This past Sunday I picked up another hand drill. When I got it home…. Oh no, the main gear is missing some teeth. I can fix a lot of things but not that. I disassembled it, de-rusted it and put it back together anyway. It actually works fine and I even put pressure on the [...]

  The other day I saw a picture of a vintage bit brace in near new condition. That made me think about the two that I have. They were both found in the garbage and are well worn. Not worn out mind you, just not as young as they used to be. The above brace [...]

A few years ago while watching television I saw an infomercial for a gimmick cordless drill. The head was enormous and had two chucks. The chucks rotated on a movable collar that had two positions, one for the active chuck the other was for idle. The idea was that  keeping a different bit (screwdriver and [...]