Power Drills Can Make Quick Work of Driving Screws

Thanks to modern variable-speed drills, especially  cordless power drills, driving screws has become almost as easy as driving nails. What was once a slow, wrist-wracking process is now little more than a five-second squeeze of a trigger. But if you don’t know the right way to use a drill as a power screwdriver, you could be in for a few disappointments. Not the least of these is the sight of your driver bit slipping off the screw and chewing up your fingers or plowing a big gouge across your work.

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