Necessity is the mother of invention, or so they say. [Jason] was in such a situation where he needed to install some safety railing at his grandmother’s house. He didn’t have the necessary tools available, like a drill, so he fashioned one himself out of a pencil sharpener and some fittings and wire that he was able to find.
Although crude, and probably not what one would choose to use if an actual drill was available, this “drill-pencil-sharpener” actually does a pretty decent job of cutting through plywood as seen in the video after the break.
Certainly this is not the first hand-cranked drill, but it just may be the first one made out of a pencil sharpener (also probably the first one to inspire a pseudo-nursery rhyme). If you like this, check out this router mechanism that is probably a bit more refined.