Found an old drill today...

[bobemmerich]

I'm cleaning up a lot of the "Junk" accumulated on our enclosed porch. I moved a couple of things and found an old Black and Decker 1/4" electric drill model # 7004. I plugged it in and low and behold it works, although its a little noisy. According to what I could find, it was discontinued in '79 or '80. On the B&D website the manual says it doesn't need oil, but I'm thinking after all these years I should try. It may cut down on the noise.

 

[SweetD]

Let's see it!

Dave

 

[bobemmerich]

OK.... I thiought the cord was a little short, but it IS a B&D molded plug and appears to be original.

 

[LGMechanical]

Looks bulky lol.

 

[american lockpicker]

Not uncommon for those to have short cords.

 

[DrkMtnDew]

grandpa had a couple of those laying around that he was still using quite a bit.

 

[Outlawmws]

The gear reduction mechanism in the silver part of the housing has probably had all the grease thrown aside. if it has congealed completely, replace it, and if it still looks good, redistribute ir so the gears are seeing it again...

 

[cowboy73]

My dad has one of those old B&D drills. They did come with a very short cord. The matching jigsaw, and skilsaw also had fairly short cords also.

 

[ChrisF250]

that was the drill I used on every project growing up as a kid...god i love my cordless impact driver

 

[oldgoaly]

Old??? Heck I had a couple of them for shooting zip screws into sheet metal duct work. 1 on the bench one in the van, grease in them get's thick, I cleaned the old out, put new in. you keep a extension cord attached to them. I guess you guys all have a roll of SJ cord around the shop? the S**T has gone way up! tt

 

[justanengineer]

B&D? I say toss it back and quickly please.

I found a few of those helping to clean up my brother's farm when he first bought it. All worked, but compared to any modern drill I wouldnt say they worked well by any means.

Love the avatar btw. One of my favorites.

 

[american lockpicker]

All worked, but compared to any modern drill I wouldnt say they worked well by any means.

Thats a great way to describe how Black & Decker tools work.

 

[bobemmerich]

Thanks for the input. I'm going to take Outlaw's advice and check the grease on the drive. What can I say, I'm a tool-o-phobe! I just hate to get rid of something that works. I'll probably never use it, but at least I know it will work.

 

[vssjim]

Those were really made cheap to sell to the masses back in the late sixties in to the seventies and don't load it up too much it will smoke. Those are the drills that gave Black and Decker a bad name. The grease in the housing is LIGHT grease almost like ball bearing grease. A friend knew somebody from B&D back then and told him the plastic case halfs were only 3 cents for both and they were trying to find a contractor that would make the armature for 5 to 7 cents. They were made for the cheap to sell cheap and throw away if you have a problem.

 

[Greatbear]

I have one of those, bought new in the early 70s. Yes, the cord is short by design. It's very light duty, all sleeve bearing. Mine worked well enough for my younger years, but it did not take long for it to develop a lot of play in the chuck shaft. I still have it in the attic of the shop, attached to one of those desktop drill press adaptors. I only keep it for sentimental reasons, it was my first power tool purchase.

 

[mark40sw]

I remember the B&D lines of the 70s-80s. Olive Green for the cheapest, Orange for the next step up in quality, and Dark Yellow for the better quality power tools. I believe they also had a heavy duty line with black casings.
B&D seemed to reach for the bottom during that time and whored their name in the process.

 

[bobemmerich]

Yeah, I guess that would make sense. I also found an old B&D jig saw that I got as a kid what seemed like a billion years ago.It was my first power tool. It still works great, except the screw for the foot plate adjustment is missing.