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Old 09-01-2009, 10:44 AM
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Be VERY CAREFUL with a powered one! That drum will store a LOT of momentum as it spins and can easily break your arm/shoulder if the cable loops up and grabs you. Get the feed point as close to the pipe as you can while still having room to guide the cable. Also make sure you've got the proper gloves.

I had to watch a buddy of mine get caught up in one of those once. I jammed my steel toe boot between the frame and drum to stop it but the damned thing still managed to dislocate his shoulder. There were other reasons I got out of plumbing shortly after that but that incident was definitely a big one.
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