Drills and Tape Measures don't float either

[TwoBallScrewBall]

Was working on the new floater at my dad's house. As he was drilling earlier in the day with my craftsman 18v cordless I made a joking comment to make sure he didn't drop it in the water. (foreshadowing)<br /><br />A little bit later as he was reaching for the level on the overhanging dock he knocked his 25 foot tape measure in the drink. It bubbled for a while but we couldn't snag it with the net. <br /><br />So as the day is winding down I'm getting ready to leave, and I grabbed a piece of wood off the overhanging dock. Wood hits drill. Drill falls from overhanging dock on to floater and teeters over the edge into the water. Plunk. This also bubbles. I yell to my dad who's up in the yard to get the net. He says don't worry about the tape measure it's probably ruined. I said It's not for the tape measure, it's for my drill. After he got done laughing at me he handed me the net and I was able to snag the drill. Removed battery and doused it with the garden hose for a few minutes. Dried out and all is well. Still working so far. <br /><br />Tape measure is still sleeping with the fishes.

 

[Twidget]

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Wonder if the fish are using it to find out who is 'legal'. <br /><br />Im glad the drill still works. That is very fortunate.

 

[snapperbait]

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This also bubbles.

yer killin' me here......

 

[Realgun]

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Cool if it is a Sears brand drill and it had not worked I would have taken it back and gotten a new 1.

 

[brother chris]

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Good thing that cordless is still working. <br />Does not work for cell phones though.

 

[TwoBallScrewBall]

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With Craftsman, the hand tools are warrantied for life. Power tools are not, they're 1 year or 3 year or whatever. <br /><br />I got it out of the salt in like 90 seconds, then with the battery out of it I doused it with the full flow of a garden hose to get all of the saltwater out of it. Then let it dry. All the drill is, is a battery, a motor and a rheostat for the trigger, so there's not much that could get damaged, especially if it was never operated wet. <br /><br />Glad some other folks other than my dad also got a quick giggle out of my day. <br /><br />Later,

 

[RPJS]

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The only good reason for using mains power tools. If you do drop them in the drink you can pull them out buy the cord

 

[levittownnick]

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My eye glasses don't float either. My wife didn't laugh at the $300 loss.

 

[Mr.Ladyfish]

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I made a joking comment to make sure he didn't drop it in the water. (foreshadowing)<br />

It's funny how you sometimes get a feeling about something ahead of time. I was installing a sink and rebuilding a fish cleaning table for LF one time. My cordless was sitting about a foot from the edge of the table. I noticed that as I was hammering it jumped and moved a little. I thought about settin it on the ground but figured "nah, it'll never vibrate all the way off the edge". Sure enough, a few minutes later I heard a splash as the cordless went over the edge into the canal. Never worked again.

 

[TwoBallScrewBall]

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Yup, makes you wonder.....

 

[Vlad D Impeller]

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Originally posted by RPJS:<br /> The only good reason for using mains power tools. If you do drop them in the drink you can pull them out buy the cord

That reminds me a bit of the hairdryer in the bathtub story... Oops! i'd better not say nothing else

 

[sangerwaker]

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Death never sounds like a good idea to me....even if you can pull out the tool by the cord!

 

[TwoBallScrewBall]

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The trick is to UNPLUG the tool from the wall, THEN fish it out by the cord.

 

[Marauderk]

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S.O.G. PARA TOOLS do not float either as i learned dropping them overboard at the river when i was working on my outboard.

 

[BigPoppaG]

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Originally posted by brother chris:<br /> <br />Does not work for cell phones though.

Just happened to my pop last saturday. Asked him to untie the boat. He bent down and without even looking up I hear PLOP............phone is gone in 8ft of murky water. <br /><br />Gave him an old one I had until he is ready to buy a new one with a contract renewal in Sept. <br /><br />Needless to say I took my phone off after that an put it in my cargo shorts zipper pocket.

 

[TwoBallScrewBall]

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Update - Drill is still working.

 

[bryanttj]

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Last summer I jumped of the boat tocool off and to my suprise I had left my cell phone in my pocket. A week later after it sat on my fire place mantel It started working again. Sorry to say 3months later I left it on top of the car and has never been seen again

 

[CATransplant]

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I always put my wallet and my cell phone in ziplock-style sandwich bags before heading out on the water. Then I zip them in a pocket. <br /><br />I'm sure that the first time I forget to do that, I'm going to soak them, though.

 

[TwoBallScrewBall]

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Speaking of cellphones, hauling out my boat 2 weeks ago, I went down hard at the ramp wading in to hook the bow. Splash. Noticed when I got home and changed clothes that the cell was in my pocket. Never stopped working. SamSung SCH-A670.

 

[Marauderk]

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My wife dropped her cell in the central console of her car like she always does but there was a cup of sweet tea lol and the phone sat it in for 1 hour till she got home.<br /><br />She came in carring a dripping stick i 530 and almost crying, i took the battery off rinced it off in the sink and let it set in my car for 3 days till it was dryed completely. <br /><br />Installed battery and it has worked fine and that was a year ago