safety of use of power drill

it's fine

by Tracey_E - 2018-06-07 13:14:31

Arc welding is the only thing we need to avoid. 

interference

by The real Patch - 2018-06-07 16:24:44

If your rate response is on and set to sensitive, you may want to avoid using vibrators

Funny you should ask

by Theknotguy - 2018-06-07 20:13:41

Funny you should ask.  I volunteer at a charity woodshop, have a dual lead Medtronic pacemaker, and run all the machine tools in the shop.  No problem.

We make three different kinds of tables and use the Kreg Jig pocket screw jigs to drill pocket screw holes in the table aprons.  We made a table with three of the Kreg Jigs so we can drill pocket screw holes in any of the aprons for all of the tables.  The Kreg Jig table is high enough so all you have to do is drop the apron in the setup jig and then lean over a little bit to drill the holes.  We can do about a hundred aprons with  three pocket screw holes each in about twenty minutes.  We use one of the larger 110 volt DeWalt drills with the Kreg Jig special drill.  The work goes faster with the 110 volt drill.  

Having said the above, right after I had gotten my pacemaker I was drilling pocket screw holes.  They had broken my ribs doing CPR and after drilling holes for about twenty aprons I got tired lifting the drill,  my ribs were hurting, and I started using my shoulder to push the drill in.  Completely forgot about my pacemaker.  After about another eighty aprons I stopped because I realized I was pushing on the drill with my left shoulder and my pacemaker was lying on a running 110 volt drill.  Did the self check.  Everything normal.  No short of breath, no thumps, no bumps, nada, zilch, nothing.  So no problems with my pacemaker even though it was lying on top of the drill.  

Did have one problem though.  They were using 3/4 inch by 8 inch by 8 foot long planks to use as the bottom part of bed frames.  The planks needed a hand hold and they were clipping off one corner so you'd be able to drop the planks into the bed frame without pinching your fingers.  Standard way to clip off the corner was to move the pallet with the planks on it over to the chop saw.  Lift three or four planks up to the chop saw, chop off the corner, then drop the planks onto another pallet.  Doing all that lifting and swinging of the planks was pinching my pacemaker between my shoulder and my ribs and it would hurt.  

"The heck with that noise!", I thought.  I just left the planks on the pallet, put on a couple of large clamps, picked up a reciprocating saw, and started cutting off a corner.  Completely forgot about my pacemaker and forgot it has an accelerometer.  Vibration went up my arm.  Pacemaker saw the vibration, thought I was running, and kicked my heart rate into high gear.  One of the guys in the shop came over and asked me if I was OK.  "You had the strangest look on your face", he said.  But yes, I was OK.  I still run the reciprocating saw, I just use my right arm instead of my left.  

Hope everything else goes well for you.  Hope you can make lots of sawdust.  

power drill

by Brian Robert - 2019-05-28 09:47:38

Used Makita rechargeable drill a week after Medtronic lead replacement.I am not feeling worse for it but after 13 days only general better (or normal) each afternoon. That is proably due to stress and poor sleep.