On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:28:25 -0500, "sweetsawdust"
wrote:

No dust, No screeching, Everything was going smoothly with no problems and
then BANG it happened. I have performed this operation several times with
no problems. This time was a bit different and exciting.

Is it possible there was something inside the wood you were drilling?
Some piece of metal or something else that, not so much causing an
explosion, but something that caught and caused a "kickback" so to speak? I
know you indicate you smelled smoke and charring, but that is sometimes
normal with high speeds and/or dull bits in hard woods.



"Teamcasa" wrote in message
...

"sweetsawdust"
Forget the dust collector the drill press is the villain here. To day
while
drilling a 8" deep 1" hole with a spade bit at high speed in oak, I
had
an
explosion.
snip

The smoke and screeching that proceeded it would have given most of us a
clue bad things were about to happen.

Dave



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