Two headed drill

[stevejh82]

Title says it all, don't know anything about it. Belonged to my Grandpa, dug it up out of an old cabinet. It works, although the cord looks as though it shouldn't. One chuck turns faster than the other. No identifying marks on the drill. Anyone know anything about it?

http://i684.photobucket.com/albums/vv205/stevejh82/Random/Picture267.jpg

http://i684.photobucket.com/albums/vv205/stevejh82/Random/Picture268.jpg

[Mr.Nutcase]

Maybe used for demo work?

[wyndycity]

Did your grandpa live near a nuclear power plant? That drill must have been dropped into a bucket of toxic waste.


Could be for old-timey mixing bits (if there's even such thing)....plaster, etc. Similar to a mixer found in a kitchen. Or it could have been used for doubling up on spade bits to bore out long narrow cavities faster for door locks.

These are just wild guesses.

[chad s]

I love it! It looks like a rocket ship.

Truth is, this was grandma's drill. it holds two egg beaters, and is used for cooking large amounts of food for the holiday season. :)

[JohnK007]

Now there's something you don't see everyday! My guess based on your description that the chucks turn at different speeds and that the switch is centered in the D handle, is that it is an early attempt at a multi-speed drill. Hold it one way for fast, flip it over for slow? I don't know, just another wild-ass guess.

[stevejh82]

Well, if you guys guess right, I have no way of knowing. I can tell you that when you pull the trigger, they both spin, and there is no reverse.

[rsanter]

if I have never seen one before, then it must be very rare.
if its very rare then it must be very expensive.
put it on ebay and sell it for too much

bob

[njfl]

It's also interesting that the holes for the chuck keys appear to be different sizes. In the top picture the hole for the chuck key on the bottom chuck is bigger. Does the bottom chuck (in the first picture) open wider than the other one?

[stevejh82]

Well, the chucks are different brands. No doubt one or the other was swapped out at one time. Surely a new drill with two chucks would have been been the same brand (you would think). One is a Jacobs, the other is a Supreme. They are both 3/8" chucks.

[Brad54]

The slower chuck for metal, the faster chuck for wood? Maybe a "One tool for the construction site" kind of deal.

-Brad

[skeletonizer]

Do the chucks turn the same way or counter? :wtf:


It is odd that it doesn't have a hole for a pipe handle. With the grip placing your hand so close to the rotational axis you would think that thing would be a b!tch to handle.

Does it seem to have a lot of torque?

I have been tossed off a ladder or two by Hole Hawgs and you can really get a leveraged grip on one of those.


Looks like a death trap.

[BackTracker]

Is there no part number or anything visible anywhere?

[Hip2u77]

It's a Wen 808. I burned up a single chuck model about 10 years ago trying to stir drywall mud. (Before I knew it had two speeds.) Wen (http://wenproducts.com/index.aspx) is still around, but nothing on their site about the old stuff. This old Popular Science (http://books.google.com/books?id=MSwDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA142&lpg=PA142&dq=wen+808+drill&source=bl&ots=aMrXJTS_HD&sig=tAbB_Qmk_ACjIQ-EN7Ygzb4j1xo&hl=en&ei=pE3MSp7fKNWytwfS-IXYAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#v=onepage&q=wen%20808%20drill&f=false)talks about them though.