While we do carry a small electric hand drill in the trailer; I have found the Fiskars Precision Hand Drill to be great. This drill allows for control at much slower rates making it easier to use, especially on smaller projects. With a sharp bit, it is very satisfying how quickly this drill works on wood and dry wall.
I stumbled across this drill while scrambling to find hand drills to run a Baloo the Builder Cub Scout Den meeting. Earlier in the year, I had planned on picking up a couple of bit braces from Home Depot because I had seen them there in the past. Unfortunately, when I went to pick them up Home Depot no longer carried them. I was able to find two Fiskars Precision Hand Drills at the local Ace Hardware just in time for the meeting. The Scouts successfully built their Toolbox from scratch using nothing but hand tools.
After working with the Cub Scouts to build their toolboxes, I continued using these hand drills to help with Cub Scout and American Heritage Girls projects. I was able to work with the American Heritage Girls Explorers to build toolboxes for their Home Care & Repair Badge; work with SoWeWentKids to build Pinewood Derby cars; and build stools for the Cub Scouts Webelos Build It adventure. Watching the youth light up with excitement when they turn a single 1″x6″x6′ board and a dowel into a toolbox with their own hands is very rewarding.
Since I picked up two drills, I gave one to @sowewentdaughter and @sowewentson to put in their freshly built toolboxes. Now the kids have to keep me out of their toolboxes as I tend to reach for their drills instead of my electric drill because it is quick, compact, and easy to use.
The chuck is a little bit finicky and hard to tighten. I have found folding the handle in the stowed configuration allows it to brace against the grip providing enough pressure to tighten the chuck. This allows the chuck to be tightened enough for the materials this drill is useful for.
When backing the drill out, the chuck has a tendency to loosen up. It works best to keep rotating in the forward direction and pull out. This provides a cleaner whole without loosening the chuck.
The pistol grip does provide a challenge to keep the bit perpendicular to the surface. This is especially challenging for the Scouts that are using the drill for the first time. However, positioning the thumb behind the bit tends to align the bit while providing more pressure for the bit to bite into the wood.
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