Wood has always been popular as a building material, because it was abundant and easier to work than alternatives like stone. However, man has always required tools to work wood efficiently. First hatchets and then chisels and later on saws and drills. Between 250 and 150 years ago, during the Industrial Revolution, early wood working tools, amongst others, were mechanized. A 100 years or so ago they became electrified. The first electric drill was manufactured about 100 years ago.