Drill - Unusual Uses

Unusual Uses

• A household drill was used to save a boy's life in Australia. The boy suffered from potentially fatal bleeding within the brain after a fall from his bike. Lacking any surgical equipment suitable for the task, the attending doctor decided to use a household drill stored in the hospital maintenance room in order to relieve the blood pressure in the boy's brain. If this had not been done, the boy would have died in minutes. The doctor performed the procedure and was guided by a neurosurgeon over the phone. The boy was later airlifted to a larger hospital and recovered within days.
• Paul Gilbert and Billy Sheehan of Mr. Big use a cordless drill for the solo of Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy commonly known as "The Electric Drill Song". This was done by using 3.3mm plectrums on a wooden dowel.
• The 1970s horror movies The Toolbox Murders and The Wiener depict deranged killers using battery powered drills to kill their victims.
• Certain variants of Big Daddies in Bioshock use giant arm-mounted drills to perform maintenance tasks and to kill Splicers that attack Little Sisters.
• Van Halen guitarist Eddie Van Halen has used an electric drill to create an odd effect on the strings. It has been played on songs such as Poundcake and Intruder/(Oh) Pretty Woman.