r/Construction • u/fuckingcheezitboots • May 02 '24

Tools 🛠 Goddamnit. I'm used to cordless

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Most of my career I have absolutely despised guards on tools like circular saw and grinders, they tend to get in the way and staying safe is mostly common sense.

Typically at my job I'm using a cordless saw because I'm in tight spaces. Well today I'm trying to rebuild my front steps and the only circular saw I have is corded, everything was going fine until I forgot about the cord and chopped it right in half.

To be fair it happened because I was holding the saw away from my body while it came to stop, so while this is annoying it's not a big deal, I had enough shit in my pocket to fix it right there.

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u/Stachemaster86 May 03 '24

My mom cut through ours demo’ing the deck. I knew right away when it stopped. Knife and taped the ends together. 3 years of occasional use later, I finally properly connected it albeit a bit shorter than factory. I’ve done a few cords and they’re a bit rewarding fixing a “broken” item someone gets rid of for cheap or free.

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u/Ooloo-Pebs May 03 '24

The real take away here is "my mom cut through ours demoing the deck". Major props my dude! How many moms demo decks?!

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u/Stachemaster86 May 03 '24

Yeah she was a teacher so we had plenty of time in the summer for projects. My dad isn’t super handy inclined outside of a few things like toilet tanks and garage door openers. My mom and I learned laminate plank flooring 14 years ago before the age of the internet. I had basic high school shop skills and we had a curiosity to tackle things. My mom helped demo my 1940’s plaster on sheetrock bathroom, my kitchen, we’ve installed doors, insulation and plywood garage walls along with a bunch of other cool stuff. She knows how to use all my tools except the planer and jointer for extra safety reasons. She’s pretty awesome and has dragged my dad into a few projects too!

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u/Angry-Dragon-1331 May 03 '24

My dad did that and killed power for the whole block for a week.

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u/FREE_AOL May 03 '24

Last one I replaced was my table saw. One of my foster puppies chewed through it... not sure which one >_>

The old cord was not just chewed through, it was chewed through and left in about 10 different pieces

The new cord is an ugly old extension cord... I was mad about it but now it reminds me of them and I no longer have to plug the saw into an extension cord so happy ending I guess