Found a Classic

[Downwindtracker2]

When I took my almost new nail gun into the tool center after 2nd time I used it, on the clearance table was a true classic a 3/8" drill motor. NOS. I was not interested in a plastic gear cased 2000rpm 3/8 drill motor. That's a 1/4" drill motor. A Black and Decker Industrial . Made In USA, 5 amp 1200 RPM reduced from $269 to $99 . The Industrial line was what Black and Decker turned into DeWalt in '92. They are good drills, but not great like the Milwaukee of that era. You could get a buzz off the Milwaukee in the wet, though. It's the same size as the worn out 20 year old Chinese  3 amp it will replace. The B&D  should last me the rest of my life.

[toolmiser]

When I took my almost new nail gun into the tool center after 2nd time I used it, on the clearance table was a true classic a 3/8" drill motor. NOS. I was not interested in a plastic gear cased 2000rpm 3/8 drill motor. That's a 1/4" drill motor. A Black and Decker Industrial . Made In USA, 5 amp 1200 RPM reduced from $269 to $99 . The Industrial line was what Black and Decker turned into DeWalt in '92. They are good drills, but not great like the Milwaukee of that era. You could get a buzz off the Milwaukee in the wet, though. It's the same size as the worn out 20 year old Chinese  3 amp it will replace. The B&D  should last me the rest of my life.

Have any pictures?

[Downwindtracker2]

Have any pictures?

I'm old enough to have bought one of the early Skil variable speed reversible 3/8"  drills. They were the first drill motors with that trigger.So I haven't clue how to post a photo. The B&D Industrial were a dark grey which the marketing boys turned yellow.

When they were current, late '80s, I couldn't afford a Milwaukee, or even a Porter Cable, so I already own a couple of the Industrial line B&Ds. 

The  drills I see now in the HD lines are 8amp units, bigger the motor the heavier they are, meaning a two handed use.

[Timberwolf]

I'm old enough to have bought one of the early Skil variable speed reversible 3/8"  drills. They were the first drill motors with that trigger.So I haven't clue how to post a photo. The B&D Industrial were a dark grey which the marketing boys turned yellow.

When they were current, late '80s, I couldn't afford a Milwaukee, or even a Porter Cable, so I already own a couple of the Industrial line B&Ds. 

The  drills I see now in the HD lines are 8amp units, bigger the motor the heavier they are, meaning a two handed use.

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The old B&D Hole Gun was as good as they come..as good as any Milwaukee of the day..We used them in our five heavy equipment shops along with some large Sioux Drills..{I have a Sioux 1/4" right angle drill corded}... I have a 1/4" Craftsman also that has a FIVE amp motor with a two-speed shiftable gearbox, all metal inside and out..It's a fine old drill that I have had for at least 50years, still runs like a top. I always plug it in to a GFCI for safety. I have no idea who made it for Sears but it may have been Sioux.

[Stwood_]

I still have, and use, my 2 corded Milwaukee's, bought new in the mid 70's. 3/8" VS and 1/2". Both are key chuck.