fixerupper
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I have a 35 year old Black and Decker 9 inch angle grinder that still works fine ,I have used it a lot for most of that time.
Universal motors on mains tools are usually good for high speed stuff, grinders are ideal.I don't know about that. I used an old mains drill and a mains angle grinder on Sunday. I had forgotten how much more powerful they are than battery tools
Just look at the wattages compared to battery tools.
Never catch me doing that.It's probably been cut off because someone wanted the plug but not the drill
Perhaps there are times when using a weedy drill can be a good thing .
My father in law did that, only found out after he had died & we cleared some of his stuff away. He was normally very impractical, I’m surprised he knew how to fit a plug on it! How long he had been using it, I have no idea.Incidentally my stupid father made an extension lead out of of some two core, Black and Decker garden cable of 1980s vintage. Only found out recently when I had to lop off a few inches due to cable damage. It was really thick stuff and not obvious at all. I had been using it for years. No earth. Cheers Dad.
I only recently changed my cut off rig B&D Professional 9" grinder after around 36 yrs. Did a huge amount of work. Bit like Tigger's broom with two switches and a set of gears. Don't make them like they used to..I have a 35 year old Black and Decker 9 inch angle grinder that still works fine ,I have used it a lot for most of that time.
i got my 1st job because of one of them the apprentice was using one on a site with an extension lead over a yard and had been playing football and sweating at dinner time . a wagon ran over the lead and it electrocuted him 17 years old
do you know someone with a PAT tester? stick a plug on it (work the ampege of the fuse out first) and get them to test it. It looks like a plastic body. Try it with an old Wolf cub. That was a bit scary when I first switched it on. and that was after PAT testing!
Back in the late 60s, bought one of those off the Exchange and Mart. Worked fine and came with a set of drills. One of which was left handed??? Japanese, back in the days when we assumed they only produced carp. The rest of the drills were carp.
PAT will only tell you is there is a leak to earth. Or a detectable internal short.do you know someone with a PAT tester? stick a plug on it (work the ampege of the fuse out first) and get them to test it. It looks like a plastic body. Try it with an old Wolf cub. That was a bit scary when I first switched it on. and that was after PAT testing!
I have a Blacker & Decker drill , the orange plastic type ,gotta be 40 or 50 years old and it still works. Put a plug on in and use a RCD safety adapter and try it .
Like this one?
Still got a hedge trimmer, someone borrowed the drill & clipper, guess what, it was returned with a much shorted lead & rather a frightened look when he cut itThat's the twin of my one, in a previous life I used to fit it with the hedge trimmer accessory and 'prune' my roses with it.
Err, it's not been cut off, but pulled off. I might have done similar in the past.
Yes , the very one ,mine has a lever at the top which swivels to alter the speed from low to high. Not sure if your's has the same lever. Still working after all these years. I did at one point have a blue coloured B&D drill with a hedge trimmer attachment. These were very popular drills , long before big expensive makes came on to the market, the likes of Makita, Wolf ,Stanley etc,etc.