Wouldn't you be better off with an actual hand powered drill?
Also hand drills have all the gadget and coolness factor one could want.
An old saying is "Keep it simple stupid". The more mechanically simple something is, the less likely it will fail. The old style brace has been used for centuries (and before that, the auger), and it has always worked well (and it's what they built the barn with on the property a century ago, and it's still standing). I have this at least 60 year old Miller's Falls 2-A (made 1938-1957) that I use for most drilling (usually wood). It was left here by the original owners of the house (built in the 1950s), and my folks moved here in 1969. Three electric drills, and a dozen cordless drills have supposedly surpassed it over the years, but this is the only one that still works like new (even the 40 year old Craftsman I use when this won't work needs a new chuck and a full rebuild). This article shows how simple it is, just a handful of parts. Those dynamo powered flashlights, when they were a big thing, only lasted me a couple of years. I've got Eveready lanterns going on 10. http://www.timetestedtools.net/2016/08/04/millers-falls-no-2/Not to mention, it looks a lot better than the paint spattered, beat-up Hitachi impact, so I can actually display it on a shelf when I'm not using it. Another I use is a C.M Co, Long Island, NY that I rebuilt (it was a rusted pile of junk when I found it in a barn on a property we leased at the time). The Miller's Falls is on the left, the C.M. Co is on the right. 2017-01-02_07-55-04 by cody6268, on Flickr
Glad to know I am not the only one who still uses a mechanical hand drill. I don't always use one, but they are great when noise would be an issue or when you don't want drywall dust all over the house.
Quote from: gerleatherberman on August 15, 2018, 07:54:13 AMGlad to know I am not the only one who still uses a mechanical hand drill. I don't always use one, but they are great when noise would be an issue or when you don't want drywall dust all over the house. Nothing wrong with still using old school tools, a lot of time they work a whole lot better if you are working on e.g. antique furniture or some old machine, or like you said need to be more gentle with what you are doing.
Quote from: MMR on August 15, 2018, 11:30:28 AMQuote from: gerleatherberman on August 15, 2018, 07:54:13 AMGlad to know I am not the only one who still uses a mechanical hand drill. I don't always use one, but they are great when noise would be an issue or when you don't want drywall dust all over the house. Nothing wrong with still using old school tools, a lot of time they work a whole lot better if you are working on e.g. antique furniture or some old machine, or like you said need to be more gentle with what you are doing. +1 Very true. You must know what I do for a living.
When I think of a "Hand Drill" I can only thinlk of mechanical and not electrical models anyway?So as far as I know any hand drill will work anywhere anyway each one powered purely by the operator as the motor.I use a lot of different drills for a lot of different uses and I still probably use the Yankee Push Drill the most of the non-powered drills but I also surely use powered drills 100 times to each single time that I do not.https://www.garrettwade.com/garrett-wade-yankee-push-drill-gp.htmlI also have ZERO problem using the powered units anywhere and anytime,it is just a matter of having the right tool for the job and if I do I also have charged batteries as needed.These days there is little you can not do on battery power whether charged in a conventional manner or not.
The key is to keep that bolt tight....but not too tight.