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this was before battery powered drills were a real thing, I should mention. And this was a crew that would spend a day inventing a solution instead of spending
by h2odragon 4y ago
this was before battery powered drills were a real thing, I should mention. And this was a crew that would spend a day inventing a solution instead of spending $20 to buy one.
Big concrete block, in a waist deep puddle. This block is the base of the drain pipe for a pond; the drain is opened all the way so there's a lot of water flow happening in the area, too. They're drilling an anchor hole and had a long enough drill bit to keep the engine out of the water. We had a rope on them to pull them out in case they slipped somehow, too. Probably wasn't a situation where we should've had a human.
- CoastalCoder 4y agoI'm surprised the engine could produce enough torque. Did they just push the drill bit really gently or something? (Also, that's a really long bit!)
- h2odragon 4y agoI want to say it was using most of an air drill as a mechanism? I dont recall details if i ever knew them. These folks were mechanical hackers of the first water; this wasn't the most insane thing i saw there. by far.