On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 07:47:08 -0000, "Jeff Gorman" seethesig calmly
ranted:

"Larry Jaques" wrote

: ............... You obviously haven't had the chuck key remain in
: the chuck when you accidentally started it and had the
: string wind around the shaft to the point you had to
: dismantle the thing to get it off. (Luckily, no, I've just
: read about it so this isn't a DAMHIKT.

Some years ago, an incident occurred in an English school wherein a
youngster was operating a wire-tethered chuck key when a 'helper' switched
on the
drill.

The result was a finger amputation.

Jeff G

That's a definite OUCH! alright.

I found a trick my new magnet can play today. I stuck
the chuck key on end and it stayed in position, with the
T attached to the magnet and the key hanging down! Those
little rare earth magnets are S T R O N G !

(What? Oh, yes. I _am_ easily amused.)

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