Subject: hand drill
Date: Sat Jan 11 23:29:36 2014
User: Denny
Message:Got this wonderful drill for Christmas. No charging, no cords, just push it a few times and it makes a hole. It's shaped roughly like a screwdriver and carries the bits in the handle. Super handy for those quick jobs like putting up a single latch or a bracket. Brilliant invention!
Denny
Date: Sun Jan 12 00:13:11 2014
User: coolmoon
Message:We had those in the field (the old Ma Bell) since at least before 1972, when i got there.
In fact, that and a brace and bit was ALL we had! Oh, and a star drill for the tough stuff.
Great tools for when the grid fails us all...
I still have mine~
Date: Sun Jan 12 00:32:18 2014
User: wilful1
Message:Have one that I acquired used in 1969 manufactured by "Yankee" haven't used it in years because of the ease of cordless electric drills! Rechargeable batteries you know hold a charge for months!
Still have mine too!
Date: Sun Jan 12 00:36:18 2014
User: rocky77
Message:Sounds like a Yankee, Denny. The old ones with wooden handles are practically antique.
Date: Sun Jan 12 02:00:24 2014
User: StephenGM
Message:I bought a new "made in India" one a few years ago. I've also got a Bosch power drill and a 25 year old Black & Decker but I find that the manual drill is better for some applications like gypsum drywall. A manual drill will stop when you stop, it won't take a while to slow down.
Date: Sun Jan 12 07:36:46 2014
User: Raymone-of-Bayonne
Message:Called a push drill. Been around for years.
If you like human powered tools, get a brest drill. You can put a 1/2" drill through steel with it. On ebay they are almost giving them away.
when our range had a work day to put the roof over the firing line, volunteers were asked to bring cordless drills. I brought my MillersFalls and everybody laughed, but it was cordless and while they were waiting for batteries to charge I just kept screwing...
Also, treadle sewing machines are quite reasonable right now, but wait until the power grid collapses! I love my Singer and you can still get parts.
Link: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=breast+drill
Date: Sun Jan 12 09:02:59 2014
User: Denny
Message:I am being mildly facetious. This was the only type of drill I knew until my dad bought a power drill when I was 10 or so.
But still, it's a great solution when you just want to drill a few holes. Even tho I know exactly where my box-o-bits is, just grabbing this one thing is really fast and easy.
Denny
Date: Sun Jan 12 10:41:57 2014
User: chickaboom
Message:Yep - Yankee Drill. I keep a drawer of hand tools in the utility room of my house. I worked for Ma Bell too, even had to inspect them before we used 'em!
Date: Sun Jan 12 11:05:32 2014
User: BuzzClik
Message:My friend's dad was an electrician, and he had an old Yankee screwdriver that I saw for the first time I was 8 years old. They are far better than the typical manual screwdriver for most applications. When incredible torque is required, they can be a bit of a challenge.
I have a tiny cordless electric driver for small jobs out and about; not much power, not much battery life. My big cordless screwdriver has an extra battery and charger, and I can drive all day and all night with it.
Raymone-of-Bayonne -- we should set up a challenge race for drilling 1/2 inch steel. You get grampa's push drill, and I get my 18-V Dewalt. Two holes. You get to name the size. I'll give you a 2-hour head start.
Date: Sun Jan 12 11:44:22 2014
User: rocky77
Message:BuzzClick -- 1/2" steel? Maybe you should bring on the oxy-acetylene, and save your drill bit. Or heat it up orange in your forge and punch it.
Date: Sun Jan 12 11:45:15 2014
User: anicca
Message:Well Buzz, i'll put my 19.2 Craftsman up agin your 18 Dewalt any day!
It can do a bucket of 5' lag bolts~
Date: Sun Jan 12 11:50:53 2014
User: BuzzClik
Message:We're still talking cordless power drill, right? If so, we're making the same argument....
Date: Sun Jan 12 12:20:09 2014
User: jloan
Message:I had one of those in the 60's. I could do simple small holes but not the ones that required body builder arms.
Date: Sun Jan 12 13:39:27 2014
User: sdiemer
Message:My grandfather had one of those, so it's been around over 50 years!!!
Date: Sun Jan 12 13:58:22 2014
User: JimBob
Message:Those have been around for many years. I had one probably 50 years ago. I didn't know they still made them, what with all the cordless things available now.
Date: Sun Jan 12 15:10:15 2014
User: Halifax
Message:I think I read an article one time when G Washington cut the cherry down he used one of these to make a coat tree . H e had to take it back to JP Penny's After he was through with It though!
Date: Sun Jan 12 15:45:50 2014
User: hotnurse
Message:Denny, just curious; if it's cordless and no charging does it have a batery pack? If so, do you have to recharge that once in a while? Several years ago I bought myself a small Bosch cordless drill to fit my hands and not be so heavy. Now he uses it all the time because it's so much handier than his bigger cordless DeWalt. It has two re-chargeable batteries that seem to last for a long time.
Great invention, thanks to George Washington and probably Al Gore too.
Date: Sun Jan 12 20:19:35 2014
User: Dr.X
Message:Interp?
Date: Sun Jan 12 20:24:19 2014
User: The_Interpreter
Message:I don't know, Dr.X. This is a tough one. I may have to call in an expert on Indiana.
Buzz?
Date: Sun Jan 12 20:56:41 2014
User: hotnurse
Message:Dr.X, do I need to translate that into smoke signals?
Btw, I meant battery, not batery...typo on me.
Date: Sun Jan 12 21:11:38 2014
User: Dr.X
Message:Does Denny?
Date: Sun Jan 12 21:38:10 2014
User: BuzzClik
Message:Yes, it is true: Al Gore took the initiative in creating the hand drill.
However, George Washington had no involvement in the invention of the cordless power drill. Washington, unfortunately, put all his efforts into investigating the solar powered drill which, as we all know, was a fruitless exercise.
Date: Sun Jan 12 21:49:49 2014
User: StephenGM
Message:BuzzClick,
That's the real reason he cut down the cherry tree - because it was fruitless.
Date: Mon Jan 13 10:11:42 2014
User: Dr.X
Message:Figure it out yet, hotnurse? I guess no one else is willing to tell you, not even the Interp. I thought you were joking at first, but now I'm thinking you were serious.
Date: Mon Jan 13 11:01:48 2014
User: BuzzClik
Message:It's too early in the morning for this, xeena.
Please drop it.
Date: Mon Jan 13 11:08:37 2014
User: Dr.X
Message:You please mind your own beeswax. If it bothers you, ignore it. I don't answer to you or any other control freak.
Hotty, if you still don't get it, just ask and I will be glad to tell you. Here is a hint: Read the MOTF, or Denny's first post in this thread!
Date: Mon Jan 13 11:09:21 2014
User: Dr.X
Message:You call 11 AM early in the morning???
Bwhahahahahaahahhhhh
Date: Mon Jan 13 11:11:19 2014
User: BuzzClik
Message:hotnurse -- xeena (through her strap-on) is whining that you did not recognize that Denny is discussing a hand-powered drill. That's it. Just another opportunity to disrupt, and she refuses to let it go.
xeena, if hotnurse begs your forgiveness, will you then STFU?
Date: Mon Jan 13 11:13:21 2014
User: Dr.X
Message:Are you her mouthpiece now?
Why don't YOU STFU?
Date: Mon Jan 13 11:13:53 2014
User: TNmountainman
Message:It's moderately early in the morning; not to mention, Buzz isn't in our time zone. And sorry - I know this isn't my beeswax, either. Just sayin'.
Date: Mon Jan 13 11:16:28 2014
User: Dr.X
Message:Wow, I call hotty on something and she thinks *I* am obtuse. lol. Priceless.
Date: Mon Jan 13 11:19:34 2014
User: Dr.X
Message:TN: How do you know what time zone Buzz is in?
Date: Mon Jan 13 11:26:37 2014
User: BuzzClik
Message:TN is right, xeena -- probably because he pays attention to what's being said.
Is it your opinion that attacking people on trivial issues and disrupting this board is more acceptable at 11 am than at an earlier hour? Or, are you simply looking for yet another excuse to raise hell and turn all the attention to yourself?
I'm done here. You get the last thousand words (in a string of posts, no doubt).
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Denny -- What is the lifespan of a lifetime ban? Whose or what's lifetime? You had it right the first couple times....
Date: Mon Jan 13 11:27:05 2014
User: Dr.X
Message:For you Buzz darling.
Link: Crank it up
Date: Mon Jan 13 11:28:40 2014
User: Dr.X
Message:Methinks he protesteth way too much.
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Date: Mon Jan 13 11:38:59 2014
User: TNmountainman
Message:I *think* I know what time zone Buzz is in, and indeed, it's because of my observations. Not today, but at an earlier time.
Date: Mon Jan 13 11:42:11 2014
User: TNmountainman
Message:But I'm not taking sides here. Just sayin' (again).
Date: Mon Jan 13 11:50:45 2014
User: Dr.X
Message:He could have moved. And 10 AM isn't early either. Just sayin'. And HE is the one who brought up the time. Any excuse to attack me, then blame it on me.
Date: Mon Jan 13 11:51:59 2014
User: Dr.X
Message:Oh, or he could be traveling in any time zone.
Date: Mon Jan 13 12:24:04 2014
User: The_Inquisitor
Message:xeena, do you like football?
Date: Mon Jan 13 12:47:05 2014
User: Dr.X
Message:One more because this is reply #42
Date: Mon Jan 13 15:43:36 2014
User: ginxi
Message:hey this was fun for awhile. when is the contest between handhelds and cordless (battery op} Singer sewing machines (treadless) in cabinet are up to $200. as antiques Those will sew leather unlike newer electric ones that just stall and hum while you wait.
Date: Mon Jan 13 16:05:07 2014
User: Denny
Message:So you could mend some of my underwear for me?
Date: Mon Jan 13 16:07:24 2014
User: ginxi
Message:yes if you wear leather underwear. NO thongs though.
Date: Mon Jan 13 16:13:59 2014
User: Raymone-of-Bayonne
Message:BuzzClick,
I accept your challenge. We both start with dead batteries. I will allow you any type of human powered generator to charge your DeWalt. :-)
Regards, Raymone-of-Bayonne
Date: Mon Jan 13 20:02:27 2014
User: Lancer
Message:Denny- "You was docked for the time you was up in the sky" is not from the ballad of John Henry, it's from a song called, "Drill Ye Tarriers, Drill". Close, but no cigar. For one version, try "36 All-Time Favorites," volume 3, by the singing group "The Limeliters".
Date: Tue Jan 14 02:15:31 2014
User: TNmountainman
Message:Ok, but what about "Drill, Baby, Drill!"?
Date: Tue Jan 14 08:33:08 2014
User: wmbriley
Message:AND from the SMOTHERS Brothers....
When Jonh Henry was a little baby,sitting on his pappy's knee.
His pappy picked him up, dropped him on the floor,
sayin" This kid just wet on me"
Hey, the old timey "egg-beater" type also works fine....
but the cordless/battery types are great when it comes to
hanging sheet rock or cedar closet sheeting.....
and, GW used his hatchet because he "could not get his teeth into it"
It's nice to know there are still fans of The Limelighters" out there.
They have been in Baltimore a few times in the past years, but they are not the same without the "last original"...Alex
and the" timlessness" of'Have some Maderia, My dear" by the late
Lou Gotleib...../
wmbriley
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