At the risk of sounding dumber than I am

[tsaiko]

For all those people more experience with power tools (I prefer manual for the most part), what do you do when your electric drill gets stuck in the "on" position? I had this happen tonight while I was working with some wood. It was plugged into the wall and the on switch got stuck. there is no off switch on this thing. There was no where I could set it down without fear of it drilling through the floor or something so I could unplug the thing. I just had to fiddle with the switch until it came unstuck. Since I imagine this is not the proper thing to do, what is the proper thing?

For those wondering what I was doing with an electric drill, I was constructing a simple frame loom so I could try my hand and some simple weaving. At least I managed to get some of construction done tonight. My next stop is Michael's where I need to pick up some dowel rods, balsa wood, and string.

Comments

[m-steelgrave.livejournal.com]

I have a few years experience working with power tools (set construction!), and this has never happened to me. ^_^; Sounds like I would have done exactly as you did. What got stuck? The "trigger?" or the part where you toggle between forwards and backwards?

[tsaiko.livejournal.com]

It was the trigger. The toggle for backwards/forwards was also jammed, but I think that was just a function of the thing being on.

[m-steelgrave.livejournal.com]

In that case, I tend to agree with Vel. Sounds like a defect on the part of the tool, rather than the operator. :)

How sad is it that when I asked my technical director friend about this, he joked that the drill must have been made by Toyota?

[theotherdibbler.livejournal.com]

My drill is cordless, which means I'd just have to disconnect the battery, otherwise I expect I would do exactly as you did - I mean, I'm certainly no expert, but I can't think of any other logical course of action if you can't manage to disconnect the power.

[velithya]

If it was plugged into the wall I would yank the cable out so that it turned off, and then either return it to the store for a refund (if new-ish) or buy a new one.

[tsaiko.livejournal.com]

Hrm. Now I have to figure out if I still have the receipt for this since it is a fairly new drill.

[velithya]

Getting stuck in the on position is a huge safety hazard. If you can locate your receipt I would definitely return it, and see if you can get a replacement in a different batch (if the same brand) or a different brand in case the same batch suffers from similar problems.

[keltric.livejournal.com]

Is there some sort of manual lock on the drill that keeps the trigger depressed? Like, you pull the trigger and then press a button on the side, and it keeps it locked 'on'? Like the button on the side of this flashlight. (http://s7.sears.com/is/image/Sears/03493178000) Seems like a stupid feature to put on a drill, but I've seen stupider...

[miome.livejournal.com]

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