Originally Posted by Broctoon (Post 19226460)

That's a cool drill. My dad had a similar one for many years (he might still). It ran smoothly and made decent power, but it was noisy. The armature brushes were so loose, there was a light show inside the unit whenever it ran. You could see blue sparks through the vent holes. This made a distinct smell, too, from the ozone it generated.

Originally Posted by RunningPirate (Post 19226405)

That's the hard/ugly side! Any reason you didn't go from Ohlone? (Other than you didn't want to, which is a perfectly acceptable reason)

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet (Post 19227058)

The great thing about those old metal housing drills is that when there is an electrical short inside, the WHOLE gun becomes charged. So when you get shocked, you are already SQUEEZING the thing that is shocking you. And because an electrical shock causes muscle spasm, your finger clenches the trigger even tighter and you can't let go. You CAN'T let go so the shocking continues. And if you try to rip it out of your hand with your other hand you are double F'd. Gotta unplug it with your other hand instead. But it's difficult to think calmly while you are being ZAPPED.

Originally Posted by TimothyH (Post 19227275)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8ib2eu0f6o...rotfl.gif?dl=1https://www.dropbox.com/s/8ib2eu0f6o...rotfl.gif?dl=1https://www.dropbox.com/s/8ib2eu0f6o...rotfl.gif?dl=1

This is the funniest thing I've read in a long time.

That is pretty great. Thanks for this.

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet (Post 19227329)

It gets funnier.

Squid. 14 years old. Drilling something on a saw horse right under the open garage door. Pushin' hard, squeezin' tight. Long extension cord in use. Dad's van parked in driveway. Short occurs. Squid experiences the solid lock down "Clamp Hand" on drill. After a few panic filled seconds of 110 volts flowing through his body he can't think calmly or clearly. Squid desperately wants the suffering to end. He begins violently flailing his arm in an effort to free the limb of this rabid pit bull. It works. The gun breaks free and sails across the driveway and shatters Dad's van windshield.

Dad enters the scene. Shakes his head in disbelief. Mutters, "Why didn't you just unplug it?"

Originally Posted by TimothyH (Post 19227367)

Full glass coverage?

I was thinking you were going to say the bit bound up in whatever you were drilling. That could get dangerous fast. My friend got into a fight with a router. Emergency room doctor said to him in a perfect deadpan, "**** happens fast at thirty thousand RPM, huh?"

Have you ever written anything besides posts on the forums? You do it well. Would read.


-Tim-

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet (Post 19227417)

It was an old work van so no full coverage. I got to pay for (and install) the new windshield. Got one from a junk yard so it wasn't too bad.

I got a flannel shirt tail caught in a router bit once. The thing didn't slow down. Never even blinked. Just ripped the whole shirt right off me. Literally. And instantly. It was over before I knew what was happening. I was plenty lazy (dumb) about work place safety precautions when I was a kid.

Thanks for the kind words about writing. No, I have no experience other than goofing around. I used to blog about motorcycle riding shenanigans and review movies on another site, but it's all just been play.

Originally Posted by Broctoon (Post 19226460)

That's a cool drill. My dad had a similar one for many years (he might still). It ran smoothly and made decent power, but it was noisy. The armature brushes were so loose, there was a light show inside the unit whenever it ran. You could see blue sparks through the vent holes. This made a distinct smell, too, from the ozone it generated.

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet (Post 19227329)

It gets funnier.

Squid. 14 years old. Drilling something on a saw horse right under the open garage door. Pushin' hard, squeezin' tight. Long extension cord in use. Dad's van parked in driveway. Short occurs. Squid experiences the solid lock down "Clamp Hand" on drill. After a few panic filled seconds of 110 volts flowing through his body he can't think calmly or clearly. Squid desperately wants the suffering to end. He begins violently flailing his arm in an effort to free the limb of this rabid pit bull. It works. The gun breaks free and sails across the driveway and shatters Dad's van windshield.

Dad enters the scene. Shakes his head in disbelief. Mutters, "Why didn't you just unplug it?"

Originally Posted by TejanoTrackie (Post 19226972)

RG is selling that Cinelli.

https://www.retro-gression.com/colle...-complete-bike

I like the frame, but the components on the complete are really el cheapo stuff IMO. For example, the cranks are Lasco, which are the same as came on my $300 Chinese chromo bikes from BD.

Originally Posted by Mumonkan (Post 19228205)

I gotta shocked by a frayed phone wire when i was a kid, one of the most terrifying experiences of my life. To this day.

Originally Posted by TejanoTrackie (Post 19226972)

RG is selling that Cinelli.

https://www.retro-gression.com/colle...-complete-bike

I like the frame, but the components on the complete are really el cheapo stuff IMO. For example, the cranks are Lasco, which are the same as came on my $300 Chinese chromo bikes from BD.

Originally Posted by daryldeal (Post 19228868)

Finally able to change my stem to 80mm! Not too shabby :)

http://i65.tinypic.com/wk4nt4.jpg

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet (Post 19227329)

It gets funnier.

Squid. 14 years old. Drilling something on a saw horse right under the open garage door. Pushin' hard, squeezin' tight. Long extension cord in use. Dad's van parked in driveway. Short occurs. Squid experiences the solid lock down "Clamp Hand" on drill. After a few panic filled seconds of 110 volts flowing through his body he can't think calmly or clearly. Squid desperately wants the suffering to end. He begins violently flailing his arm in an effort to free the limb of this rabid pit bull. It works. The gun breaks free and sails across the driveway and shatters Dad's van windshield.

Dad enters the scene. Shakes his head in disbelief. Mutters, "Why didn't you just unplug it?"

Originally Posted by daryldeal (Post 19228868)

Finally able to change my stem to 80mm! Not too shabby :)

http://i65.tinypic.com/wk4nt4.jpg

Originally Posted by RunningPirate (Post 19229382)

Dad had a train set. For reasons of Okie engineering, he had two power packs wired together, which left him with a spare power cord - about four feet in length - that terminated in bare wires. One evening he was playing with the train and turned to see that his youngest son (about 5 y/o) plugged in the cord and was holding on to the bare wires, bouncing in the floor. "You didn't cry," he told me years later, "but it sure did make your eyes water."

Originally Posted by TejanoTrackie (Post 19229426)

Many of us might not be alive today if we had grown up in countries where the mains is 220-240 VAC.

Originally Posted by fastturtle (Post 19229753)

Around here we do have 230 V. You may think of us Europeans as soft liberals, but actually we deliberately use 230 V to limit the life expectancy of idiots. And it works.

Originally Posted by franswa (Post 19229206)

Lookin' good! Does it ride better to you?