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ezra

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bad buzz for me today
fishing cabel today had the 5 foot flex drill bits out
well was drilling in a cabinet to fish to the basment had the bit bent drilling and holding the bit mid way down the shaft
well then the bit broke in half and the 1/8 steel shaft enterd my hand palm side about 1 in below the middel finger and made its exit in finger next to pinky about 1/2 in up the shaft out the side .
the worst part next to pulling it out was the docter injecting sailen in to it and sweling my fingers and hand to 2 times there size lucky it was my left
i expect the vicoden is not going to help the throbbing when trying to sleep
more thanks to china for quality tools shipped out to the workers of the world
 
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luke_duke

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Sorry to hear. I have to agree that the drill bits we use now compared to many years ago are crap. They seem to snap like toothpicks. If I remember correctly from past threads, you know how to medicate yourself to deal with the pain.
 
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wilson

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next time put a 3 or 4 inch piece of pvc pipe thats is a little bit bigger than the drill bit over the drill bit and use that as a grip in the middle of the drill bit. sorry for your injury and hope you recover quick
 
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ezra

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yeah i know i should have somthing holding the shaft i had the steel 90 deg handel in the truck only used it a hand full of times
have never had one of these things snap and have drilled and fished a ton of wire over the yrs
you can bet i will always use somthing other than my hand to hold the bits from now on
worst part i was there replacing a mixer valve and the cabel guy was there instaling cabel and told the home owner he could not get the cabel where she wanted so she asked me if i could do it so i said ok
so i blame thecabel guy for being lazy and green line for having ther bits made in china
it could not be my falt i am perfect lol
 
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catalac

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Yikes oh friday! That left a mark!
So are you a plumber playing electrician, or a do all tradesman?
Hope ya heal fast!
 
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ezra

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small remodel contractor mostly baths and kitchens also do a ton of handy man work last few yrs the handy man side has made way more money than the remodel side
so i have a lot of hats if u go to remodel a small bath and have to hire a plumber to sweat a valve and hook up a faucet and head a electrition to install a light fixture and gfi you would get less than 1/3 the jobs
90% of people dont want a permit any way they all know it is nothing more than a invite to be taxed higher any way
 
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polarisrider1

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ezra said:
small remodel contractor mostly baths and kitchens also do a ton of handy man work last few yrs the handy man side has made way more money than the remodel side
so i have a lot of hats if u go to remodel a small bath and have to hire a plumber to sweat a valve and hook up a faucet and head a electrition to install a light fixture and gfi you would get less than 1/3 the jobs
90% of people dont want a permit any way they all know it is nothing more than a invite to be taxed higher any way
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Ouch, dude your license cover plumbing and electrical?? I am not even allowed to remove switch plate covers or pull toilets in MI under my Maintainance and Residential builders license. I would take the 5th on this one. Do you know that the customer does not have to pay you if the job is over $600 and you do not have proper licensing in the correct fields.
 
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ezra

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yeah i know all the above
never been burned yet 20+ yrs
hopping do be done with all of it in less than 5 trying to do just inspections i am over it
 
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ezra

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all the big jobs with paper pulled get all the lic subs in .but when doing a say ww2 rambler face lift bath the owner usualy just wont have the cash or want to pay the cash to have a plumber come in for two 1/2 day jobs to install a mixer then come back to hook up a faucet and toilet
then pay a sparky a service call to install a light bar then have the tax man knocking on the door 3 days after the job is inspected
7/8 of people ask cant we just get this done with out the city involved?
and if I have worked for them before I will usualy just go with it
worst case sennerio is run it thrugh the handy man biz where we can install swap a light fix a shower valve swap a toilet etc etc just not on the same day same room and i think in mn it is 900 bucks
 
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