Lathe, drillpress, milling machine available, but.....

"COLIN LAMB" wrote

I was
wiring my house and up on a ladder about 15 feet and drilling through a
beam
with a 1/2" drill. The bit caught on a knot and ripped me off the ladder
and started spinning me around. While I was turning, I realized what the
screw on handle was for. I managed to avoid injury, but felt stupid.

I think that anyone who does enough wiring or plumbing on a house will, or
already has had, a problem like that.

I remember using a 3 1/2" hole saw, cutting though the top plate, to receive
a vent line. The saw was in a big 'ole 1/2" drill with all kinds of
torque, and I hit something (a nail, I think) that stopped it cold.

I was on a ladder, too, and had the trigger lock on. It ripped partially
loose from my hand, only after convincing me to let go of it. It convinced
me by slapping my knuckles harder than Sister Mary's ruler, on the
surrounding wood. By that time, my perch was about to tip over, and did,
just as I let go.

The drill only stopped it's contortions after it wound all of it's power
cord around itself, and it came unplugged from the extension cord. I was
glad, in that case, that I had not tied the two cords together, like I am
known to do. It would have taken a good while more to wrap up 25 more feet
of cord! g
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Jim in NC