Flashing phone for a loud shop

I’ve been through a couple of these http://www.smithgear.com/sa-tr50.html I hook a light fixture with a 150watt bulb in it and it lights up the whole shop when the phone rings.

-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com

Hey Gary
That sure seems like a bargain. Thanks for sharing.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

I have a foolproof system:

If I can’t hear the phone ringing, I don’t answer it.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Radio Shack used to sell a similar device. Not sure if they still handle it. The one from Radio Shack was very sensitive to lightening strikes but fortunately it was fused well and could be fixed.

I’ll bet it won’t work on a cell phone…...............LOL

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

Wow? People still have land lines that this can connect to? Been years without such a beast at my house. But I do love what CharlieM says!! Absolutely foolproof huh. :-)

I am with Charlie. How do you post pics to forums by the way Gary?

-- "That Government is Best that Governs The Least."-Jefferson

LOL, maybe I am the only one without a cell phone?

Actually, I have been wondering what I can do to receive calls. Thanks for the post. Now if only my calls were about woodworking…..

-- I hope the volume of shavings one creates is directly related to the probablility of one's success, cuz if so I've got it made!!

What’s a cell phone?
And I’m with Charlie. I go to the shop to get away from the phone and recharge my mental batteries.

-- Use the fence Luke

I have a cell phone, but it’s always off unless I want to make a call. I don’t even remember my number.

I have a pay as you go plan and spend $100 a year for my service.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

I sure don’t know what I’d do without a cell phone. At times I wish I did not have it but have to have it to communicate with installers on jobsites and cabinetbuilders that are in the field. My wife, who is disabled, can also contact me when she needs assistance.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

Radio Shack sells a comparable item...

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wouldn’t it be nice to have a shop that’s a NO PHONE ZONE?

-- I'm not here for your amusement. You're here for mine - Johnny Rotten

Toma,

No Phone Zones are great, unless the phone brings paying work.. It’s all relative to the situation.

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Gary, it has only been in the last couple of years I gave in and started leaving my phone on. For years, I did like you and left it off until I wanted to make a call.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

I use a phone flasher from Radio Shack, hooked up to a red light, like on a cop car—also from Radio Shack.
We also have an incredibly loud buzzer my dad bought in the early 1960’s. Still works, but you can’t find any that good any more. It’s priceless to see someone’s reaction while standing under it when it rings.

-- Kent Shepherd * The goal is-----More Tools!

good idea…now i need a phone out there…or not…i like charlie’s mentality…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

Trouble with cell phones today is they do just about eveything, that your PC can do, so mine is never turned OFF It has become so cheap now, that we do not have a land-line anymore. For International calls, I just connect my cell phone to my wireless network and use SKYPE and that is next to free about 0.02€/minute to Australia or the USA.

But I still cannot hear the phone ringing/playing music when the big machines are on – hey ho – what the hell, if its important they will call back.

-- Tony - All things are possible, just some things are more difficult than others! - SKYPE: Heron2005 (http://www.poydatjatuolit.fi)

I don’t have a phone or a radio or a tv in the shop because of the distraction that I might have when running a piece of power equipment. I have been known to be totally engrossed in what I am doing and an interuption would be like sticking my finger in a light socket and I don’t think the table saw would be that forgiving…

-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings