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As a bonus, it's much slower, which leads to fewer fuckups at the ends of projects. They are really only good up to about 1/4" holes though. If you get one with

As a bonus, it's much slower, which leads to fewer fuckups at the ends of projects. They are really only good up to about 1/4" holes though. If you get one with multiple speeds, you can go to 3/8", but you're really much better off with a brace and some auger bits at that point. Auger bits are conveniently sized by the 1/16" down to 1/4" in the US, and have been for over a century. In all seriousness though, an eggbeater drill will last forever. Mine are probably 70 years old or older. Ditto my brace. Good luck finding batteries for any electric cordless drill in 20 years, never mind a cheap one.

jamiek88 4y ago
Just going through this now. Everything is lithium now and can’t find reasonably priced OEM batteries for my drill I bought in 2007.
- evan_ 4y ago
  Depending on your battery platform you might be able to find an adapter. DeWalt for instance sells an adapter to use their newer 20v lithium batteries on tools built for their older 18v platform: https://a.co/d/73x4MGy https://a.co/d/73x4MGy You can also find third-party adapters to convert between basically any two battery platforms.
  - jamiek88 4y ago
    Ah! It is the dewalt 18v!! Never thought to look for an adapter!
eropple 4y ago
> Good luck finding batteries for any electric cordless drill in 20 years, never mind a cheap one. Even if the existing 18V/20V-max format doesn't survive another 20 years--an assertion I don't really expect to be true, see for example DeWalt's in-progress switch to stacked cells without any tool deprecation--the world will not be without 18650 cells in twenty years. And you can buy a corded drill if you really want to. I own a bit and brace and to me it's useful for exactly one thing: compound angles during chairmaking. Literally everything else, from low-and-slow picture-framing tasks to boring out Euro hinge holes, is faster, more accurate, and (for me) more enjoyably done with a tool fit for purpose and with modern affordances--a cordless hand drill and drill press, respectively.

jamiek88 4y ago

Just going through this now. Everything is lithium now and can’t find reasonably priced OEM batteries for my drill I bought in 2007.

evan_ 4y ago
Depending on your battery platform you might be able to find an adapter. DeWalt for instance sells an adapter to use their newer 20v lithium batteries on tools built for their older 18v platform: https://a.co/d/73x4MGy https://a.co/d/73x4MGy You can also find third-party adapters to convert between basically any two battery platforms.
- jamiek88 4y ago
  Ah! It is the dewalt 18v!! Never thought to look for an adapter!

eropple 4y ago

> Good luck finding batteries for any electric cordless drill in 20 years, never mind a cheap one. Even if the existing 18V/20V-max format doesn't survive another 20 years--an assertion I don't really expect to be true, see for example DeWalt's in-progress switch to stacked cells without any tool deprecation--the world will not be without 18650 cells in twenty years. And you can buy a corded drill if you really want to. I own a bit and brace and to me it's useful for exactly one thing: compound angles during chairmaking. Literally everything else, from low-and-slow picture-framing tasks to boring out Euro hinge holes, is faster, more accurate, and (for me) more enjoyably done with a tool fit for purpose and with modern affordances--a cordless hand drill and drill press, respectively.