What is your favorite drill?

[Guest]

For those of you who make homemade toys, what drill do you use? If you could buy a new drill, would you get something else or are you happy with your current drill?

 

I went to Home Depot a few days ago and was a bit overwhelmed. Obviously no one wants to spend a ton of money but at the same time, I don't want to simply buy the least expensive if paying more will give me better features.

 

So what's your favorite drill? Thanks in advance!

[KimKim]

My husband will only use Dewalt. They are the yellow ones, and a bit pricey.

[Guest]

Thanks, KimKim! Will you please ask him which model he thinks would be best for a beginner driller who will only need the drill for toy-making? Thanks so much!

[KimKim]

Here is his drill. He uses it for everything, big and small. I believe he got it from Home Depot. He was not sure about any other models, sorry.

[KimKim]

oh he did say that any Dewalt should be fine, the one he has is kind of heavy, well I think so at least. But it is really nice and super fast! And it has a pretty blue light that shines on whatever your drilling when you pull the trigger:)

[Guest]

::::sigh::::: I was telling a friend I wanted to buy a drill and he said I can't use a drill without a work bench and a vice to hold the object so it doesn't go flying around and take someone's eye out. Is this true? Do I need a vice and a work bench? Is there any other way to use a drill without having to have a whole dang workshop?? Thanks in advance.

[KimKim]

Well it can be true, but sometimes my husband just stacks pieces of wood (two piles) then puts the object on top of it to drill a hole. When he made the hole in the phone books he just rested them on a wood shelf we have outside and hung the corner off that the hole was going to go and just drilled...