How to Use a Power Drill and Impact Driver | WOODWORKING BASICS
How to Use a Power Drill and Impact Driver | WOODWORKING BASICS
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0 -> Sure, of course. Drilling holes is boring.
But you can liven it up with a handful
4.08 -> of fairy dust and a little bit of --
microjig maker of the gripper. Work
8.61 -> safer. Work smarter. -- I think my two most
often used tools are my drill and my
14.04 -> impact driver. They are useful for
woodworking but also all kinds of
19.02 -> home-improvement and repairs around the
house let's look at the basics of
23.609 -> drilling and driving and why I recommend
owning both tools. Of course most of us
30.42 -> are familiar with a drill. It holds a bit
and you use it for drilling a hole. It
36 -> has a chuck that tightens down these
jaws and holds it into place.
40.71 -> Most reels today have a keyless chuck
that you can tighten without needing a
45.45 -> chuck key. To use the keyless chuck make
sure that the jaws are open wide enough to
49.86 -> hold the bit. To open them up just
unscrew the chuck and you'll see the
54.51 -> jaws open. Insert a bit. It doesn't need
to go all the way in just deep enough
60.03 -> for the jaws to grab it. Then tighten the
chuck by hand. I usually do this all in
65.189 -> one motion by holding the bit and the
chuck in my left hand and slowly
69.36 -> squeezing the trigger until it's tight.
Your drill will have a switch that
73.799 -> reverses the spinning rotation either
forward or reverse. Once the bit is in
79.38 -> place, pull the trigger. If the bit is
wobbly you don't have it in right. If you
84.42 -> have the kind of drill that uses a Chuck
key, you'll stick it into a hole in the
88.619 -> side of the chuck and just crank it down
tight. My drill press uses this kind of
93.84 -> system. By the way I'll discuss the drill
press in a future basics video. Most
100.979 -> reels are variable speed drills you
control the speed of the motor by
105.259 -> squeezing the trigger. The more you
squeeze the faster the bit spins. For
109.979 -> drilling holes, I use this feature to get
a hole started. If you start at a high
115.439 -> speed the bit might wander around until
it grabs. You also need to use a slow
121.02 -> speed to drive screws or other
fasteners with a driver bit. A fast speed
126.479 -> could cause the screw to strip or even
break. Some drills also have a gear switch.
132.45 -> On my drill, gear one has a slower speed
but more torque or twisting power and
139.17 -> that would be great for say driving a
lag screw into a stud I usually keep my
144.33 -> drill set on gear to the faster speed
setting. This works great for drilling
149.069 -> most holes.
Another feature most drills have is a
152.91 -> clutch which can help when driving screws. By adjusting this dial the drill will
158.97 -> stop driving when it reaches a certain
torque. This is handy when you want to be
164.16 -> careful not to drive a screw too deep.
For example if you're drilling into
168.66 -> drywall, you need to be careful not to
break the paper covering. Run a couple of
173.31 -> tests to get the correct setting then
you can drill lots of holes without
177.54 -> worry. It's also useful for driving
pocket screws and preventing them from
182.39 -> stripping or blasting all the way
through the wood. Usually I keep the
186.9 -> clutch off and have it set to the
drilled setting. If I only have a couple
192.239 -> of screws I just slowly drive them into
place. Most likely you'll want the
197.519 -> convenience of a battery-powered drill.
To date, batteries can do a lot of
202.769 -> drilling and driving on a single charge
and they charge up pretty quickly. You
207.78 -> should always have two batteries so that
you can have one on the charger ready to
211.62 -> go. While not as handy as a battery
operated drill you can buy corded drills.
216.57 -> These are good to have if you need to do
a lot of heavy intensive drilling and
221.64 -> driving and don't want to risk any
downtime waiting for a battery to charge.
227.989 -> The most common type of drill bits are
twist drill bits sometimes called HSS or
233.97 -> high-speed steel bits. These are
inexpensive and readily available at
239.67 -> hardware stores and home centers
everywhere they work well for wood, metal,
244.41 -> and other materials. One drawback is they
can be difficult to keep from wandering
250.67 -> from where you want the hole to be. A
better choice for woodworking are brad
255.98 -> point bits. The point at the tip allows
you to position the bit precisely where
262.07 -> you need to drill and the spurs on the
side of the brad point cut into the wood
267.29 -> cleanly. Brad point bits bore nice clean
holes but they're more expensive. A spade
273.83 -> or paddle bit has a point to get it
started and a wide blade for making
279.74 -> large holes. Unfortunately a spade bit is
pretty aggressive and can leave a pretty
285.47 -> ragged splintered cut. They're best for
rough construction work maybe boring
291.44 -> holes in studs for a conduit but not the
best choice for woodworking. When you
297.14 -> need to drill a large clean flat bottom
holes, a Forstner bit is the best option.
304.13 -> It has a starter brad point and a cutter
around the rim Forstner bits require a
310.28 -> fair amount of force to push them into
wood and are usually used only on a
316.25 -> drill press. You can use them with a
handheld drill but it can be pretty
320.33 -> tricky. Your best bet is to clamp the
board down to prevent it from spinning
324.95 -> loose also as a rule of thumb, the bigger
the bit, the slower you want your drill
330.68 -> to spin. One of the most common uses for
a drill all around the house not just in
337.25 -> the workshop is as a driver. Driving
screws is much easier and faster with a
343.52 -> drill than by hand. Driver bits come in
any type of screw head you need to use.
349.46 -> Phillip, Stardrive, Square drive, etc.
They all have a hex shaped shank that
356.87 -> fits into your chuck just like any other
bit. You can get long drivers like this
362.63 -> one that fit directly into your drill or
you just these little tips that fit into
368.66 -> a drivers holder. There's a magnet inside
the sleeve that holds
373.81 -> the bit in place. I prefer to use these. In
general I don't see any big advantage to
380.35 -> spending a lot of money on high-end
expensive drill or driver bits. You can
386.59 -> get a huge set with hundreds of bits for
under $30.
391 -> I like to have a big assortment on hand
so I can always find the size I need
395.05 -> without having to make a special
purchase. In the case of drill bits I
399.13 -> really believe in quantity over quality
there are a lot more types of drill bits
404.98 -> and drivers than I mentioned in this
video, but these are mostly what I use.
411.419 -> Well there really isn't a lot to know about
how to drill a hole. The main thing is to
416.26 -> always press the bit against the wood
before pulling the trigger. I usually
421.24 -> like to start slowly until the bit feels
like it's starting to grab and then I
426.37 -> speed it up. And keep the drill spinning
as you back it out. If you don't have a
430.69 -> Brad point bit and you need to drill a
hole in a precise location create a
435.61 -> divot first by using an awl or a thinner
punch to get the bit started and to keep
440.5 -> it from slipping or wandering. If you
need to make a large diameter hole it
448.54 -> can be helpful to drill a smaller guide
hole first. Sometimes you don't need to
457.81 -> drill a hole in order to insert a screw.
On soft wood or rough construction
463.39 -> projects you can just power the screw
into place. But for most woodworking
468.25 -> projects you'll get a cleaner more
accurate result if you drill a pilot
472.75 -> hole first. Installing hinges for
instance would be a nightmare without
482.11 -> drilling holes. For hard wood, driving a
screw without a hole can be nearly
487.24 -> impossible. You risk splitting the wood
or even breaking the screw plus a screw
493.66 -> hole actually holds stronger
when it's threads are cutting into the
498.85 -> size of a hole instead of pushing the
wood fibers apart. There are times when
504.58 -> you want to stop the drill at a certain
depth. Say you want to attach legs to the
509.61 -> underside of a tabletop. Blasting all the
way through would be disastrous.
515.38 -> Instead wrap a piece of tape around a
bit where you want to stop drilling.
533.67 -> rather than fussing with the actual
dimensions of the bits and screws,
539.14 -> I just find a drill bit that is about
the same diameter as the shank of the
545.05 -> screw that I want to use. Hold a bit and
the screw together and eyeball it. With a
550.99 -> drill bit in front of the screw you
should only see the threads. It doesn't
555.97 -> have to be exact, just make sure you're
comparing the bit to the shank of the
560.59 -> screw and not the threads. For a clean
look with the head of the screw flush or
566.26 -> slightly below the surface of the wood
you can use a countersink bit after
571.63 -> drilling your hole to make a cone-shaped
indentation for the head of the screw.
576.7 -> Just make sure you're using regular
wood screws with a beveled head rather
582.1 -> than a round or pan head screw.
An easy way to keep the drill at a right
587.41 -> angle to your workpiece is to screw a
couple of scrap boards together and use
593.2 -> them as a guide.
599.16 -> A common problem with drilling a hole
all the way through the board is that it
607.62 -> can blast through the other side causing
splintering. To prevent this, simply clamp
613.26 -> a board to the exit side and pull the
bit into thinking that the workpiece is
618.93 -> thicker than it is. This is very useful
when drilling holes for drawer pulls or
625.47 -> cabinet knobs. Everything I've discussed
in this video can be accomplished with
636.27 -> just a drill and that's exactly what I
used for years until I discovered the
642.69 -> impact driver. Seriously, after using an
impact driver I can't imagine working
649.32 -> without one. It made a big impact on
my life. An impact driver is only for
655.05 -> driving screws or bolts. You can't drill
holes with it it doesn't have a chuck
660.06 -> with jaws like a drill but instead has a
locking quick change collet that holds
665.88 -> standard hex shank drivers. To install a
driver bit, just push forward on the
671.13 -> collet and drop the bit in and release
it. An impact driver has a variable speed
676.71 -> trigger just like a drill but instead of
just spinning it also delivers rapid
682.41 -> impact blows in the direction it's
spinning this gives the tool way more
687.27 -> torque than a drill and can drive screws
into super hard wood or other materials
693 -> with little effort. Use the impact driver
just like a drill when the screw gets
697.8 -> close to being fully seated you can slow
down the driver and you'll see it slowly
703.44 -> torquing into place. With an impact
driver the tip of the bit stays in the
709.26 -> head of the screw and doesn't slip out
the way a drill can. If you've ever used
714.3 -> Phillips screws you know how frustrating
it can be to ruin the head of a screw
719.04 -> and
not be able to continue. An impact driver
722.33 -> can also help remove those screws whose
heads are all scrumped up. Plus it's just
728.12 -> really handy to drill hold with a drill
and then quickly switch to the impact
732.65 -> driver to drive the screws. I highly
recommend owning both a drill and an
737.9 -> impact driver. In fact, manufacturers
often sell them paired in kits. This set
744.35 -> complete with two batteries cost about
$130.
822.05 -> Well there are a lot of other types of drills and bits
that I didn't cover in this video but I
827.15 -> hope this has been helpful enough to get
you familiar with the basics. My drill
831.98 -> and Driver certainly aren't the sexiest
tools in my shop but they get used all
837.41 -> the time. In fact, they are the only tools
that I don't have dedicated storage
842.63 -> spaces for. They're always on one of my
work benches
846.259 -> within reach. And trust me, once you get
an impact driver you'll wonder why you
851.899 -> waited. If you found this video useful,
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865.669 -> for links to the drill and driver I use
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871.429 -> sure to browse through the other videos
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877.069 -> for watching everybody!
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