pic: Has a bad habit of doing this and i got him in the act!

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Alex698

and no safety glasses

...for the extremely rare DOUBLE FAIL.

Fail #1: No safety glasses when working with tools.
Fail #2: While doing Fail #1, put the drill bit in backwards.

[Akash Rastogi]

I see we can expect a sick shooter from G-House. Any pics or vids of the final robot? Hope its powdercoated yellow again! See you guys at Trenton next weekend.

[geekofband007]

How do you put a drill bit in backwards?!?!?!
That seems pretty crazy to me, maybe its because i'm a machinest.

[Taylor]

Was that shooter designed by a pirate? I see he signed it.

[Mr. Ivey]

I hope he knows that you can break certain bits by putting them in backwards. Mainly smaller wood bits, but it can happen. You get the same thing when you put a small bit in the chuck pretty far. It kind of shatters.

[NorviewsVeteran]

This guy Rick kept putting jigsaw blades in backwards- one time he actually tied to cut with it before anyone caught it.

[Wetzel]

He is also using the power to tighten the chuck which is not the best of ideas...

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Wetzel

He is also using the power to tighten the chuck which is not the best of ideas...

If this weren't a cordless drill, I'd agree. However, the modern cordless drills can be hand tightened, but no farther, due to inexplicably not having keyed chucks. Hand tight usually isn't good enough when drilling. Modern hand drill chucks are meant to be tightened with a little power, carefully applied.

Of course, they're also meant to be tightened on the shank, not the flutes. Doing it this way dramatically increases the danger.

[A Bear]

Some1 on our Team dropped a drill and cracked it...

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by EricH

If this weren't a cordless drill, I'd agree. However, the modern cordless drills can be hand tightened, but no farther, due to inexplicably not having keyed chucks. Hand tight usually isn't good enough when drilling. Modern hand drill chucks are meant to be tightened with a little power, carefully applied.

Just because it's common doesn't mean it's right or safe. From the Dewalt DC940 users manual (which is a modern cordless drill):

WARNING: Do not attempt to tighten drill bits (or any other accessory) by gripping the front
part of the chuck and turning the tool on. Damage to the chuck and personal injury may result.
Always lock off trigger switch when changing accessories.

[dipmeinaluminum]

Originally Posted by Taylor

Was that shooter designed by a pirate? I see he signed it.

the shooter was designed by us pirates and the "R" stands for Right side, i cant afford to have anymore mistakes with holes being 1/16 and 1/8th off again. the whole season!!! material cut wrong and holes off center! as soon as these kids get girlfriends they forget to measure twice cut once!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Uberbots]

Originally Posted by dipmeinaluminum

the shooter was designed by us pirates and the "R" stands for Right side, i cant afford to have anymore mistakes with holes being 1/16 and 1/8th off again. the whole season!!! material cut wrong and holes off center! as soon as these kids get girlfriends they forget to measure twice cut once!

use a bigger bolt?
and sometimes its possible to measure twice and cut twice (-;

[Caio]

Originally Posted by Uberbots

use a bigger bolt?
and sometimes its possible to measure twice and cut twice (-;

Bigger hole and a washer.

No one will know.

[p00rleno]

Originally Posted by Uberbots

and sometimes its possible to measure twice and cut twice (-;

On rare occation, it's also possible to measure 5 times and cut three times anyway.

[Collin Fultz]

Originally Posted by p00rleno

On rare occation, it's also possible to measure 5 times and cut three times anyway.

I have often found it easiest to measure once and cut myself.