrived look when you see Norm and Tommy, side-by-side, with matching Stanley hammers and reaching for their brand new pneumatic nailers of the same brand.
I understand the show has corporate sponsors but this is ridiculous!
Carl
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If you're a fan of This Old House, you may have noticed the overt product placement of Stanley Bostitch pneumatic nailers and Stanley hammers this season.
Gives it a kind of phony, corporate sponsored (mandate)contrived look when you see Norm and Tommy, side-by-side, with matching Stanley hammers and reaching for their brand new pneumatic nailers of the same brand.
I understand the show has corporate sponsors but this is ridiculous!
Carl
Before he disappeared, I believe that Bob Vila was promoting Craftsman tools. Okay for their wrenches and such but not so okay for Ryobi made electrical tools. Now Bob's pushing those light bulb room heaters. Anything for a buck, I guess.
The product placement will likely broaden, now that Stanley is buying Black & Decker, which also includes Porter Cable, Delta, and DeWalt.
I see Tommy & co. using a lot of Festool products. I haven't seen anything but a Festool cordless drill in quite a while, and I know he has a Kapex saw.
I haven't watch a lot lately, but I recall he ( Tom) had one of them Bowtie / double dovetail joiners at one time. I wonder if he uses it?Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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I remember that, he had tht on a huge project, pretty much a full rehab of a mansion in Manchester Ma. I remember at the time I thought gee wouldn't it be nice to just be able to get whatever tool you needed for the job and just do it.
Webby
Edited 11/15/2009 4:32 pm ET by webby
I remember that thing. I haven't seen it for a while.
I only saw that on the some project.I think that was a loaned tool. I always watch the credits for Special Thanks To whenever I see an interesting tool or material..
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I had never seen it before, or have seen it since, and I know a few tool junkies. One of the contractors we roof for has some pretty seriously good trimmers, I thought I'd seen one of them maybe use one if it was so great.
I can't see the value , myself.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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It's made by Hoffman, if what you're talking about is what I think, I can think of about a bazillion uses for it.http://www.tvwsolar.com
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I think its a dollar for every one of them uses too. (G)Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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I have noticed that too, however those bostitches work, well we use basically the same thing. I can't say much for the stanley hammers, they look wierd. Also caught norm using a stanley level to plumb a window.
Used to be Senco and Stabila, however I think senco is struggling financially.
That is why I liked the show years ago, no corporate intervention, you knew when you watched the show the tools and techniques they used were the real thing. That is also back when Portercable was worth something.
Webby
Edited 11/15/2009 4:33 pm ET by webby
Have not seen TOH for awhile, but didnt they always start every show with somebody driving up in a brand new truck (FOrd?) courtesy of that sponsor?
which is owned by Bosch...
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Nope.Bosch owns Skil, Dremel, Vermont American, Freud, and RotoZIP.
read it some place that their thumb(s) was in the pie...
currently downloading the 140 page report so this may take a bit...
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WOW!!! What a Ride!
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
"Some days it's just not worth chewing through the restraints"
got to where I thought I nedde to be and low and behold I haven't the passwords to continue...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
"Some days it's just not worth chewing through the restraints"
I heard that home depot owns makita
I heard Senco filed for bankruptcy.
Thats what they told me where I got my Framepro serviced. Took for ever to get the seals. I think they are still going just reorganized and maybe under new ownership??Webby
I didn't even think about the product placement and I am usually on top of that when I see it. However, I did find it weird that Norm was using a brand new stanley hammer. I imagine that he has plenty of better hammers just sitting around in his shop. It was also weird to see Tommy using the stanley one second and the next shot he was using a regular (unidentifiable) hammer and the next I think I saw a douglas framing hammer.
Well, what really grinds me is that I regularly contribute to public television, based on their plea that "it's viewers like you," that make this show possible. Then I see Norm and Tommy, looking like kids on the first day of school, sporting their new wares. I'll still watch the show, albeit a little distracted from corporate influence; but I'll be a little more hesitant when pledge time comes around again.Carl
In the episode I saw the other day Tom Silva was framing a gambrel wall and ran a jack stud to the window sill and not to the bottom plate. I was taught that jacks should run, unbroken, to the bottom plate.
Please don't tell me Tom Silva is not real. I don't think I could take it.