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Post by henrun on Apr 11, 2018 9:54:37 GMT -5
(In my best Monthy Python voice over) "Yer Lucky you've made it to your seventies!" Followed by "When I was young..." I'll Copy and Paste the previous post and read it to myself next time a piece of trim is snaps back on the mitre saw on my index finger and I will think; "this is how Huntsgemein feels, everyday" and I will be humbled. Nah, seriously, that is quite a repertoire of ailments you have accumulated over the years!!! I like to think I've been spared, but then I start remembering a few of my own, like the time I stepped through a roof tarp with nothing under as someone had removed a plywood sheet and not informed me, so through I went carrying a ladder, and smashed the knee on a brick wall some ways down. I laid down for a moment and went back to work (working alone that day) and came home with a swoollen knee and tried going to work the next day but could not bend the leg so missus phoned our Doctor friend who gave me an earful and then took his day off to accompany me in the E.R. and tapped my knee with a syringe and sent me to the M.R. scanner. Rehab ensued and I took the rest of the week off, it was Friday after all.  That was my GOOD knee - the other was wrecked nine years earlier in a totally avoidable wrestling accident leaving me without cartilage in the left knee - but hey, both knees are taken care of by the missus with colleagues and I am back cross country running with no residual pain - something I had to give up completely well over a decade ago. Now it just the elbows, and sometimes the back, and the neck - from a river rafting accident in New Zealand - and the left wrist, and the list goes on when you think about it. But, as of today I am closer to 50 than I am to 40 and I don't think I can keep working past 55 in this line of work. |
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Post by yetihunter on Apr 11, 2018 15:12:07 GMT -5
I received some Metalocs from the UK, this morning. Not sure what I was waiting for. These things are awesome.
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Post by holmz on Apr 11, 2018 15:45:43 GMT -5
... I try to live a healthier lifestyle nowadays, but unfortunately much irreversible damage has I suspect already been done. It's all a bit embarrassing, really. Care for your bods, folks. It's the only one you're likely to ever have.... ... ... and I took the rest of the week off, it was Friday after all. past 55 in this line of work. ... Both you posts brought a smile while working through the morning coffee. |
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Post by Eoj on Apr 11, 2018 18:44:48 GMT -5
New job site battle wound,  double nickels ,still going strong. |
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Post by Knight Woodworks on Apr 11, 2018 18:58:57 GMT -5
Ouch! What happened?
John
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Post by Eoj on Apr 11, 2018 19:30:37 GMT -5
Had just installed the last metal trim on some exterior siding with my Mafell 18volt drill ,descending the scaffolding and caught an edge of window cap trim with my face.Got stitched up and back to the job site in two hours,not bad!
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Post by arvid on Apr 11, 2018 20:05:54 GMT -5
Had just installed the last metal trim on some exterior siding with my Mafell 18volt drill ,descending the scaffolding and caught an edge of window cap trim with my face.Got stitched up and back to the job site in two hours,not bad! i keep super glue handy for these occasions. have only had to use it once. but regardless its not a days work if i haven't bled from something everyday. exposed nails during demolition get me every time. |
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Post by kraftt on Apr 11, 2018 23:08:17 GMT -5
If you look closely the doctor spelled 'MAFELL 10.8V' with the stitches.
( glad you got off with just a scar that will heal )
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Post by GhostFist on Apr 12, 2018 6:01:42 GMT -5
Now you can tell knife fight stories and make yourself look like a hero.
Glad you're ok though
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Post by Knight Woodworks on Apr 12, 2018 7:20:05 GMT -5
Sorry to hear that, hope it heals quick.
John
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Post by henrun on Apr 12, 2018 12:33:47 GMT -5
Eoj: that was a nasty cut! Glad it worked out and that you took it in stride! I am no stranger to _small_ cuts and keep super glue around - works well for me, either that or zinc tape. Had a bundle of subflooring in the car, about 20 boards or so and had folded the passenger seat and they were 40cm from the dashboard. In a roundabout an old man drove out despite me having the right of way so I had to brake - tried to brake gently and I was driving quite slow already - but the stack of 440kg slid across on top of one another and I (stupidly) tried to protect the dashboard so half the stack rammed my right arm smack against the dashboard and pinned the arm down. They were rough edged particle board and skinned my arm and I was glad I was driving an automatic so I could pull over to the curb and work my arm free. Still have the scars. Was wrecking a kitchen and had worked a door jamb free and was about to let it out a window and was just waiting for a chatty old chap passing by and had missed a huge nail sticking out and when I slid the jamb through my hand the nail went through the meat between the thumb and index finger so there I stood with the jamb lodged in my hand and the nail right through. Was still talking to the old chap and was concealing my mistake with a grin that could be mistaken for a smile at length. Gently worked it out and dropped it off and rinsed through the wound and taped it up as best I could. More annoying than painful but also hard to wrap up in the midst of chores. I do have a minor stitched up scar on my forehead but I don't even remember what from (!). Cracked my skull when I was about ten slipping on a shampoo bottle on a tiled floor - I was holding on to my towel I had wrapped around my lower regions and didn't let go when I arched over backwards so I banged my skull on the tiles when I landed. I remember the taxi ride (it was an old Peugeot) - it was winter and I could feel a cold draft going INSIDE my head. That creeped me out. It changed the shape of the back of my head a bit and left a scar. People tell me "that explains a lot" when they hear that story... Well, the last one was not job related in any way but it goes to show that when you are young you can snap back from pretty much anything but when you pass a certain age you just... ...snap. |
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Post by yetihunter on Apr 15, 2018 18:59:09 GMT -5
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Post by yetihunter on Apr 16, 2018 21:40:52 GMT -5
henrun, I can confirm that the BS 18 LTX-3 BL Q does not make the "beepy" noise.  I'll pick up a compact battery kit, later in the week, because I am a wimp. It no longer has a button to switch between drill and drive mode, so that's the only negative I can think of so far as I'm not fond of the torque selector location. It has the soft start that I was dreading, but the implementation is quite good, tbh, and I'll get used to it. It gets hot, like P1CC hot. Audibly, the gears are bigger and better lubricated than Festool. The three gear setup is smarter than the quad drive of the PDC and ASCM. The handle is beefier than I like, but it is comfortable, and while bested by the Festools (for me), it's completely fine and potentially favoured by other hands. It has the cumbersome Metabo battery catch (as to be expected). That's the review of nestling it in bed at home, of course. We'll see, tomorrow, hopefully. I can presume that it will run circles around the PDC as far as performance is concerned. I'm glad I pulled the trigger. Speaking of being glad that I pulled te trigger: The Bosch IDH182 / GDX 18V-EC It's nice.
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Post by thehandyman on Apr 16, 2018 22:09:15 GMT -5
henrun, I can confirm that the BS 18 LTX-3 BL Q does not make the "beepy" noise. I'll pick up a compact battery kit, later in the week, because I am a wimp. It no longer has a button to switch between drill and drive mode, so that's the only negative I can think of so far as I'm not fond of the torque selector location. It has the soft start that I was dreading, but the implementation is quite good, tbh, and I'll get used to it. It gets hot, like P1CC hot. Audibly, the gears are bigger and better lubricated than Festool. The three gear setup is smarter than the quad drive of the PDC and ASCM. The handle is beefier than I like, but it is comfortable, and while bested by the Festools (for me), it's completely fine and potentially favoured by other hands. It has the cumbersome Metabo battery catch (as to be expected). That's the review of nestling it in bed at home, of course. We'll see, tomorrow, hopefully. I can presume that it will run circles around the PDC as far as performance is concerned. I'm glad I pulled the trigger. Speaking of being glad that I pulled te trigger: The Bosch IDH182 / GDX 18V-EC It's nice. I have not found the soft start to be an issue for me either. The electronic clutch is extremely precise especially at the lower dial selections. More precise than the new Milwaukee M12 fuel drill. I too miss the button to quickly switch between drill and Driver modes. I've been very happy with the drill overall and have relayed that to Metabo as I work with them directly. |
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Post by yetihunter on Apr 21, 2018 17:41:08 GMT -5
Update on the BS LTX-3. Chucks are nicer than Festool. Clutch ain't Festool. Where the plastic halves meet, there's a massive burr zone right where my thumb web goes. Where they meet they eat my meat. I lied about the gears being better lubricated. They're as cranky and clattery as any other German drill. Perhaps, moreso. Just like my previous corded Metabo drill, the insides are whacking the outsides. Before, it was the fan hitting the case. Now, it's the gears whacking the gear box. The amount of gearbox whacking changes with orientation of the drill. Been making some David Fincher film soundtracks with that and the impulse mode. It will sort itself out.
The trigger keeps wanting to catch on something on the inside. Still, infinitely nicer than Dewalt/Milwaukee/Makita/Rigid/AEG.
The torque will eat your friggin' face off. I needed a beast for the beast modes and I got a beast. I am completely satisfied.
On a construction site with gloves on to protect my precious thumb web, I'd rock this drill. Or would this drill rock me?
Let's face it, with the PDC and T18, I am very spoiled. However, they are a horse for one course and can't even make it to the tryouts for Metabo's course without feeling winded on the way there.
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I'll pick up a compact battery kit, later in the week, because I am a wimp. It no longer has a button to switch between drill and drive mode, so that's the only negative I can think of so far as I'm not fond of the torque selector location. It has the soft start that I was dreading, but the implementation is quite good, tbh, and I'll get used to it. It gets hot, like P1CC hot. Audibly, the gears are bigger and better lubricated than Festool. The three gear setup is smarter than the quad drive of the PDC and ASCM. The handle is beefier than I like, but it is comfortable, and while bested by the Festools (for me), it's completely fine and potentially favoured by other hands. It has the cumbersome Metabo battery catch (as to be expected). That's the review of nestling it in bed at home, of course. We'll see, tomorrow, hopefully. I can presume that it will run circles around the PDC as far as performance is concerned. I'm glad I pulled the trigger.