The first power tool in every hobbyist's workshop is a hand drill. Equally so, this was also my first tool. Now three drills later, I still continue to use it the most. I thought I would share what I have built and hope others would share their setups/jigs built for a hand drill on this thread.

The drill with the bit attached was always lying on my work bench the with its power cord getting entangled in other tools was becoming quite an irritant.  So came up with a small wooden box pictured below. It has tw ocompartments, one for storing the drill and the other for the wire. I installed a piece of plywood with a round hole to accomodate the front end of the drill. This piece was installed midway in the section for the drill. Now, whenever not in use, I can just drop the drill in even with the last bit used attached. The centre piece holds the drill so that the bit is not damaged. I can also use this box for holding my drill even while working away from my work bench. Simple but effective! And, it gets stored udermy work bench.

With a hand drill it is difficult to drill truly vertical holes. So there is always need for a pillar drill. Luckily, I have a hand drill stand.

I had one bought a attachment for polishing which is a woolen pad which is attached to a plastic disk. This was OK for polishing my car, but not of much use in the workshop without a suitable table stand for my drill. So made one.

I started by taking a 5in x 6 in ply piece and drilled a circular hole equal to the size of neck of the drill. Cut off the ply so that the circular hole was bisected into two. Took another piece of ply and chiseled out a slot similar to the profile of the top mid portion of my drill. The two pieces were mounted vertically on another piece of ply as shown.

I then drilled holes in the two circular pieces so that two bolts for the wing nuts could be attached.I had used used T-nuts (blind) for holding the bolts though regular nuts could also have worked.

Next place the drill and tighten the neck piece using wing nuts. This completes the basic table stand for the drill.

Now, I can use my hand drill as a grinder, polisher or for buffing by adding different wheels.

I had made a requst on the "Wanted"section of the forum for a few arbours for holding my grinding and buffing wheels. I took out my arbour from my grinding wheel and decided to make a desk grinder. (My need for additional arbours still stands.)

I started by replacing the washers and nut that came with the arbour with nuts specifically designed for holding the grinding/cutting wheels on a regular grinder. These nuts have a flange for centering the cutting wheel. I mounted a fibre cutting wheel on to this arbour which would serve as a support for my sanding disk. I made the sanding disk using an old CD. Stuck a piece of abbrasive paper using SR998 rubber adhesive and cut off the extra paper. The CD was mounted on the arbour with the fibre cutting disk as a backing.

More pictures of the sanding disk

For testing out the desk sander, made a temp "table" and mounted it in front of the sanding disk. The sanding disk has worked out as expected and a nice attachment for sanding circular pieces. I tried the sander by sanding the corners of a 18mm ply and the results were good.

Very nice and inspirational work sir I specially liked the last one. 

@miginstruments The drill is a very versatile tool with many uses other than just drilling holes. At least one person found the post useful 

Sir since we all are using ready to use items and just assemble it so we are not much bothered about the tools. but as you said Drill is a very powerful tool it's true. I ve used drill like anything.  But your work is very nice and clean plus the description of the work makes the things much clear.   actually now I am thinking to build such a thing for myself maybe I will go with the last design. Thanks for sharing the build.

Ashok
That's for sure handy way to use the drill as sanding disc. Another idea could be get a pillar/press with 90 degree tilt function then you could just use a table with the disc and the single equipment would serve as disc sander and pillar drill.

Currently building a plane for my 46 size engine. Got a chance to use my sanding setup. I had roughly cut the ribs and using my sander, I sanded down the ribs to their exact profile. Video attached

Great! How much does the pillar stand cost?

Ashok
Realy your work is very innovative. good job,thanks for uploading photo that is enough to understand full mechanism.  

That's a very handy and useful setup sir. Thanks for sharing.

Quote from: lastRites on February 19, 2016, 11:56:03 AM
Great! How much does the pillar stand cost?

The pillar stand is with me since 1989. Price immaterial now

Thanks Arvind and Col. Simple but quite useful setup.

Quote from: ashok baijal on November 21, 2015, 12:57:51 PM
With a hand drill it is difficult to drill truly vertical holes. So there is always need for a pillar drill. Luckily, I have a hand drill stand.

Where you got this stand? I am looking one for long time.

Hand drill pillar stands are available with tool shops in SP Road here in Bangalore. I had purchased mine long back from Sears in US.

Hell...I envy u ...I lost all my skills...rather my time ....opted for a busy schedule. Now I regret I should have made use of my free time