very light pressure at the very end is key.. but I actually speed up my bit speed, so it blows thru that hang up point..
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Drill bits
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I refuse to use a drill anymore that does not have a ratcheting chuck for drilling.
I've literally been flipped over and thrown to the ground using chorded drills and right angle drills.
I've literally been flipped over and thrown to the ground using chorded drills and right angle drills.
Isn't a ratcheting chuck just for getting the bit tight? Mine certain clicks like a ratchet when I crank it down, but what does that have to do with catching?
Idk what the technical name is for it. Turn the dial on the drill. Changes how much force it lets out.
I think he means a clutched chuck.. like most cordless drills have.....
5" holesaw thru a boat hull in a 1/2" Milwaukee, hang on baby!
5" holesaw thru a boat hull in a 1/2" Milwaukee, hang on baby!
I think he means a clutched chuck.. like most cordless drills have.....
5" holesaw thru a boat hull in a 1/2" Milwaukee, hang on baby!
Yes. I wanted to say clutch but wasnt sure that was the right word...
Yah I used to do that $hit to pull intake/exhaust vents in the sides of peoples houses when we installed furnaces. Milwaukee right angle drill. OOOOOOFFFF
So instead of stupidly running it in drill mode, I should have just picked one of the numbers on my drill. It never even occurred to me.
In trade school shop class,I had used a big Rockwell 5/8" drill that has two pipe handles to drill multiple 1/2" holes in a steel table top that was 1/4" thick,so a circle could be knocked out of it,to allow lawn mower engines to be bolted to the table top and used as a test stand..
I made the mistake of locking the trigger in the on position,and put both hands on the pipe handles..when the drill bit snagged as it broke thru the table top,the drill had enough torque to fling me off the table and onto the floor ,then it proceeded to wind up 100 feet of extention cord around itself,as it spun like a helicoptor...
It also pulled the outlet box & conduit it was plugged into off the wall and sparks flew until the fuse popped..the shop had those fuses that look and sound like .410 shotgun shells when they blow too...flung the fuse box door open..
It all happened in like 5 seconds!...highly embarrasing!..
I made the mistake of locking the trigger in the on position,and put both hands on the pipe handles..when the drill bit snagged as it broke thru the table top,the drill had enough torque to fling me off the table and onto the floor ,then it proceeded to wind up 100 feet of extention cord around itself,as it spun like a helicoptor...
It also pulled the outlet box & conduit it was plugged into off the wall and sparks flew until the fuse popped..the shop had those fuses that look and sound like .410 shotgun shells when they blow too...flung the fuse box door open..
It all happened in like 5 seconds!...highly embarrasing!..
In trade school shop class,I had used a big Rockwell 5/8" drill that has two pipe handles to drill multiple 1/2" holes in a steel table top that was 1/4" thick,so a circle could be knocked out of it,to allow lawn mower engines to be bolted to the table top and used as a test stand..
I made the mistake of locking the trigger in the on position,and put both hands on the pipe handles..when the drill bit snagged as it broke thru the table top,the drill had enough torque to fling me off the table and onto the floor ,then it proceeded to wind up 100 feet of extention cord around itself,as it spun like a helicoptor...
It also pulled the outlet box & conduit it was plugged into off the wall and sparks flew until the fuse popped..the shop had those fuses that look and sound like .410 shotgun shells when they blow too...flung the fuse box door open..
It all happened in like 5 seconds!...highly embarrasing!..
Lol that would have been pretty spectacular to watch!!!!
Yeah,my classmates thought it was very entertaining...
Some still mention that incident when I've run into them 30+ years later..also the memorable "lawn tractor incident" I had in shop class..
A person brought a lawn tractor to the school to be repaired..several kids took it apart and reassembled it,but couldn't get it to run more than a few seconds..
I took my turn at it over a week's time and had no better luck..it had spark,fuel,and compression,but just wouldn't run more than a few seconds,and it kicked back like a mule and backfired sometimes..and the flywheel key was not sheared either..
One day my regular shop teacher was out sick,and he had taken me off the tractor and had me work on my arc welding skills instead that week..
I was dying to figure out why it wouldn't run..
When the substitute teacher told us to "just keep doing what you were yesterday",I fibbed and told him "I was trying to fix that tractor"..
I took the flywheel off one more time,and lo and behold,I found the little cam lobe dew-hickey a Tecumseh uses to open and close the points was cracked!--it had a keyed bore and evidently someone just hammered it on without lining up the keyway..I brazed the crack up,put it back on right,and the tractor fired right up !..--I drove it out into the parking lot and did a few wheelies with it..
I noticed the clutch & brake pedal seemed "wrong"--like it wouldn't go until you stepped on it,and with the clutch "out" it felt like neutral..
I assumed maybe thats just the way that tractor was designed ..
The substitute teacher came over and said "hey,are you supposed to be riding that thing around"?..I answered "Yeah,of course--how else would we know if we fixed it and everything works right'?..
He said "Ahhh,I think you'd better put it inside.."
"OK"..
So Go to drive it back in the shop,of course being a wise ass teen I had to use the fastest speed,and I tried manuvering it between two cars on lifts without hitting one--and one of the punks in my class deliberately walks out in front of me....I swerved and bounced off the carpentry shop teachers Buick that was getting a new exhaust system,and some other car and caved in both doors,then I go to hit the brakes and the tractor lurches forward on a wheelie even faster,and I hit a parts washer & tank that had a tool box on top of it--it flips over,dumps 5 gallons of Gunk on the floor,and 90% of all the tools and sockets drop thru the grate in the floor,and land in muck 15 feet down..
Then I point it at the wall,and slammed into it wide open..the rear wheel started screeching and here I am frantically looking for a screwdriver,and I finally grabbed a hammer and smashed the spark plug and busted it...it finally shuts down,and all you could hear was 30 kids LAUGHING at the top of their lungs.....
I got 3 days suspention when my shop teacher returned....luckily
he convinced the owners of the cars I damaged the "accident" would givbe the kids in auto body shop some good experience..
We were rough on tools in shop class (and freshmen!)..I remember the bullies in shop class cornering freshmen,and putting the air powered grease gun down their shorts and pumping about 5 lbs of grease into them..
We also had "belt sander races" in the hallways..we'd ride it like a horse,with a 100 foot extention cord on it..usually it resulted in it being run into a wall at about 60 mph,and pieces would go flying..
Some still mention that incident when I've run into them 30+ years later..also the memorable "lawn tractor incident" I had in shop class..
A person brought a lawn tractor to the school to be repaired..several kids took it apart and reassembled it,but couldn't get it to run more than a few seconds..
I took my turn at it over a week's time and had no better luck..it had spark,fuel,and compression,but just wouldn't run more than a few seconds,and it kicked back like a mule and backfired sometimes..and the flywheel key was not sheared either..
One day my regular shop teacher was out sick,and he had taken me off the tractor and had me work on my arc welding skills instead that week..
I was dying to figure out why it wouldn't run..
When the substitute teacher told us to "just keep doing what you were yesterday",I fibbed and told him "I was trying to fix that tractor"..
I took the flywheel off one more time,and lo and behold,I found the little cam lobe dew-hickey a Tecumseh uses to open and close the points was cracked!--it had a keyed bore and evidently someone just hammered it on without lining up the keyway..I brazed the crack up,put it back on right,and the tractor fired right up !..--I drove it out into the parking lot and did a few wheelies with it..
I noticed the clutch & brake pedal seemed "wrong"--like it wouldn't go until you stepped on it,and with the clutch "out" it felt like neutral..
I assumed maybe thats just the way that tractor was designed ..
The substitute teacher came over and said "hey,are you supposed to be riding that thing around"?..I answered "Yeah,of course--how else would we know if we fixed it and everything works right'?..
He said "Ahhh,I think you'd better put it inside.."
"OK"..
So Go to drive it back in the shop,of course being a wise ass teen I had to use the fastest speed,and I tried manuvering it between two cars on lifts without hitting one--and one of the punks in my class deliberately walks out in front of me..
..I swerved and bounced off the carpentry shop teachers Buick that was getting a new exhaust system,and some other car and caved in both doors,then I go to hit the brakes and the tractor lurches forward on a wheelie even faster,and I hit a parts washer & tank that had a tool box on top of it--it flips over,dumps 5 gallons of Gunk on the floor,and 90% of all the tools and sockets drop thru the grate in the floor,and land in muck 15 feet down..Then I point it at the wall,and slammed into it wide open..the rear wheel started screeching and here I am frantically looking for a screwdriver,and I finally grabbed a hammer and smashed the spark plug and busted it...it finally shuts down,and all you could hear was 30 kids LAUGHING at the top of their lungs...
..I got 3 days suspention when my shop teacher returned..
..luckily he convinced the owners of the cars I damaged the "accident" would givbe the kids in auto body shop some good experience..
We were rough on tools in shop class (and freshmen!)..I remember the bullies in shop class cornering freshmen,and putting the air powered grease gun down their shorts and pumping about 5 lbs of grease into them..
We also had "belt sander races" in the hallways..we'd ride it like a horse,with a 100 foot extention cord on it..usually it resulted in it being run into a wall at about 60 mph,and pieces would go flying..
