Self Service Saw at Menards

[Puckdropper]

Found my local Menards has a "self-service" saw. It's a compound miter saw with a nice long infeed and outfeed table. The sign said basically "if you feel comfortable using this, you can. PPE is near the saw in a box."

I had brought my own circular saw, but wound up using their saw instead. It was really nice to control the tolerance of my cuts, rather than hoping to find the guy who actually can read the tape measure and hold better than

1/4" tolerance.

Really neat, I hope they keep this for a long time!

Puckdropper

[DerbyDad03]

[knuttle]

I would expect this will not be around long as thier insurance company will find the practice objectionable and their insurnance will go up

[J. Clarke]

Remember that Menards is Canadian. In Canada the loser in a litigation usually pays the winner's costs, there is a very low cap on "pain and suffering", punitive damages are only awarded if malice can be demonstrated, and per capita Canada has about 1/4 as many lawsuits as the US, so the risk is much lower.

[knuttle]

I forgot it was a Canadian company. I know there was a Menards in Fort Wayne and Indianapolis Indiana and several other mid western US cities.

It was my favorite place to shop when we live in Indianapolis.

I wish they would come to Raleigh, but I doubt if they ever will in my life time.

[John McGaw]

Menards is all over the US, even as far as Tennessee although none in my immediate area. Being a Canadian company wouldn't help them a bit if they were sued in the US but I'm sure that their legal staff and insurance companies have vetted their practices. This will probably hold until some litigious oaf takes them to court demanding $100M because they got an owie using a self-service saw to trim their toenails.

[J. Clarke]

Was that particular Menards in the US or in Canada though?

We (the US) really need to fix our legal system. It has been a pimple on the ass of progress for as long as I can remember.

[dpb]

On 12/31/2019 8:10 AM, J. Clarke wrote: ...

Au contraire!!!

History A family-owned company started in 1958, Menards® is headquartered in Eau Claire, Wisconsin and has more than 300 home improvement stores located in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming. ...

Current map appeared to have only one location in Canada.

[dpb]

On 12/31/2019 8:33 AM, John McGaw wrote: ...

And at least as far as W KS. If there's one in the store in Garden City, I've not found it. Nor have I seen one in any of the half-dozen or so others have been in on occasion (albeit in some of those visits wouldn't have been where it would have been anyway).

There's not one in TN according to current store locator on the web site.

But they aren't Canadian company; it is privately held headquartered in Eau Claire, WI.

My first guess would be corporate doesn't know about this one in this particular store.

[J. Clarke]

Interesting. I don't know why I associate them with Canada.

However that being the case, they are going to get slammed _so_ hard by some enterprising ne'er-do-well and his equally enterprising ambulance chaser.

[dpb]

At some point, no doubt. Wonder where puckdropper store is?

My guess is as said elsewhere corporate doesn't know about this one particular instance (yet).

[hubops]

1. Menards isn't Canadian.

John T.

[J. Clarke]

Do you have a point or are you just trying to troll us into a gun control discussion?

[Markem]

The point is obvious, USA companties can be sued in Canadian courts.

[J. Clarke]

Since that point was never in contention, I still fail to see the relevance.

[Markem]

Then your reading comprehension is lacking.

[Scott Lurndal]

Since when? John Menard was from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and the company is still privately owned and headquartered there.

[Scott Lurndal]

Menards _IS NOT A CANADIAN COMPANY_. It is privately held by the Menard family.

[John McGaw]

Weird. I swear that I checked their store locator before I posted and saw three different locations in TN. No explanation. Oh, and I didn't know that they weren't Canadian; it seems that every time I read a post or message about somebody going to Menards or something on sale there they were always in the north so the idea got fixed in my alleged mind.

[Puckdropper]

dpb wrote in news:qufqec$pg5$ [e-mail]:

The sign was in Menard's normal style and colors, so I'm sure corporate knows about this. Maybe they're trying it out here.

In terms of saws, the easiest and safest to operate is the compound miter saw. The blade only moves in one arc, so it's easy to predict where the blade goes and keep your fingers out.

Puckdropper