Drills aren’t just used for drilling. Here are 8 awesome handyman hacks around the house

3. Peel a lot of potatoes fast
If you have a lot of potatoes to cook, peeling them one by one could take a while with a traditional peeler. EatDrinkBetter recommends using the power drill potato peeling method. She recommends not using the toilet brush you see in some online videos, but a heavy duty scrubber.

2. Peel apples for pie
Inserting a drill into the core of an apple allows you to peel apples with extreme efficiency. Perfect for baking a pie, making applesauce or simmering apple butter, this method goes through a lot of apples fairly quickly. By holding a traditional peeler while the apple rotates you eliminate the idea of a spinning blade. See the video at Country Living.

1. Power your electronics
If all else fails, harness the power of your drill by using the drill battery as an emergency energy source. This project takes a bit of electrical know-how, but is a pretty cool drill hack for creating an emergency power supply. See how Don did it at Hackaday.

These creative power tool hacks will have you wanting to give everything a spin. Show your friends and family on Facebook how you got more power!