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Originally Posted by 1990C4S

For me most hand tools went away with battery operated drills and drivers. I barely use a screwdriver now.

The hassle of finding an electric drill, then an extension cord made the egg-beater drill faster. Now I just grab the battery drill.

Battery powered stuff is very nice. It's just a toss up for me. Some jobs are great for hand tools, some for battery op tools and some for corded tools.

Yesterday, I was trying to drill out some rusty old screws in the mount for our mailbox. I was able to pull the mailbox and take it to the garage. For that, I used a 5/8" corded drill. I can't imagine what the job would have been like with a little cordless. I drove a bunch of screws with a cordless drill/driver. I do occasionally use a regular screwdriver.

I'm on a facebook group for "beginner woodworking." It's got a weird range of posts from "how do you price the stuff that you produce or jobs that you get" to things almost as bad as "how does a saw work?" THere was a post the other day by someone with a small craftsman cordless drill trying to run what I believe was a 6" hole saw. The ask was "why isn't this working?"