Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:03 am
#12592
I'm looking to pick up a new cordless drill this season. Aside from possible future home improvement jobs, my more immediate needs involve carving, of course. I plan to use a paint stripper wheel to sand down the "dreaded black line" inside my Michael's foam pumpkins. And of course, I'll be using our old pal, the Pumpkin Gutter!
I was pondering the varying levels of volts, RPMs and torque when I realized I'm not really sure what would be needed. I don't want my Pumpkin Gutter to get slowed down and tangled in seeds. Nor do I want it spinning so fast that the pumpkin goes flying across the room.
For those of you that do pumpkin work with a drill, do you have any you could recommend, which you know are a good level of power?
As I stood in the hardware store comparing drill strength specs vs. price on the various models, an employee came over to help. He said, "Well, what do you plan to use it for? Driving screws? Drilling wood? Metal? Plastic? Stone?"
I replied, "Pumpkins."
Then he just stood there and stared blankly. I handed him a ZP business card, but that only seemed to confuse him more.
I was pondering the varying levels of volts, RPMs and torque when I realized I'm not really sure what would be needed. I don't want my Pumpkin Gutter to get slowed down and tangled in seeds. Nor do I want it spinning so fast that the pumpkin goes flying across the room.
For those of you that do pumpkin work with a drill, do you have any you could recommend, which you know are a good level of power?
As I stood in the hardware store comparing drill strength specs vs. price on the various models, an employee came over to help. He said, "Well, what do you plan to use it for? Driving screws? Drilling wood? Metal? Plastic? Stone?"
I replied, "Pumpkins."
Then he just stood there and stared blankly. I handed him a ZP business card, but that only seemed to confuse him more.