Close Quarter Drills

I find a lot of times that my woodworking gets me into tight situations that challenge the configuration of my typical tool set. As an example, I'm trying to install a hinge on this cabinet, and the narrow cabinet design makes it difficult for me to get the drill into position to pre-drill the holes and attach the fasteners at the proper angle. So, that's kind of a problem. I like my doors to hang straight, so what I find myself doing in some situations is I'll actually cut the shank off of a drill bit, I've done that on a couple recent projects. I also have an adaptor for a typical drill that drills at a right angle, but it's a two-handed operation, and it's a little bit clumsy for hardware drilling applications. And so, my investigation revealed to me that there's a whole new world of next-generation close-quarter drills out there. So, these designs take a typical cordless drill, and, which has, typically, the motor and transmission installed in line, and it mounts them on top of one another, which eliminates about three inches out of the overall length of the drill. So now I can take the drill, easily place it into position to install my hardware Attach everything at the correct angle, not mess around with cutting shanks off of drill bits, et cetera. So, this is proven to be a really convenient solution to that challenge that seems to come up more and more in my woodworking. So, if you're struggling with the same issue in your woodworking, you may want to take a look, do some investigation, and find what's out there in today's next-generation close-quarters drills.