How old is this drill?

[Ram54]

I have an old B & D drill that I would like get more information about it. It was in my grandfather tool shed. Can you tell me the year it was made and is it missing a handle.

 

[Mintgrun]

Here is an image showing a cut-away drawing of a drill similar to yours, taken from a 1923 B&D catalog on the Internet Archive site.

Black & Decker Portable Electric Tools and Shop Equipment : Catalog No. 6 : Black & Decker Manufacturing Co. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

38 p., illus., 27.6 cm, trade catalog

archive.org

This might be your model. It also has a 1/2" capacity chuck. It looks like the D handle has been removed from your drill.



They were Very Expensive, back in the day. An inflation calculator says that would be $1,867 in today's dollars.

 

[Ram54]

Thank for the information. Do you know what the type H stands for?
Is there a site for serial numbers years of manufacture?

 

[Mintgrun]

They didn't mention H in the description, so I don't know. It looks like yours might have had a newer chuck installed at some point, or it is just a newer version than the one shown in that catalog.

You could post it in the vintage drill thread and maybe Antique Ben will have some information for you.

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