I just need to put up some blinds from Ikea.
I live in Boston and the moldings (mouldings?) in this apartment are old hardwood. The walls are plaster. I have a hard time hanging anything.
I just spent forty-five minutes trying to get six screws into the window moldings. Three of the screws broke. One was stripped. The others went in, but took forever.
I am using an inexpensive cordless drill from Black and Decker. I tried changing the bit (both a larger and a smaller one): no luck.
What is going on?? Is my drill too cheap? Is the wood too hard? I asked the man at the hardware store today, and he said that as long as it wasn’t metal (it’s definitiely wood), the screw “should go right in.” I haven’t used power tools since I used to build sets in high school, but I don’t remember having this much trouble with such a basic project.
Help!!

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I just purchased a generic power adapter to replace the one I have lost for this drill. Though I know the voltage, how many milliamps are required and should the tip be positive or negative?

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