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Sheffield Tony wrote:So, the one power tool I find myself struggling to wean myself off is the cordless drill. Even though I curse the fact that it is never charged when I need to use it, it is pretty convenient.
For big holes, the brace and bit, or Scotch eye augers are great and strangely fun to use. For smaller holes, I have an egg beater of the Footprint sort, or a number of those two speed Stanley breast drills, but don't get on with either. Perhaps my Footprint egg beater was a poor choice. The design decision to paint the gears including the teeth was a strange one and increases friction. And the top handle wobbles, and eventually the roll pin retaining it works itself out. The side handle is a great solution for Zaphod Beeblebrox and others with three arms, but not for me. The Stanley breast drills do work, but are heavy and for small jobs, I prefer to drill vertically as I find it easier to get the hole straight.
What do I need ? I quite like the look of the old Miller's Falls hand drills - but would they work better ?
[PS: I hope there are some electronic engineers / physicists to enjoy what I did with the thread title]
Sheffield Tony wrote:My grandad had one of those Archimedes drills. I don't know what happened to it
Alf wrote:Get yourself an older wheel brace/hand drill/eggbeater/whateveryouwanttocallit toot sweet. The ubiquitous Stanley 803 is more than good enough...
Andyp wrote:...that one takes the biscuit. Gorgeous.
AndyT wrote:Overall though, I think the main issue is that in all the woodworking I do, the need to make holes is actually quite unusual. I could drill holes all day with the kit I've got but so seldom need to I find it hard to give each one the attention it deserves!
Er, no. But while we're blaming each other, I was going to blame Alf for my OTT interest in eggbeater drills . It was her interesting posts over the other side and her entertaining blog that got me hooked.AndyT wrote:...You do know that you're one of the reasons why I have a lovely old UK hand cranked bench drill, an American double cranked beam borer and a little lightweight Millers Falls jobbie, don't you? ...
Well Andy, I tend to get carried away. First it was 100 planes, then 20 breast drills and eggbeaters, then 40 braces, then a dozen post drills, now Wadkins.Andyp wrote:...Do you have a workshop or a museum?...
It's a three car garage - and I need to restrict my interst more, too... for the same reasonsAlf wrote:...You must have a most capacious w'shop. I restricted my interest in such things when I found out just how painful they are to accidentally walk into, and how often it seemed to happen.
Andyp wrote:...How do those drill press things work? Turning the handle turns the chuck and bit but does turning that handle provide the downward travel too? Or is that what the horizontal wheel on the top is for?
Andyp wrote:...When I saw “3 car garage” I wondered how many, if any, there is room for.
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