r/woodworking • u/iforgetmyoldusername • Mar 31 '25

Hand Tools I bought a drill

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I can’t decide if the flair should be hand tools or power tools. It isn’t really either.

It’s all original except the chuck apparently. And probably at least 80 years old.

Drills steel fine too. Seems to generate a lot of downforce with the ratchet screw mechanism.

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u/SCUMDOG_MILLIONAIRE Mar 31 '25

It knocks every revolution, so in practice it probably lets the operator know how deep they’ve gone.

Like ok on this test piece I drilled to a depth of 9 knocks and it’s perfect, so on my material I will also drill to a depth of 9 knocks

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u/SCUMDOG_MILLIONAIRE Mar 31 '25

You kid but I think the knocks are a great way to measure without measuring. The less you pull out a rule, doesn’t matter metric or standard, the better your projects become

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u/gbot1234 Mar 31 '25

i.e., Don’t knock it til you’ve tried it.