| I have been working with electric drills for so long it's | | | | biggest drills are the ones you can see in Texas to |
| hard to believe that the drill at one time was not | | | | drill oil an are used to make large and deep holes in |
| even a thought in a carpenter or woodworkers head. | | | | the earth. These drills are called drill rigs. |
| In fact, the electric drill wasn't even invented until | | | | The smallest of drills are the oldest as well. Some of |
| 1899 by two men named Arthur James Arnot and | | | | these drills have been used over the last few |
| William Blanch Brain in Melbourne Australia. The | | | | centuries. A few examples would be the bow drill, |
| portable electric drill was invented in 1895 by Willhellm | | | | gimlet, eggbeater drill and pin chuck. |
| Fein in 1895, at Stuttgart, Germany. | | | | The most common drills and the ones that are |
| The first electric drill wasn't as fancy as the drills we | | | | abundant and most used today are the pistol-grip drill. |
| have today. It was just used for the basics, to make | | | | These drills are shaped like a pistol with the trigger |
| a hole in something hard. The first drills, even before | | | | being the way the drill is powered on. You simply pull |
| the electric drill date all the way back to the | | | | the trigger and the drill goes. Let go and it stops. |
| Egyptians. These bow drills turned into a drill press | | | | These drills are so abundant today because you can |
| machine which was powered by water wheels and | | | | purchase a plethora of different drill bits that can be |
| windmills and were connected to a pulley system to | | | | used for a multitude of job descriptions. |
| make them operational. | | | | You can buy drill bits to drill holes, fasten and |
| There are a whole bunch of different drills to be | | | | unfasten screws and bolts, sanding, and sawing. So |
| used for different jobs. Some drills are powered by | | | | now instead of buying a new drill for each job, you |
| hand and others, the newer ones are powered by | | | | would just simply purchase a new drill bit to use on |
| electricity, air, and even internal combustion. Some | | | | the old drill. |
| drills are very large and are used primarily for | | | | Drills have beed used over a long period of time and |
| hammering purposes. The hammer drill and | | | | will continue to be used to make our jobs much |
| jackhammer are normally used to break up rock. The | | | | easier. |