Fiddling drills are represented by Figs. 272 and 273, and are rotated by means of a bow, shown by Fig. 274. A fiddling drill is fixed tight in a wood pulley, and is used with a plate termed a breast-plate, which is fastened to the workman's waist. In this plate is a small recess to contain one end of the drill while it is in use. Fiddling drills are used in a horizontal position ; consequently, the work to be drilled is supported in various ways, sometimes on a lathe, at other times on a few packing-blocks, and frequently in a vice; while the work remains fixed by some means, the bow-string is wound around the pulley of the drill, and the cutting part is put to the work, while the opposite end of the drill is put into a recess in the breast-plate which is fastened to the workman's waist; he then raises, lowers, or otherwise shifts the drill until it is in a right line with the work, at which time the drilling is commenced; this is effected by moving the bow to and fro, and gently pushing the drill, if it is only about a sixteenth in diameter at the cutting part; but if it should be a quarter of an inch, the pressure necessary for drilling is about as much as the operator can administer by such means. Sometimes two operators are required, one to move the bow, while another one pushes the drill into the work. Fiddling drills are useful for all sorts of work that require short holes to be drilled, also for drilling small holes into large work that cannot be quickly moved about. Such drills are useful also for drilling the centre recesses in rods and axles that require lathe-turning.