Any of you guys ever owned a ' chain drill "?
This is a portable hand operated drill which has an adjustable length chain which goes around the object to be drilled....and forces the drill forward with threads...
Some things like frames are made from very hard steel... I watched a guy use a hydralic floor jack to press his electric drill into my Ford pickup chassis to install a receiver hitch... I was sure glad I had not tried to install it myself...
The chain drill has been praised in at least one of " The Machinist's Bedside Reader" by Lautard... particularly interesting books... ( series of 3 ).