tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post5403664758108637788..comments2024-03-08T15:14:31.312-05:00Comments on Landless: R is for RouterTony Nolandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-501200385407701852013-04-20T23:39:11.880-04:002013-04-20T23:39:11.880-04:00I'm glad you survived and became a little wise...I'm glad you survived and became a little wiser, too.<br /><br />http://joycelansky.blogspot.comCatch My Wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06338761214938263819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-68679030078680839572013-04-20T19:44:50.860-04:002013-04-20T19:44:50.860-04:00I felt sick to my stomach when I read that you wer...I felt sick to my stomach when I read that you were going to grind down the bit...That Neil Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02812948802609306208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-378537692305713282013-04-20T09:11:19.274-04:002013-04-20T09:11:19.274-04:00I love that story about the Hole Hawg. I've se...I love that story about the Hole Hawg. I've seen those drills, but have never used one. They look exactly as he described: no nonsense and powerful. Just reading it, though, has helped me to put my own tools, abilities and accomplishments in perspective.<br /><br />Yes, I still have and use the same router. When the bit flew out, it shattered a clear plastic section of the housing, a viewing plate comparable to the one on my side. The sections on the side are open to allow woodchips to exit. If the bit had hit one of the metal parts of the housing, the whole thing would have exploded in my hands instead of zinging over to explode against the wall.<br /><br />Like I said, the only failure window that would let me walk away from that unscathed was only a tiny, tiny fraction of a second wide... and my bit hit it square on. I'm not saying I dedicated my life to a merciful God at that moment, but I will say it let to a lot of time spent thinking about what I was doing with my life.Tony Nolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-19508533875828738332013-04-20T08:41:05.073-04:002013-04-20T08:41:05.073-04:00That is definitely a tale of WHOA. It reminded me ...That is definitely a tale of WHOA. It reminded me of <a href="http://www.team.net/mjb/hawg.html" rel="nofollow">Neil Stephenson's riff on power tools</a>.<br /><br />I'd never do something like that, not because I'm not crazy, but because I don't have a bench grinder at hand. Having a bent drill bit in a portable hand drill is the closest I've come, and that was unpleasant enough.<br /><br />But you have and use the same router? With a hole in the housing?Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.com