I was reading a thread in the garden section about someone who cut the end of their finger off with garden pruners and she was cautioning everyone to be careful!
So I thought of what happened to me last year and thought I'd pass this word of caution along.
I was using my husband's more-powerful battery-powered drill to drill a larger-than-usual hole in a creosote post that was to be the gate post for one of my goat fences or dog fences...
The drill hit something hard and I was holding it so tightly that by the time I had let go of the drill, it had twisted my arm badly. I found out later that I was lucky, that several people had actually broken their arms when such drills hit a nail or some other hard spot in something they were drilling in!
I've always thought that battery-operated tools were safer so I just wasn't expecting this! So now I use extra care!
You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt!
Be careful with all drills. When we built our house my dear other half would hover over my shoulder every time i would use the drill because he was afraid i would do the same thing as PP. I thought he was being a worry wort till i saw a friend of ours do just what PP did. Now i am supper carfull wiht the drill. Just don't hold to tightly to them.
Valerie Yes, I live in my own little world. But that's ok they know me here. Deja Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before.
be careful with battery-operated drills...
Posted - Apr 16 2006 : 8:00:52 PM
