With hunting season quickly approaching, visions of tree stands dance in my head. I in my harness secure to the tree and mama at home still taking a nap. Oh well…… ! Safety should not be overlooked at any time especially during hunting season, while sitting up in a tree with gun in hand and still half asleep waiting for the sun to peak over the horizon. Regardless of how safe or expensive your recent purchase of a tree stand, you must still tie off with a lanyard secured to a comfortable harness for your safety and the safety of others with you. In choosing the right harness for yourself I suggest reading some reviews be searching for “hunting harness reviews” in Google, Yahoo or MSN; which I found very helpful.

If you already own a safety harness and lanyard, be sure to thoroughly inspect the entire system prior to going out. Examine the webbing for cracks or wear, the D-rings for distortion, cracks, breaks, and rough or sharp edges. Inspect the buckles for any unusual wear, frayed or cut fibers, or broken stitching of the buckle attachments. The lanyards should be inspected in a similar fashion.

My kids keep turning up the heat or messing with the air conditioner. We have a gas propane heater at the condo association and need to make sure when it is stored that the gas has been turned off. We need to make sure that the out door faucets our not turned on and left on while we leave on vacation.

In most if no all of these scenarios, tag-out would not be necessary but the same devices would be used to lockout any unintended or malicious use. Ball Valve locks, Circuit Breaker Locks, Gate Valve Locks and Switch Locks come in very handy around the Home, Vacation Home or Condo.

Having the correct locks and proper key control or management are vital in order to make any of these systems work. A rogue key or a lock set that has keys found on other systems could be a problem. Brady or Master Lock have lock systems made specifically for Lockout/Tagout systems.

If you think cotton shirts, dresses, and bedding sheets are now priced out of site, take a look at the price of cotton work gloves which have experienced in many cases up to an 80% increase over the past year and a half. Unlike the leather shortage, which occurred prior to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, partially due to the closure of tanneries due to pollution and the effect it would have on the athletes, cotton prices are largely being effected by the weather. Flooding in Pakistan, one of the largest producers of cotton next to India, destroyed a substantial amount of their cotton harvest. At the same time, China has been trying to replenish their cotton reserves at any price due to the fact that they have experienced record consumption in the past year.

AllSafetySupplies.com has done a great job holding their pricing on work gloves during the leather shortages on their leather palm work gloves to their leather drivers gloves. Now faced with the same issues of price increases from importers and manufacturers they have once again lowered their margins to hold stability in pricing to their customer base.

See Article Posted by Wall Street Journal January 29, 2011 >>  WSJ-Cotton Hoarding

Marson Rivet Gun and Threadsetter Gun Repair Parts

Marson Rivet Gun and Threadsetter Gun Repair Parts can be found easily on BlindRivetSupply.com. Tools like the HP-2 rivet gun to many of the models which have been discontinued like the PHT-x Series can be found on this site. Blind Rivet Supply, a division of Global Stores Group has a schematic directory for all tools past and present from Alcoa, Marson or Creative Tool. In the Parts Directory you will find all parts along with current pricing to repair any of the tools supplied by Marson – Alcoa.

For those that are not to familiar with Blind Rivet Guns, we always suggest when purchasing a rivet gun to purchase an additional set of Jaws. The reason for this is that with repetitive use, the Jaws will wear quickly and hamper the pulling and breaking of the mandrel. The cost of a 2nd or 3rd spare set will far out way the waiting time for replacement.

For more details on Marson tools and Accessories, feel free to view or download the Marson Catalog.

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