The User Is on Their Own

Re:The User Is on Their Own by _heimdall on Friday May 03, 2024 @07:42PM (#40253522)

Power drills are pretty benign to the operator as long as they know not to try to use the drill bit as a router or sander. I've seen plenty of people try to knock off an edge with the side of a bit. Sure it can be done, but its also a great way to have it jump and catch the side of your hand.

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Re:The User Is on Their Own by nick7376182 on Saturday May 04, 2024 @02:51AM (#40255505)

You can also easily break your wrist with some of the stronger ones that are available. I've also had one wind-up part of my work glove on accident. And the big plug-in drills are just terrifying in general, with how much rotational inertia they have. I won't touch those.

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Re:The User Is on Their Own by verve_rat on Saturday May 04, 2024 @03:46AM (#40255762)

Never wear gloves with tools that rotate.

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Re:The User Is on Their Own by nick7376182 on Saturday May 04, 2024 @10:21AM (#40257879)

Easy to say, but working on a house framing/electric/plumbing project for 8+ hours I would rather have the gloves on. With a lathe or mill, of course I'm not gonna wear gloves.

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Re:The User Is on Their Own by formerly_proven on Saturday May 04, 2024 @07:48AM (#40256930)

Anti-kickback is a great feature on hammer drills, angle grinders etc.

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