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Wasted $150 on a cheap rotary brush kit for chimney cleaning
I bought one of those generic rotary brush kits off Amazon for about $150 thinking I was saving money over a proper drill-powered system from a supply house. The rods bent on the third use and the brush head stripped all its bristles inside a customer's flue. Took me two extra hours to clean that mess out. Anyone else get burned by cheap online cleaning gear?
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robinwalker16d agoTop Commenter
Didn't you try tightening the chuck on the drill first? I used to think people just wanted to flex on the expensive brands but after my second rod bent I finally got it.
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dylan2655d agoMost Upvoted
People skip the basic stuff every time. Tighten the chuck, check the bit, make sure the material is clamped down. Same thing with fixing a car. Everyone wants to jump to the expensive parts without checking the simple stuff first. My buddy spent two weeks chasing an engine code. Turned out it was just a loose gas cap. Life is full of that pattern. You gotta crawl before you walk but nobody wants to hear it.
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abbyl4916d ago
For real, chuck tightness is the first thing everyone overlooks lol
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