While I use my cordless and corded hand drills along with the drill press all the time if I could only have either electric powered drills or braces and egg beaters the muscle powered ones would win. Kinda the same with table saws and band saws. Luckily I don't have to pick but almost every drilling job can be done better with a brace and bit.
Maybe not quite as quickly but in almost every case the results will be better and many time with less monkey motion. I guess my question is: Am I full of it or do other folks find the same results?
BTW, my favorite brace is a Spofford type, very simple and works a treat.
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