[petsfed]

I said it elsewhere, but one of the first things I learned about power tools, from my father, is that if you don't know how to use a tool or tool setting, you don't use it.

Granted, power drills are moderately benign as these things go, but you can do a lot of damage to a work piece really fast if you select a tool or setting you're unfamiliar with. Which is why there manuals, books, videos, and classes to teach you.

Blogging about discoverability in the context of power tool interfaces is just peak software engineer naval gazing.

[kedikedi]

Pretty benign until an idiot holds a small piece of sheet metal in one hand and drills it with the other. Guess how I know :)

To my defense, I put a bit of wood between the metal and my hand to prevent drilling my hand but little did I know how the drill catches the steel on the very last part of the cut.

[_heimdall]

Power drills are pretty benign to the operator as long as they know not to try to use the drill bit as a router or sander. I've seen plenty of people try to knock off an edge with the side of a bit. Sure it can be done, but its also a great way to have it jump and catch the side of your hand.

[nick7376182]

You can also easily break your wrist with some of the stronger ones that are available. I've also had one wind-up part of my work glove on accident. And the big plug-in drills are just terrifying in general, with how much rotational inertia they have. I won't touch those.

[verve_rat]

Never wear gloves with tools that rotate.

[nick7376182]

Easy to say, but working on a house framing/electric/plumbing project for 8+ hours I would rather have the gloves on. With a lathe or mill, of course I'm not gonna wear gloves.

[formerly_proven]

Anti-kickback is a great feature on hammer drills, angle grinders etc.