drills and wire brushes

[Pete Ashby]

This may well be stating the obvious but this little tip comes to mind now as I've been doing rather a lot of this recently so here it is……

For those of us who use reversible power drills and wire brushes to de-rust old bits of CMP try this: every couple of minutes reverse the rotation of the drill and run it for a few more minutes then change back. You'll find the brush cuts fresh each time the direction is changed as the rotation is against the natural bend of the wires in the brush. You also get much more useful life out of the brush.
Again stating the obvious remember to hang on to the drill from the other side or else it will jump out of your hands and end up winding your best overalls into the chuck……now how do I know this ????


Happy de-scaling

Pete

[Keith Webb]

Originally posted by Pete Ashby
Again stating the obvious remember to hang on to the drill from the other side or else it will jump out of your hands and end up winding your best overalls into the chuck……now how do I know this ????


Pete

That sounds painful, Pete.
I've found it's also very hard on the drill - if it's previously done a lot of work it's not long before the smell of burning armature insulation starts.

[Pete Ashby]

Too true Keith,...... depending on which bit of your overalls the chuck grabs it can be a mind focussing experience all round.

Pete

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Originally posted by Pete Ashby
Too true Keith,...... depending on which bit of your overalls the chuck grabs it can be a mind focussing experience all round.

Pete

You don't perchance talk in a high, squeaky voice now, do you?

[Pete Ashby]

My dear chap,

Fellows who drive CMP's could not possibly speak in a high voice, the most one could permit would be a slight dampening in the corner of the eye. We are English after all

Crossed eyes of Oxford