I'm not an expert at drilling large pieces of wood, but with a regular drill you can drive it into the wood and then pull back hard to push the shavings out of the hole. Hole to reduce friction and drill bit movement. As previously mentioned, once it "bites" it will retreat into the hole until your drill bit gets stuck or you stop, turn around, pull back, and then start moving forward again. wood for me, and although I achieved my goal, I felt like it took longer than it behaves like a regular drill. ' and starts digging, I put a lot of pressure on the drill to get it to 'let go' but it didn't budge. I had to stop completely, reverse, pull the drill out, and put the drill forward again. It doesn't matter for wood 6 inches or less thick, but it's quite difficult for deep holes.