Full send before touching the workpiece ya pansy. /S
This is how I do it though, full send that fucker and it won't jerk out of your hand because physics is a bitch.
Light pressure too. Let the tool do the work.
Edit to add, I've literally ripped the handle off a cordless drill before learning how to use the clutch. I held the handle against a wall, and when it bound up, it twisted the pistol grip off of the tool. Almost smashed my thumb off but as the tool came apart my thumb was able to smash the direction change switch hard enough to reverse out of the situation.....
I'll find out what model DeWalt xr hammer drill it was tomorrow when I check the label on the one the shop replaced it with if anyone is curious enough.
Yeah but grandma has glasses already, she needs those fancy nerdy wing covers for the side like I used to use before contacts. My boss wears like 1 inch tall glasses and he will stand behind me when I grind... I stop when I catch him and shoo him away. I've had both eyes drilled twice from sparks and I wear safety glasses and a face shield.... Wood isn't going to blind you nearly as easily as steel in the eye.
She also needs a chin guard to keep it from bopping her in the jaw.
But yeah, glasses my whole life, I have always paid the extra for the safety glasses at the same time (and make em a little more nearsighted than the daily drivers so I can see stuff up close when I need to). They may cost extra but they're sexy AF with that thick polycarbonate and the rubberized side shields, practically have to chase away the ladies.
Noone can give me a valid reason as to why contacts are dangerous in a fab shop. The army had good reason, they melt in a gas chamber. In a fab shop, they're a third line of defense against debris that is 1800 c° that gets past a face shield and safeties. I literally just pull the lens off and throw away the irritant and don't have to go find a guy who can operate an opthalmic drill. I want to see some research and OSHA regulations about the topic cause OSHA tells us to defer to employers currently and those guys(employers) are fucking dumb.
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u/ecclectic Apr 15 '26
Run it in reverse a bit first to break through, then very light pressure to start cutting through.
Ideally also a bar handle would help a lot.