2007-11-21 03:24:05 · 10 answers · asked by Jacob 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
Thankfully nothing. Still have all my fingers to.
2007-11-21 03:35:20 · answer #1 · answered by Parercut Faint 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As a carpenter, I've done plenty of damage using power tools. Please understand I do good work but with using power tools for 30 years, one is bound to mess up every now & then. Once, finishing up a complete kitchen remodel the last thing was to trim the bottom off the door & reinstall. Half way through cutting off the bottom 2 inches of a door it dawned on me that since I added 3/4" to the floor, cutting off 2 inches was WAY wrong. (had to do a quick fix before the homeowner, my sister-in-law came home) Then there was the time I repaired a plaster ceiling. thinking it was lath & plaster I "shot" some drywall screws in to suck the plaster back up to the lath strips. After shooting approx 20 screws in the ceiling I did the final screw. All of a sudden some water started to drip from the screw. I thought :Ha!, I found the leak area!" I retracted the screw and the water began to gush out...and it got hoter & hoter. What I had done was to put a screw through a copper hot water line that was for raident heat ceiling. The water gushed and found its way through door jambs and dripped all over the place. The house was total antiques & Persian rugs. It sort of sucked. go on & on with other stories but you get the drift. A whole new catagory for self inflicted cuts & injuries from the use of power tools.
2007-11-21 03:37:58 · answer #2 · answered by Julio 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
High school woodworking class I was using a radial saw. Put my right hand on the wood to the right of the blade. Held the blade in my left and cut. The wood to the left of the blade went flying and nearly hit the teacher.
Safety lesson learned: Power tools are not made for left-handed people.
2007-11-21 03:32:02 · answer #3 · answered by CHARLES R 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Myself, none. I don't use them. But my husband cut off his hand using a compound miter saw. That ought to qualify as "damage".
2007-11-21 03:28:05 · answer #4 · answered by claudiacake 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Drilled right through an electrical cable.
2007-11-21 06:14:41 · answer #5 · answered by Brian 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I shot a nail gun through drywall to have it end up in my hubby's leg. Didn't know they were that powerful.
2007-11-21 03:27:24 · answer #6 · answered by Diane A 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
cut the cord in half while trimming the hedge
did the rest by hand
2007-11-21 03:31:49 · answer #7 · answered by tom4bucs 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lost a finger nail to a drill, lost two fingers to a saw, one eye to a nail-er, and got a hickey from my wet/vac.
2007-11-21 04:01:37 · answer #8 · answered by T C 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
your question makes no sense.
2007-11-21 03:27:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
none i watch what i,m doing,
2007-11-21 03:27:35 · answer #10 · answered by William B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋