What is the purpose of a drill like this 3/4

[cdseven95]

concrete? Wouldn't a hammer drill do the job better?


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In the words of a guy a know; "it'll rip your arms out of their sockets and beat you with the ****** stumps." I haven't had a use for this in a few years so it's time to find a new brave owner. Black & Decker 3/4" chuck portable electric drill from the 1960s. 100% steel and aluminum, has a spindle with tapered roller bearings like a lathe and a taper-mounted Jacobs chuck like a drill press, with a positive locking drive. Runs forwards and backwards. The main handle is over a foot long and the secondary handle can be replaced with any length of pipe you want. Had the cord replaced and the gearbox greased a while back.



This is the most awe-inspiring power tool you will ever own. Photo shows it next to a _large_ DeWalt 1/2" cordless hammerdrill (not included) for scale. $75.

 

[maxipouce]

Breaking arms, and feet if the bit locks in the bar you are drilling.

 

[t100]

ask a framer.

 

[OccupantRJ]

Ever played Twister?

 

[premierplayer]

Steel, and the 3/4" pipe opposite the handle is ment to be pinned against a SOLID object when drilling. You cannot hold onto this machine if it binds up, it will hurt you if you try.

 

[mrholeshot]

If you have to drill a hole in a 1 inch steel plate thats welded down this is what you would use. Two man job.

 

[garfunkle24]

Ultimate mud mixer?

On a serious note; Ice or dirt augers.

 

[Jack Olsen]

If it's low-rpm, then it would work for steel. But you want a hammer drill for concrete or masonry.

 

[oldwino]

Yep
those things will rip your arm off then beat you to death with it. Used an old Sioux with so much torque it would continue about 3-4 complete revolutions after you let go of the trigger. Never found a hole it could stall it out on

 

[mrchuck]

I have one like it, and I only keep it around in the bottom of a cabinet to always remind me just how close that "sum-*****" came to killing me!
I chucked up a 3" hole cutter in it and was cutting a drain waste hole in a stud plate of my new house I was building. The switch was not a safety trigger, but an old fashioned switch
Well, I hit a hidden nail in the sub-floor under the 2"x6" stud wall base plate. The torque of the drill jammed me in between the studs, and was banging me every rotation of the drill.
It kept me pinned there as it wound up the extension cord around it's rotating motor handle. The 2 handles had broken my ribcage and kept banging them, until the drill coiled up the extension cord and yanked the power cord it loose from the construction supply service meter/pole.
So,,,, I would not use that drill of yours unless it is in one of those drill press stands.
Just looking at yours just make my ribs ache all over again!!

 

[bsaint]

I used a drill like that with a sunnen hone kit for honing compressor cylinders.

 

[1931S/X]

I used a drill like that with a sunnen hone kit for honing compressor cylinders.

yeah i thought they were used for line honing

 

[Packard V8]

Back in the day, when bridges were assembled from prefab sections of steel, when two girders were butted, two plates were riveted to make the joint. This means three pieces of steel with holes which sometimes were exactly where they were supposed to be, sometimes not quite. You looked for the holes which were closest and drove in some alignment drift pins. Then, two helpers took that big drill motor and a spiral reamer and reamed all the holes true. This was before the days of OSHA and safety harnesses. Good balance and teamwork were all which was keeping you alive up there. BTDT.

Once the holes were reamed, the riveters came along and set the rivets. Watching a rivet team work on high iron is still the most beautiful ballet I've ever seen.

jack vines

 

[metal1313]

ive used one like that to dig holes in the hard for bulbs or tons of small flowers. (we plant several hundred annuals each year)

 

[2oolhound]

I used to use one of those with a 1 1/4" wood auger on it to drill holes through logs on a log house. We used to drive dowels into the holes and this would support the short pieces of logs between doors and windows that didn't have the support of the corner notches. You might be 10' up on a wall drilling and the auger bits were 2 - 3' long and longer so you may also have had to stand up to get the hole started. I've seen a 230LB man spin like a top till the cord pulled out doing this but I never had it get away on me like that. I liked that drill, it sure beat doing it by hand with the hand augers.

 

[rsanter]

tripple gear reduction
its for drilling larger holes
better hang on to that thing and try not to let it grab
they work well on a mag base but you can use them by hand
I have a couple good stories about those breaking arms and what not
one place I dealt with use them as a winch for bin tipping

bob