Awesome Drills

The German-engineered Festool CXS 18 cordless drill-driver is powerful for its size, making quick work of screws and drilling holes in a variety of materials. It features an innovative design that provides magnetic bit storage and helps hold its large 18-volt battery. It can drill holes up to 1-3/8″ (35 mm) and screws up to 1/4″ x 9-1/2″ (6×240 mm) in wood.

Handy Geng was tired of the look of ordinary power tools and decided he wanted something special. His goal was to make a drill that looks like an oversized revolver. He started by taking a motor and housing from a cordless drill and handcrafted metal parts for the gun from steel tube and sheet metal. Then, he built an even more powerful version.

The typical cordless drill operates on battery electric power. But in the hands of builder TimWelds, this everyday tool runs on nitromethane, methanol, and oil. Tim took one of Toyan’s working miniature V8 engines and retrofitted it to drive drill bits. The result is the loudest and most satisfying power drill we’ve seen.

Bosch’s FlexiClick cordless 12V Drill/Driver System is compact yet incredibly versatile, thanks to its modular design. It has two speed settings, a built-in LED light, and comes with a keyless chuck, a locking bit holder, a right angle attachment, and an offset angle attachment.

Has playing on your old foosball table gotten boring? These guys figured out how to breathe fresh life into the game by attaching a bunch of Ryobi cordless power drills to its spinners. It makes it a lot harder to follow the action, though, and there’s a much better chance of the ball flying off the table and into the neighbor’s yard.

Trying to install or remove screws in a tight spot is a common problem. This drill accessory from DeWalt is a must in every toolbox, offering easy access to confined spaces with its 12″ long flexible shaft and right-angle bit holder. Its Rapid Load head makes for easy bit changes, and is backed by a strong magnet for holding screws.

At the end of the day, most power tools require one consistent element – a motor. In this video from KJDOT, they show how they redirected a drill’s rotational energy 90-degrees to create a compact circular saw. We imagine there’s some drivetrain loss here, but it still seems to get the job done.

We’ve broken our share of metal drill bits, so the idea of making one out of paper seems ludicrous. Mr. Hacker shows how a densely packed cone of paper can be used to drill through various materials. It’s definitely clumsy and inefficient, but we’re impressed it held up as well as it did.

This clever power tool lets you rapidly switch between drilling pilot holes and driving screws thanks to its rotating double head. Mix and match any two bits that fit a 1/4″ chuck. It has a variable-speed motor and 20V battery for plenty of power, and a built-in LED light.

This pen-sized tool puts an electric drill in the palm of your hand. Designed for crafting and other small DIY projects, the Wowstick easily makes holes in resin, plastic, wood, clay, beads, aluminum and copper sheets, and more. It comes with eight drill bits and runs for up to two hours on a charge via its USB-C port.

Have you ever gotten yourself into a situation where you stripped a screw head and can’t remove it? This set of double-headed extractor bits drills into the center of damaged screws then digs into the metal so you can reverse it out of its hole. Includes five different sizes, and works with all kinds of power drills.

While the white and gold the aesthetics of Robbox’s xDrill aren’t our favorite, we’re definitely intrigued by the technology it offers. The 21-volt cordless drill has a built-in digital level, distance and height laser measurements, angle guidance, and the ability to automatically stop when it reaches a set depth or torque.

While testing out on a flipbook animation to be driven by a handcrank, artist wolfcatworkshop decided to give his swimming squid a spin on the end of his power drill, and the result was pretty awesome if you ask us.