Doug33 wrote:
BTW - I saw this young guy at church a couple weeks ago with his wrist in a cast. He said he was drilling through a concrete wall to make a plumbing connection, and the drill bit bound up and torqued his wrist so badly it broke his bone. So keep that in mind if you are going to use something as powerful as an impact wrench.
Actually you have to be more careful with the drill than an impact. An impact puts less force back on the user as the hammering action takes the kickback out of it. I have to be really careful with my 18V Dewalt. It will torque pretty bad if it binds up. Needless to say if the bit/chuck stops the drill itself will wrap around whether your hand is still holding onto it or not.
