Whether you like them, hate them, or are merely indifferent about them, power tools are here to stay, and when all is said and done, they really do make any DIY job that much easier, and faster to complete.
The electric drill is probably the most common and popular of all power tools.
But with power tools comes obligation, and that obligation is twofold.
oFirstly comes the obligation to use it; to venture out into the world of the DIY enthusiast, and to make use of your power tool.
oSecondly comes the obligation to learn what to do, and the how best to do it.
To the uninitiated, it may appear that you simply plug your electric drill into the mains, and drill a hole.
But oh no; It is infinitely more complicated than that.
In the first instance, it may be that your electric drill is in actual fact, battery driven.
If the battery is charged, you're in business and you can commence the serious business of drill that hole.
If however the battery is flat, you'll have to put it on charge and wait the requisite amount of time for it to take a sufficient enough charge to complete the operation, or simply put the job off until tomorrow; and we all know what we say about tomorrow! Okay, so now we've got our drill fully charged, its time to drill the hole.
But hold on.
There are many things that are yet be considered, and resolved before we can move onto the next stage.
In the meantime the electric drill just sits there waiting patiently to be put to proper use.
It is fit for purpose, it is ready to go; but are you? There are a number of considerations to now be made before actual drilling can commence.
oWhat sort of surface are we going to be drilling into? Wood, plaster, brick, tile, or metal? oWhich is the correct drill bit for that particular surface? oWhat size hole will we need to drill? oDo we have right size drill bit for the appropriate surface? oWhat color plug will we need to use to plug the hole with? oWhere exactly does the hole need to be drilled? You see? A million and one questions; well several anyway; and all needing to be resolved before drilling can commence.
Ok, so the moment of truth is at hand.
X marks the spot where the hole needs to go, we've got the correct drill bit in the chuck, we have a plug of the appropriate color ready to plug the hole..
..
..
here goes.
We push the drill bit in position against the wall and engage.
The drill bit travels.
So the hole is slightly misaligned.
Now if it's a single hole operation, that will be of no consequence, but if you are drilling more holes in a pattern, each time the bit travels off centre, the more difficult it will make it to fit whatever it is we're fitting.
But let's make it easy on ourselves; this is just a single hole operation, so that wee bit of travel isn't important.
The next thing is that the drill doesn't seem to be making much progress, so we engage the hammer.
That does it, we're through.
(Always hoping we don't drill a water pipe or an electric cable hidden in the wall).
OK job nearly done.
Just push the plug home, screw in the screw, and hang the clock.
No problem.
Our power tool made nothing of the job it had to do; but you?..
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The electric drill is probably the most common and popular of all power tools.
But with power tools comes obligation, and that obligation is twofold.
oFirstly comes the obligation to use it; to venture out into the world of the DIY enthusiast, and to make use of your power tool.
oSecondly comes the obligation to learn what to do, and the how best to do it.
To the uninitiated, it may appear that you simply plug your electric drill into the mains, and drill a hole.
But oh no; It is infinitely more complicated than that.
In the first instance, it may be that your electric drill is in actual fact, battery driven.
If the battery is charged, you're in business and you can commence the serious business of drill that hole.
If however the battery is flat, you'll have to put it on charge and wait the requisite amount of time for it to take a sufficient enough charge to complete the operation, or simply put the job off until tomorrow; and we all know what we say about tomorrow! Okay, so now we've got our drill fully charged, its time to drill the hole.
But hold on.
There are many things that are yet be considered, and resolved before we can move onto the next stage.
In the meantime the electric drill just sits there waiting patiently to be put to proper use.
It is fit for purpose, it is ready to go; but are you? There are a number of considerations to now be made before actual drilling can commence.
oWhat sort of surface are we going to be drilling into? Wood, plaster, brick, tile, or metal? oWhich is the correct drill bit for that particular surface? oWhat size hole will we need to drill? oDo we have right size drill bit for the appropriate surface? oWhat color plug will we need to use to plug the hole with? oWhere exactly does the hole need to be drilled? You see? A million and one questions; well several anyway; and all needing to be resolved before drilling can commence.
Ok, so the moment of truth is at hand.
X marks the spot where the hole needs to go, we've got the correct drill bit in the chuck, we have a plug of the appropriate color ready to plug the hole..
..
..
here goes.
We push the drill bit in position against the wall and engage.
The drill bit travels.
So the hole is slightly misaligned.
Now if it's a single hole operation, that will be of no consequence, but if you are drilling more holes in a pattern, each time the bit travels off centre, the more difficult it will make it to fit whatever it is we're fitting.
But let's make it easy on ourselves; this is just a single hole operation, so that wee bit of travel isn't important.
The next thing is that the drill doesn't seem to be making much progress, so we engage the hammer.
That does it, we're through.
(Always hoping we don't drill a water pipe or an electric cable hidden in the wall).
OK job nearly done.
Just push the plug home, screw in the screw, and hang the clock.
No problem.
Our power tool made nothing of the job it had to do; but you?..
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