I'm not a handyman, and have no interest in dismembering and carving up our arboreal relatives. However, I do now have occasion to drill a hole in a piece of wood, and went to buy an appropriate gadget at local hardware shop. All I wanted was a gimlet, but settled for a bradawl instead. My father's old brace-and-bit seems defunct, as is the gimlet, but a hand-drill is available, at cheap price (made in China), or an electric, cordless, drill. Trouble is, the bits have a rounded shank, unlike the old squared shank, and tend to slip. You can buy a power drill with a keyed chuck, which, I assume is a way of tightening the device so a bit is less inclined to slip. Is a gimlet still available, and can you get them with varied size screw, or insertable screws? Meanwhile, I'll make do with hammer and nail. bradawl, chisel, or whatever.
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14 years ago