Preview: Hand-Powered Drill Presses and a Fly Cutter, with Harry Bryan

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Harry walks us through some beautiful tools and knee-slapping ingenuity… as he is in the habit of doing.

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12 Responses So Far to “Hand-Powered Drill Presses and a Fly Cutter, with Harry Bryan

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    Graham Scaife says:

    I sould watch this guy for hours. What is the name of the chain/brace called? gotta have it. Doing dock, or boat work, without power would make it invaluable.
    Thank you.

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    Dustin Higdon says:

    That chain drill attachment for the bit brace is really something to behold! I wish there was someone making them currently. I can’t tell you how often I’ve thought about converting/replacing all of my corded/cordless tools to hand-power just to avoid having to spend so much money (and wasteful resources) on batteries.

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    Charlie McLaughlin says:

    I appreciate the items at hand roughly as much as I enjoy seeing the shop and the other old tools, gizmos, and Harryventions in the background.

    More panning of the shops never hurts my eyes.

    Thanks Harry and OCH !

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    Nathan Lunstrum says:

    Chain drill is awesome!

    In our electrical business we use a double edged fly cutter for 6-8″ holes in ceiling tiles for commercial recessed (can) lights. We call it “The Mangler” for obvious reasons… :)

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      Patrick Daniels says:

      yup! done a lot of damage with one of those!

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    michele del monaco says:

    Inspiring video would love to have any of those tools

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    Slim Miller says:

    Ahhh. The sound of that drill press brought back fond memories. Nothing quite like ’em. Thanks Harry.

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    steve schwartz says:

    Great video. I was a machinist for 15 years and never saw a drill press like that.

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    Herb Silva says:

    Absolutely fantastic… grew up with lots of these old hand tools… wish I still had them!
    Great video!

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    Robert (Bob) Godfrey says:

    Great video. Nice to know I can still learn something new……really like the “chain drill”. Keep up the great work!

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