[HN Gopher] Making holes without an electric drill
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Making holes without an electric drill
Author : walterbell
Score : 19 points
Date : 2022-07-17 04:23 UTC (18 hours ago)
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| Kinnard wrote:
| ^^
| formerly_proven wrote:
| Article says you can't plunge with a jigsaw, but you can... not
| pretty but does work.
| falcolas wrote:
| It also takes a bit of skill and gumption, but yeah, its
| doable.
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| You tip the saw forward on its table so the blade is above the
| wood, hold down the "Go" button, and slowly lean the jigsaw
| back towards flat. It is important that the jigsaw's table is
| in solid contact with the wood the, erm, hole time.
| jfk13 wrote:
| I can vouch for the fact that this works, though I'd consider
| it something of a last resort.
| Gunax wrote:
| I like that it's extensive, but a bit too extensive to answer the
| original question: what is the replacement for an electric drill?
|
| The standard crank drill is clearly the alternative [1]. Most
| home users should _not_ purchase an electric drill. They dont
| need it. It will likely never drill more than a few dozen holes.
|
| [1] https://www.amazon.com/Frylr-Speedy-Powerful-
| Manual-1-5MM-10...
| thehappypm wrote:
| That's as expensive as an extremely low end electric drill.
| mauvehaus wrote:
| As a bonus, it's much slower, which leads to fewer fuckups at
| the ends of projects. They are really only good up to about
| 1/4" holes though. If you get one with multiple speeds, you
| can go to 3/8", but you're really much better off with a
| brace and some auger bits at that point. Auger bits are
| conveniently sized by the 1/16" down to 1/4" in the US, and
| have been for over a century.
|
| In all seriousness though, an eggbeater drill will last
| forever. Mine are probably 70 years old or older. Ditto my
| brace. Good luck finding batteries for any electric cordless
| drill in 20 years, never mind a cheap one.
| avar wrote:
| Most home owners with any DIY interest should purchase an
| electric drill, because what they'll be purchasing is almost
| certainly a cordless model with a torque limiter.
|
| Those are useful for everything from assembling IKEA furniture
| to taking apart a car. The drilling function is secondary or
| tertiary.
|
| But sure, if you mean a giant corded impact drill used to drill
| into concrete almost nobody needs that.
| Animats wrote:
| _" a giant corded impact drill used to drill into concrete,
| almost nobody needs that"_
|
| I had to rent one once to put a conduit through a concrete
| block wall reinforced with concrete fill and rebar. Not fun.
| ars wrote:
| > giant corded impact drill used to drill into concrete
|
| Tons of people need that - how else do you hang pictures on
| stone walls? And they are not so giant - they are the same
| size as regular drills.
| avar wrote:
| The router instructions make no sense to me.
|
| Why plunge a router and then switch to a jigsaw to make a large
| circular hole in a sheet of plywood? Just move the router around
| instead.
|
| You can use a bit that can follow a template to make this as
| accurate as you'd like, but freehand is usually sufficient.
|
| Also: A notable omission in the "other powertools" section is the
| angle grinder. Both to "saw" a hole, and by attaching a drill
| chuck to the grinder. At that point it's basically an electric
| drill with another form factor.
| falcolas wrote:
| The router won't cut as quickly, especially with thicker
| materials. You absolutely can, though.
| EnKopVand wrote:
| I don't really like electrical appliances. I use a manual whisk
| (Google translate turns hjulpisker into auxiliary whisk) for
| everything "whisky" even though we have a vitamix thing that cost
| more than my MacBook Air.
|
| So I'm an idiot like that, and you might expect me to use a
| manual drill (I guess it would be auxiliary drill if Google
| translate is right), and until I bought a house you would have
| been right. Now I own both an electrical drill and a drill
| hammer. So while my whipped cream still takes a few minutes more
| than an electro mixer you won't ever find me drilling a hole
| without a power tool. It's just not worth it.
|
| Great article though, it's nice to see all the options covered.
| Wistar wrote:
| And punch/punch press, laser, waterjet, plasma cutter, mill,
| projectile and, of course, shaped charge.
| nyanpasu64 wrote:
| Electrical discharge milling is so cool, but expensive (tens of
| thousands of dollars for a machine). It's got to be the most
| overkill and surgical way to drill out stripped screws though.
| [deleted]
| hef19898 wrote:
| Plus one for the shaped charge! Waterjets are pretty cool so...
| bell-cot wrote:
| This being HN, I really expected more _how to_ by Randall
| Munroe sorts of answers.
|
| (BTW, you forgot the railgun, nano-sized black hole, antimatter
| beam, and trained termite "drill squad".)
| swayvil wrote:
| Whatever happened to cutting with a tuned laser?
|
| I heard about it a decade ago. A laser tuned to the resonant
| frequency of skin. The protein or whatever.
|
| Low power, with no burning, no heat damage. Melted right through,
| cleanly. Unravelled those little molecules. A wonderful cutting
| device.
|
| And maybe you could match a laser to any material. Wood? Glass? A
| very clean cut. Maybe even safer.
| jfim wrote:
| As far as I know, most laser cutters available to hobbyists for
| cutting wood are either diode or CO2 based, and both have a
| risk of setting the wood on fire, as well as generate a fair
| amount of smoke and combustion gases.
|
| For cutting holes into wood as a hobbyist, a CNC machine with
| the appropriate tool will give far superior output for the
| purpose of making holes in wood.
| d4a wrote:
| I would have liked some pictures to know what I'm reading about
| amelius wrote:
| Yes, this would have been more satisfying and faster to consume
| as a youtube video.
| bussierem wrote:
| I recommend the Primitive Technology channel for this! He
| uses almost all of these to some extent.
| system2 wrote:
| He literally uses rocks to bash on anything.
| falcolas wrote:
| Rocks are fantastic hammers. Sharp rocks can cut lots of
| things too. The original multitool. Comes in various
| colors and hardnesses too.
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