Vintage Corded Power Tools
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list them on ebay or donate them to Habitat
RTM
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I’m gonna try FreeCycle here, see what happens. Some of mine are late 60s early 70s, so not the real cool ones.
d42jeep
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It doesn’t cost anything to list them in the GJ classifieds. Another GJ member might be looking for one of those and be willing to pay shipping.
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These are going to be worth whatever someone is willing to pay for them--there's not much of a market for them. They're really cool, they're absurdly high quality, but they're also worthless in terms of monetary value. They're heavy and big, so they're expensive to ship. It's best to probably just donate them and let people like me who are sick in the head find them, take them home, restore them as a labor of love, and then never use them because the modern tools we already have are safer and just work way better.
Miss the Pontiacs
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Imagine those tools polished up. I had some old corded tools that I sold. Now I wish I had them for garage art with a little buffing.
DetailSeeker
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I have several corded power tools that I inherited from my dad. My grown sons have all gone cordless. I have gone cordless for the most part. I am trying to decide how to best liquidate the unneeded tools. Some pictures attached.
Ditto-ing on Habitat, with a note that if you have a local tool library they may take donations. (And either a Habitat or a tool library in your area could probably give you a good idea of what they might go for.)
I'd use those plastic boxes like people use for display super-special athletic shoes.
A variant I saw on Reddit.
Miss the Pontiacs
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Wow! That Shopmate drill top right is my favourite.
Shiftless
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Some of those old corded tools look so cool all polished up. Here is a belt sander that will give some guys inspiration to save old corded tools.
This one sold on eBay for $450
This one sold on eBay for $450
God knows there's plenty of metal cased tools at the ReStore here, although there's probably way less cool ones than not.
My thinking on this as an art display is to use acrylic boxes and then perhaps hang them from strong fishing line inside. Maybe some backlighting. A useless but interesting project.
genog
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Spied an old green case at the Flea Market today.
Lookie here......a cute little Black & Decker Jig Saw!
A real small one
Nice shape
Don't need it, but I just couldn't lay off
I tried to walk away.....but the seller was determined and made me an offer that I couldn't refuse
Lookie here......a cute little Black & Decker Jig Saw!
A real small one
Nice shape
Don't need it, but I just couldn't lay off
I tried to walk away.....but the seller was determined and made me an offer that I couldn't refuse
four.cycle
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@Paul T -
Black & Decker made some serious power equipment.
There are examples and catalog images in this thread
Black & Decker made some serious power equipment.
There are examples and catalog images in this thread
driftpin
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Dropped-off at H for H in Ft. Lauderdale. Looks like it would take a polish pretty-well. A tool store in Ft. Lauderdale just north of FLL has a top-shelf by the cash register filled with restored corded tools by B & D, Porter-Cable, and other vintage manufacturers.
Love the Frankenstein drill (1917)