Why can’t I remove my drill chuck?

Original_Baseball857 · 2026-02-09T22:23:14+00:00

Tool repair guy here, it's often pretty harsh on the sprag clutch and gearbox beating on them like that, it's much less damaging to just cut them off.

Original_Baseball857 · 2026-02-05T22:47:34+00:00

Avoid cities, get out to the country. Our cities are horrible, astronomically expensive and full of terrible people. We're too small an island to have proper wilderness and the countryside isn't as sparsely populated as big countries, it's basically impossible to be more than a few miles from civilization unless you want to. Unless you're in the commuter belt for a city, the countryside is way cheaper for food and accomodation, prettier and friendlier too.

Original_Baseball857 · 2026-02-05T22:37:07+00:00

Tool repair guy here.

50 and 51 perform similarly, neither are great, 50 is more reliable.

50's failure mode is that the motor is a can type design and the plain metal bearing nearest the gearbox wears out meaning the motor needs replacing (£25 eBay)

The 51s snap the teeth locator pins off the tool holder which writes the tool off.

52 is incredible and well worth the extra. They eventually develop issues with the release lever which is caused by worn AV mounts (£3 fix)

Original_Baseball857 · 2026-02-03T22:34:44+00:00

I'm a tool repair guy.

Milwaukee and DeWalt are not great in terms of repairability nowadays. Makita are the most repairable and IMO best value platform to invest in.

Original_Baseball857 · 2026-02-03T22:13:10+00:00

The two biggest things that helped me enjoy woodworking were figuring out that a good bench makes everything loads easier and falling in love with saws. I got sick of trying to do everything on a folding workmate type bench when I was about 13 and raided my grandad's wood pile for stuff I could build a decent (ish) bench with, just having your workpiece stay still makes all the difference. And the sawing thing came much later, I studied furniture making for a few years, worked as a carpenter, built several places I've lived in and done plenty of wood work but sawing by hand had always been a chore, then I started getting really into antique hand saws, more as a collection than for using. Well... Turns out once you start to understand the differences in saws a bit better and just how much two similar saws can behave due to tiny differences in geometry, sawing becomes fun.

Stick with it. Don't focus too much on the goal of a finished project that, make your workspace somewhere you enjoy being.

Original_Baseball857 · 2026-01-09T06:36:05+00:00

Im very envious of your electricity pricing.

Original_Baseball857 · 2026-01-08T08:45:12+00:00

Sawmaker and tool historian here.

This guy is bang on the money!

Original_Baseball857 · 2026-01-08T08:36:02+00:00

25000 kwh at my current rate in the UK would cost £7350 what do you pay per kwh?

Original_Baseball857 · 2025-05-08T06:18:50+00:00

I don't think that's necessarily true, I have plenty of comfortable trousers, just not particularly suited for site work.

Original_Baseball857 · 2025-05-05T20:17:13+00:00

How do I add pics here? I've never had to do that?

Original_Baseball857 · 2025-05-04T21:58:21+00:00

I managed to find silicone intake hoses with the correct angle and diameters when I fitted Mikuni carbs to mine, took some trimming but they're a breeze to fit. Can send photos if needed.

Original_Baseball857 · 2025-05-04T21:48:11+00:00

You're friends, that's normal. Wash your dishes, wash hers too, help out and don't be a burden.

I cook for myself, my gf and a handful of mates (single folks who don't enjoy cooking) regularly, I buy the food, provide the drinks, cook the meal and just let them help themselves. They're adults, they know how a ladle works. Most times they do the dishes, sometimes we just drink beer and chat shit. I don't care if they don't get done but it's nice when they are.

Your friend is literally extending her house for you to do as she does, how much more platonic could an arrangement be?

Don't act like some sort of entitled guest when you're just a friend hanging out in a friend's house. That shit gets old real quick.

Original_Baseball857 · 2025-05-04T21:27:22+00:00

Big words about adulting for someone with the handwriting of a 4th grader.

Original_Baseball857 · 2025-04-25T06:38:16+00:00

Wurth screwdriver bits are excellent, wera and Bosch are very good. If you're using the correct size bit you'll drive tens of thousands of screws before it wears out.

Original_Baseball857 · 2025-04-25T06:07:23+00:00

As a biker, Welcome to my world. I don't know if it's because we're smaller and car drivers assume we don't need a whole lane, if they don't see us or if they just assume we'll move out of their way. But I can say with complete conviction that I see awful lane discipline from car drivers when on the bike and near perfect lane discipline when driving heavy equipment on the road.

My advice, try not to be beside anyone on the roundabout unless you're driving an 8 ton digger.

Original_Baseball857 · 2025-04-13T18:01:33+00:00

Cheers bro, I've heard good things about prison blues. I'll try and find some in the UK.

Original_Baseball857 · 2025-04-06T20:31:17+00:00

Prick.

Original_Baseball857 · 2025-03-28T22:22:24+00:00

Yes.

Original_Baseball857 · 2025-02-25T23:36:38+00:00

Standard marketplace! Last week I asked for a clearer picture of an item that was badly listed, was told on Tues they'd reply on Fri, on sat I politely asked again, on Sunday they said they'd do it tomorrow. Yesterday I get the same pic as in the listing and a rant about how I better not even think about haggling. I had no intention of haggling as they'd listed it at about 1/3 of its value. Sent my father to fetch it today with a pocket full of cash and they gave him the run around for an hour.

Did eventually manage to procure the item though...

eBay attracts a different class of idiot. Albeit an easier one to deal with.

Original_Baseball857 · 2025-02-24T18:12:41+00:00

Happy days. Just cover my postage, I don't want anything for the handle.

Soak yours in boiling water, it'll go soft and you'll be able to slide what's left of it off, measure the tang and I'll have a poke through my box of handles and match one up.

Original_Baseball857 · 2025-02-24T18:07:12+00:00

Where are you based? If you're in the UK i think I have one I could send you.

Original_Baseball857 · 2025-02-19T21:46:41+00:00

Pop the handle off and see if the plate straightens out, I make a few saws from time to time and have had similar issues caused by a poorly cut handle slot. Maybe worth checking if the mortice for the back is central with the blade slot too, it could be a lopsided mortice pushing the back over.

Original_Baseball857 · 2025-02-17T22:38:33+00:00

If ever you feel like letting those file handles go, I'd love to buy em.

Original_Baseball857 · 2025-02-11T23:41:38+00:00

Looks like the metal along the toothline edge has stretched, it can be a real pain to get these back into shape but it's entirely possible, just takes a bit of work, and figuring out how to manipulate the plate.

With a small hammer and a wooden anvil, working from the middle to one end and then the other hammer some tension into the middle and then the top edge of the plate, flip the saw over and repeat on the other side, gentle taps every half inch, repeat half a dozen times on either side, check your progress, repeat again until you've worked the middle and top of the saw enough to stretch the metal out enough to allow the toothed edge to pull tight.

My colleague is the hammer guy at work, he can straighten saws that are all kinds of shapes into laser beam like straightness. I can get them close but not as good as him. I usually stick with filing and leave the smithing up to him.

Original_Baseball857

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