Corded power drill suggestions

[O2HeN2]

Wanna thank everyone for the Harbor Freight suggestions - I took it and successfully completed my project.

Just so you know why it's a cheap drill (both price and quality-wise), I had the following problems which I'll pass on for a simple "heads up".

There's no way to tighten down the side handle, so when I'd let go of the main handle the weight of the body of the drill would cause the handle to loosen, flipping the drill over and causing some excitement as the 18 inch auger bit would make a run towards my face. This happened a lot. Other people would have learned after the first dozen times, but me? Noooooo. Fortunately it never connected.

I know joking about mild Chinese steel has almost become a meme, but boy is the spindle/drive shaft mild steel. Make that very, VERY mild steel. At one point I bent it. The drill was unusable, wobbling all over the place. Well, until I simply bent it back. Now I know how they filmed those segments of Superman bending steel - they used Chinese steel.

Yhea, there's still a little vibration but it's negligible.

For the price, it was worth it and allowed me to complete the project. Probably put 40-50 holes through heavily creosoted railroad ties.

Thanks everyone!

O2