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DIY cock up for the day
I had to drill a 24mm hole though 400mm of rendered brick wall today. Access was extremely tight and in a very awkward place. With a SDS on hammer I started off with a short drill which went in fairly easily. Changed to the longer drill and continued - this time the drill wasn't moving through the wall - I thought it's hit something hard and exerted a bit more force but the drill was still having problems. Around a minute later it dawned on me that I'd accidentally switched the drill to reverse. It's Dewalt and the forward/reverse is an easily moveable tab incorporated into the trigger. -- mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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On 24/11/2017 23:21, alan_m wrote:
I had to drill a 24mm hole though 400mm of rendered brick wall today. Access was extremely tight and in a very awkward place. With a SDS on hammer I started off with a short drill which went in fairly easily. Changed to the longer drill and continued - this time the drill wasn't moving through the wall - I thought it's hit something hard and exerted a bit more force but the drill was still having problems. Around a minute later it dawned on me that I'd accidentally switched the drill to reverse. It's Dewalt and the forward/reverse is an easily moveable tab incorporated into the trigger. I've found though that for smaller holes you can put the drill in reverse and it makes no difference! Bill |
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DIY cock up for the day
Undrilling a hole. If you could make that work you would be a very rich man!
Brian -- ----- - This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please! "alan_m" wrote in message ... I had to drill a 24mm hole though 400mm of rendered brick wall today. Access was extremely tight and in a very awkward place. With a SDS on hammer I started off with a short drill which went in fairly easily. Changed to the longer drill and continued - this time the drill wasn't moving through the wall - I thought it's hit something hard and exerted a bit more force but the drill was still having problems. Around a minute later it dawned on me that I'd accidentally switched the drill to reverse. It's Dewalt and the forward/reverse is an easily moveable tab incorporated into the trigger. -- mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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DIY cock up for the day
On 24/11/2017 23:21, alan_m wrote:
I had to drill a 24mm hole though 400mm of rendered brick wall today. Access was extremely tight and in a very awkward place. With a SDS on hammer I started off with a short drill which went in fairly easily. Changed to the longer drill and continued - this time the drill wasn't moving through the wall - I thought it's hit something hard and exerted a bit more force but the drill was still having problems. Around a minute later it dawned on me that I'd accidentally switched the drill to reverse. It's Dewalt and the forward/reverse is an easily moveable tab incorporated into the trigger. :-) -- Adam |
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On 25/11/2017 15:11, ARW wrote:
On 24/11/2017 23:21, alan_m wrote: I had to drill a 24mm hole though 400mm of rendered brick wall today. Access was extremely tight and in a very awkward place. With a SDS on hammer I started off with a short drill which went in fairly easily. Changed to the longer drill and continued - this time the drill wasn't moving through the wall - I thought it's hit something hard and exerted a bit more force but the drill was still having problems. Around a minute later it dawned on me that I'd accidentally switched the drill to reverse. It's Dewalt and the forward/reverse is an easily moveable tab incorporated into the trigger. :-) Call that a cock up? When I were a lad .... |
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On 25/11/2017 22:26, GB wrote:
On 25/11/2017 15:11, ARW wrote: On 24/11/2017 23:21, alan_m wrote: I had to drill a 24mm hole though 400mm of rendered brick wall today. Access was extremely tight and in a very awkward place. With a SDS on hammer I started off with a short drill which went in fairly easily. Changed to the longer drill and continued - this time the drill wasn't moving through the wall - I thought it's hit something hard and exerted a bit more force but the drill was still having problems. Around a minute later it dawned on me that I'd accidentally switched the drill to reverse. It's Dewalt and the forward/reverse is an easily moveable tab incorporated into the trigger. :-) Call that a cock up? When I were a lad .... Not another "me too" bandwagon slut! |
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