That is not a drill!

[Duffster]

This is a drill!

Got to be careful with it, it has a lot of torque and I have seen it break the nose of a guy that didn't realize what he was grabbbing a hold of.

 

[Ductape]

I have on a little smaller I inherited from my father when he passed. I've had it catch as it was going through the other side of the steel i was drilling........ spun out of my hands, caught me in the chin, and all but knocked me out cold !

Good times!

 

[Bedlam]

Brings back memories for me as well. My dads friend had a business, and i remember the look on his face when he told the them 19 year old to be careful it has torque.LOL
Sadly he sits in a home now going on three years after a stroke. But I will always remember him.Even though he knew id be wrapped up in the cord.LOL
They don't build em like that anymore.

 

[ToadHill]

Yep, their's a reason those units spin at a slow speed.

 

[jayste]

I like the concept as well. Sure beats a hand crank doesn't it? I've seen the same concept used on a boat type winch on a cherry picker before. I've used it, with a cordless drill, on a diesel hand crank pump before.

Oh, and yes those big dudes have a lot of torque! I was using a smaller 1/2" before and while tightening the chuck, with the key, bumped the trigger and found out what the upper end of my thumbnail looked like WITHOUT the skin! Ouch! Kind of left a mark!

Jay

 

[Uncle Doug]

Reminds me of my early days in the construction business. You would see more of those Millwakee in 3/4 chucks in those days then you do now. It was a real arm twister to hang on to one if a bit got hung up.

 

[MikeD74T]

Got my shirt caught in one of those as it was coasting down. In maybe two revolutions it bend me double & left me black & blue from neck to navel. The two handles are best used by two people. MikeD74t

 

[Greenmountain Farmer]

This is a drill!

Got to be careful with it, it has a lot of torque and I have seen it break the nose of a guy that didn't realize what he was grabbbing a hold of.

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The yearly ritural of raising the unloader, just put ours back down on the corn.

Tom in Vermont

 

[J35]

Reminds me of my early days in the construction business. You would see more of those Millwakee in 3/4 chucks in those days then you do now. It was a real arm twister to hang on to one if a bit got hung up.

Yep seen alot of guys get knocked off ladder's in the old days.


Have fun

 

[blueriver]

The yearly ritural of raising the unloader, just put ours back down on the corn.

Tom in Vermont

Now thats a mans tool ... many times the same ritual ... Can't you just laugh thinking about some of todays 16 year old's hanging on to that ...

 

[tommu56]

That is how we use to put the basket ball hoops up and down in the gym in high school too.

It was the drill taking 10 minuets or a hand crank and about an hour.


tom

 

[hitekcountry]

Most people won't get the connection, but as soon as I saw that picture I had a flash-back to the last time I tried to crank start a Model-A.

 

[Skyco]

Oh the bad memories..
When I was almost 16 I started my first job at a metal fabricating business.
Got handed one of those drills and told to drill a big hole in a thick plate, yup, the bit stuck and dang near wrenched my arms out of my shoulders Was sore for days, never forgot it.

 

[dirtydan]

Most people won't get the connection, but as soon as I saw that picture I had a flash-back to the last time I tried to crank start a Model-A.

When I was about 14 or 15 I was trying to hand crank our WC Allis Chalmers. It kicked back and hit me in the chest. I laid on the ground for awhile before getting up luckily only bruised but thinking how glad I was it didn't hit me in the face. Dad soon got rid of it and got an H Farmall with a starter. Still liked the WC better as a tractor.

Dan

 

[farmboy12]

Most people won't get the connection, but as soon as I saw that picture I had a flash-back to the last time I tried to crank start a Model-A.

A model A what? Deere or Farmall? I hand start John Deere A's, B's, and H's all the time. That's the side start. Now, the front cranks had alot of kickback, such as our Allis Chalmers B, now that's rough!


Kyle

 

[hitekcountry]

A model A what?


Kyle

Model A Ford