Is this drill desireable ?

[Farmer J.]

.. the momentum will
throw the drill around and smash your hands into whatever is next to the hole before you can let go of the drill's trigger switch.

Well said. As my drill was flinging me around and around the workshop the cord was wrapping around my mashed up hand which had gone into a spasm and kept squeezing the trigger.. Yes, I know it's not the tools fault and I should have had a better grip on it or a longer handle or something but we've all done things quickly in a hurry without setting up the job properly...

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

My dad called that style of drill.... the growler.....

 

[gnpenning]

Clamp it down on a sled, add a tenon cutter. Then start making log furniture or railing

 

[Bigblockyeti]

All this excitement about arm breakers prompted me to accept a trade for a sawzall I no longer needed for this B&D 1405-??(62?) and a lost cause Craftsman 7" circular saw. Other than a chuck that's in need of a little persuasion everything seems to be working quite well. I do need to source or make a 3/4" NPT pipe handle adapter for the top of the motor.

 

[Milton Shaw]

The problem with all that torque is when you use a hex shank bit . They don't slip in the chuck like a round shaft will and that is what causes so much torque kick backs. I cut the hex off of my hole saw extension so that it would not happen to me again. I have a 7/8 horse power craftsman drill that was what I was using. Its extension handle was a 3/8 fine thread bolt in a plastic handle, that did not last long with 7/8 horsepower and triple reduction gearing (its 40 years old).