Greg Warren posted this discussion about injuring his wrist when his (cordless) drill bound up and severely twisted his wrist.
I was told by a salesman that the Metabo drills with their torque-limiting clutch won’t twist the operator/operator’s wrist into a pretzel when they bind.
Anyone able to confirm this?
Regards,
Tim Ruttan
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don't know about the metabo but my bosch has one
http://www.toolshopdirect.co.uk/shopscr2944.html
mine do too...
Has your drill ever bound in a hole? What happened when it bound, did you/your wrist go for a ride, or did the clutch save you?
Plenty of tales on this site of hole hawgs, etc, sending guys for a loop. Wondering if the Metabo/Bosch reality lives up to the marketing.
Thanks in advance,
Tim
i've used it for 4" diamond core bits in masonary and when it binds the clutch just slips and makes a god awful noise but never has it twisted my wrist.I have to say that nowadays that drill gets used for mixing plaster and the core bits as i have a panasonic cordless sds drill which is great for most stuff
The Metabo's clutch mechanism does work well. I've seen/heard it protect a guy who was drilling large holes in ¼" steel plate. Made a racket, but the drill bit stopped turning instantly.
Edit: duh, of course the bit would stop turning, it's bound up in the hole! The important thing is that the tool did not start turning instantly. ;)
Edited 8/9/2005 4:53 pm ET by Pierre1