Fired My Helper After He Botched a DeWalt Drill Bit Job
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KeyMasterKev3
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KeyMasterKev3⚒️ JourneymanOP1mo
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Hired this kid last month to help with general repairs, and he straight up ruined a $450 kitchen faucet install by stripping the threads with the wrong DeWalt bit. I was charging $75/hr for the whole gig, but now I'm out the time and materials fixing his mess. Anyone else dealing with unreliable help on handyman jobs?
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FlushMaster4⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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next time get him a set of irwin speedbor bits instead of those deWalt ones for faucet work, they grip better without stripping threads.
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HaulHound⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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man, been there with a helper who torqued a deWalt bit too hard and turned a simple faucet job into a full day nightmare. sucks losing time and cash on their screw ups.
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V3356🔧 Apprentice1mo
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man i feel ya, had a similar screwup with a helper strippin threads on a faucet job last week and it cost me half a days pay to fix his mess
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PickLockPete⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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Haha, sounds like my first apprentice who thought a DeWalt was a hammer, turned a simple lock install into a door frame demolition derby.
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FloorFixerFred🔧 Apprentice1mo
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Damn, that's rough. Always demo the basics yourself first, I lost a $200 job when my guy flooded the place testing a submersible pump without shutting off the main.
