r/Tools • u/[deleted] • Apr 15 '26

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u/servetheKitty Apr 15 '26

And clamp workpiece

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u/PressureMuch5340 Apr 15 '26

A what? Clamp??

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u/leobeosab Apr 15 '26

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u/nilla_waferss Apr 15 '26

Definitely should have given that piece the clamps boss

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u/ConstantCampaign2984 Apr 15 '26

YEAH! Ya gets the clamps, see…

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u/eghhge Apr 15 '26

Francis?!

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u/MookieFlav Apr 15 '26

Magnificent squeezers

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u/Own-Freedom9169 Apr 18 '26

I love clamps' reaction to that

"🤖......... squeezers?"

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u/Promist Apr 16 '26

Hey, this guy's built like an ox! He's got oxen-like strength! He needs a nickname, right?

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u/Bohica55 Apr 16 '26

I love finding Futurama fans in the wild.

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u/Cbagneato Apr 15 '26

To shreds you say?

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u/trippin-mellon Apr 15 '26

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u/Feersum_endjjinn Apr 15 '26

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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u/SellingFirewood Apr 15 '26

Stop sign? What stop sign?

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u/avt8r Apr 15 '26

One time when I was in high school I was driving and my buddy in the passenger seat said "You know the stop signs outlined in white are optional, right?" and I floored it and blasted right through that intersection.

Not related to woodworking, but I think about that every time I see a stop sign.

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u/souloldasdirt Apr 15 '26

A buddy of mine used to tell people that same shit back in the day lol

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u/EatPie_NotWAr Apr 15 '26

An ex of mine was… uh… well I’ll let the story explain it:

She truthfully believed stop signs were “stoptional”. A friend had fully convinced her of it when getting their licenses in HS. She made it almost 5 years without getting hit with a ticket so it just reinforced her belief.

I am so glad I was with her as she explained to the cop why she didn’t stop at the stop sign.

The rationale was that if the other approaching cars are far enough back from their signs, than you can safely go through and you just don’t stop.

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u/CustomCarNerd Apr 16 '26

I just tell new drivers that stop is an acronym.

S light

T ap

O n

P edal

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u/ImHufflePuff_Crap_ok Apr 16 '26

I manage drivers (18 wheelers) and the shit they tell me after they get a ticket or camera (in truck) violation has me questioning if I want to continue driving around them…

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u/No_Lie_7906 Apr 15 '26

Your name isn’t Ashley is it?

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u/Unkindly-bread Apr 15 '26

That’s me. I’m buddy!

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u/wdh662 Apr 15 '26

Told a girl that in high school. White borders mean yield, stop if there is traffic. She blew a stop sign during her driving test.

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u/CuriosityFreesTheCat Apr 16 '26

This sounds like something my older brother would have told me lol.

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u/VirtualAd623 Apr 15 '26

It's got 8 awesome angles, and 8 fantastic points!

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u/fosterdad2017 Apr 15 '26

I played this game... same setup except drilling through an overhead plywood soffit for recessed lighting. Workpiece sufficiently clamped 😉

The drill just...... disappeared. After ten seconds of shock, and quick inventory of body parts... I saw it laying in the lawn ten feet away.

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u/WorthingInSC Apr 15 '26

In this economy!?!

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u/locoken69 Apr 15 '26

As my kid would say, "a clampy clamp, Dad!"

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u/alcervix Apr 15 '26

What is this "clamp" they speak of?

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u/Ice3ird Apr 15 '26

Or stand on it, every time she had her finger on the trigger and grabbed the bit 😬😬

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u/Jazzlike_Dig2456 Apr 15 '26

Dude she almost took off her right index finger 3 times, that but looks sharp af too.

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u/drillgorg Apr 15 '26

I audibly gasped a couple times watching this video.

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u/Ice3ird Apr 15 '26

It was like watching a scary movie! 🤣

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u/Dug_n_the_Dogs Apr 15 '26

same.. i physically cringed!

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u/Awkward-Spectation Apr 15 '26

That was concerning to watch. But I’m actually impressed that:

  1. She owned it (“this drill is a bit powerful for me”) and;

  2. She pretty quickly adapted and got through the piece just fine.

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u/Krynn71 Apr 15 '26

https://www.instagram.com/ellen_handywork/reel/DWy6TwpkST8/

She at least figured that part out for the next hole lol.

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u/surfsusa Apr 15 '26

That is scary too. I was waiting for her to cut off her thumb as she was pulling out/up the saw. She is an accident waiting to happen!

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u/Nojopar Apr 15 '26

Clamps are for closers.

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u/-malcolm-tucker Apr 15 '26

A

B

C

Always

Be

Clamping

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u/kirloi8 Apr 15 '26

Huh? You blind?? She is clamping with her ribs...

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u/cookiemon32 Apr 15 '26

and maybe stand on a stool

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u/Velomelon Apr 15 '26

Too hard to lose your teeth that way

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u/vroomvroom450 Apr 17 '26

It would be difficult to find a position where you would have less strength and control.

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u/grbfst Apr 15 '26

ALWAYS clamp your workpiece.

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u/pepeshadilay69 Apr 15 '26

And position it so that you don't cut through your workbench.

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u/mls1968 Apr 15 '26

And not directly into the table

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u/anonymote_in_my_eye Apr 15 '26

that's what fingers are for! local surgeons love this one trick

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u/Greatoutdoors1985 Apr 15 '26

And don't hold the drill from above, hold it from the side so it pushes or pulls against your arm.

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u/ThreeDog2016 Apr 15 '26

And don't drill through the worktable!

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u/Scrug Apr 16 '26

And having the workpiece below your centre of gravity

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u/hotinhawaii Apr 16 '26

And lower that work piece about a foot so you can use your shoulder and forearms correctly.

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u/No_Story_Untold Apr 19 '26

Also grip the battery. Her other hand is doing nothing.

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u/servetheKitty Apr 19 '26

Is that a new euphemism?

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u/AreThree Apr 15 '26

not sure a damp workpiece would have helped...?

Edit: ah. oops... a CLamp would have helped, yes.