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[keith bellinger <bartermn AT epix.net>]

Robert Walton wrote:

> I think that general tools are important also. I need an old hand
> crank drill. I'm sometimes amazed that people have power tools and no
> hand tools at all.
>  

Yeah, I like the "egg-beater drills" and have several sizes including a 
big one you can lean on, along with a couple push drills. But they are 
used mostly for metal work. Braces are for wood and nothing cuts a 
better hole through wood. I use mine for tapping trees.