Hacker News Reader

Comment by bushwart | Hacker News Reader

Wonderful project. But alarm bells went off in my head when I saw the picture of the helper, wearing gloves, holding a part to be drilled while the author held the drill centimeters away from the helper's gloved hands. I hope that was just for illustration purposes.

pic: https://images-stag.jazelc.com/uploads/theautopian-m2en/Scre...

View on HN

It doesn't set off alarm bells in my head. That bearing material is very soft and easy to drill. clamping it is not simple as it's easy to deform. I would have done the same and went nice and slow starting with a center drill and moving to a standard jobbers afterward.

And I would have put the bearing shell over a pvc pipe and used a hand drill or just spun the drill bit between my fingers, assuming it is just bearing material.

Those kids (the autopian team) specialize in generating engagement doing things that are pretty unsafe...

Another example would be the dude who used a chainsaw on some lead acid batteries, for reasons.

https://www.theautopian.com/how-i-used-a-chainsaw-to-remove-...

That dude's also an owner of the company, so maybe giving himself lead poisoning for clicks is worth it?

The things about that picture giving me hives are 1. drill not perpendicular to the work 2. bearing cups are unsupported so the downpressure is spreading them 3. when the bit punches through it's going to mar the table. They noted glittery bits on the first oil change, might be prudent to run an oil analysis and see what's up.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com