Over the past couple years I don’t think I’ve written once about an awesome tool advertisement… New tools, sure, PR stunts like that video of SawStop CEO Steve Gass shoving his finger into a spinning saw blade, sure, but no full-on ADs.
Well, this ad for Makita drills REALLY caught my eye…
Looks just like a big drill on the wall, right?
Well, yeah, except they created the image using holes drilled by a Makita drill…
update… there’s a vid:
found via the power tool geek…
Here’s more of a closeup of the drill for a bit of detail:
Here’s what the lettering looks like a little closer:
And here’s the team at work:
Commenters on the feat noted: “To create the correct tones, the distances between the holes had to be very carefully calculated.”
And: “(Sort of like a Makita drill doing a huge self portrait…)”
But I guess we have to ask… will it sell more drills in Johannesburg, where they created this ad? If their goal was publicity then they certainly got that ;)
I found this story here:
Pic: 20,081 Holes Make An Ad
…and got my pics here:
Makita: 20 081 Holes
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Luis Rojas Says:
April 20th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
THAT IS HOT!!! When I worked at Home Depot. That was brand of most of the contractors. I personally love Makita Products
How funny The Home Depot link is under this article
Air Tool Guy Says:
September 21st, 2009 at 2:38 pm
That is really cool. I agree with Luis. I think Maktia is a really good brand. Though I also Like Chicago Pneumatic and Ingersoll Rand for my air tools. Really cool how they made that picture.