Gimlets

[pelligrini]

Cabinetman listed gimlets in the cabinet install thread. I picked up a set from Garrett Wade recently and I have found them to be very handy. Are there others that use them?
http://www.garrettwade.com/set-of-gi.../p/37J03ddd04/

[crokett]

Oh those gimlets. I was thinking that after enough gimlets you might not do such a good job installing cabinets.

[docrowan]

Pelligrini,

What's the advantage of these over a cordless drill?

[pelligrini]

I don't know if there is a real clear advantage of one over the other. If I were doing many pilot holes I would use a cordless. If I'm needing just one or two I've found the gimlet to be quicker. There's no getting out the drill bits, chucking one up, putting the bit up, etc.

The thing I like best about them is that they are quiet. My Dewalt cordless isn't exactly noisless. My neighbors go to bed at 8:00 and my shop isn't very far away from their bedroom. I can drill a few holes during nightime assembly now without worring about their light coming on.

[LarryG]

I have what appears to be the same set, although mine came from ... ah ... Lee Valley, maybe? Yes, very handy.

Besides being quick and quiet, they make a tapered pilot hole that's just the ticket for the tiny wood screws used for delicate hardware such as that used on jewelry chests and the like.

[ragswl4]

Cabinetman listed gimlets in the cabinet install thread. I picked up a set from Garrett Wade recently and I have found them to be very handy. Are there others that use them?
http://www.garrettwade.com/set-of-gi.../p/37J03ddd04/

You just gotta love this website. The things I see and learn on here would take a 100 years of experience and still fall short of the information a person can gain plus now I have a new tool to add to the arsenal. Thanks.

[tfischer]

Geez, if I had to worry about using a cordless drill after 8pm I'd let the neighbors call the cops

I usually start feeling guilty about using a saw with the door open after 9:30...

-Tim

[pelligrini]

Their bedroom is about 25' away from my shop. It really not the drill that would wake them, it is the other neighbors little yap dogs that will bark at the drill sounds that will wake the old folks. Then they'll call the animal police and the animal police will give me grief about my dogs.

[Mr__Bill]

Pelligrini,

What's the advantage of these over a cordless drill?

They fit in your pocket better

[cabinetman]

They fit in your pocket better

And, they are cordless and batteryless.
.

[LCHIEN]

Their bedroom is about 25' away from my shop. It really not the drill that would wake them, it is the other neighbors little yap dogs that will bark at the drill sounds that will wake the old folks. Then they'll call the animal police and the animal police will give me grief about my dogs.

Better THAT than the drill police.

I'm planning to order some next time i place an order with Lee Valley

[wardprobst]

I like to use gimlets to clean old holes that well meaning folks have filled with assorted, uh, stuff to fix stripped screw holes. They are also handy to pin a back up on one side so you can level and screw it on from the other.
DP

[scmhogg]

Look on the wall next to the sandpaper cutter. I use gimlets a lot. Much faster than finding the drill and then the right bit. If I have to do a lot of pilot holes I use the drill.



Steve

[pelligrini]

I like that holder, works a lot better than a single long hook on my pegboard.