I have a bunch of Craftsman corded tools like that I bought new in the mid-'70's. I still have 'em, and have no need to do anything about them, where they are stored. I figure, the heirs can donate 'em. I liked the SKil drills which were all-aluminum cases, they reminded me of English Bulldogs, all front haunches, tapering-back to the meaty handle. I have one which is a hammer drill, too.
I once was spearfishing off the shore of by Ft. Lauderdale, and I came-across a pile of tools. They were sitting in a dense pile in probably <20 ft of water, by the second and third reefs off the beach. I loaded everything I could find into my catch bag, and tied the lanyard from my dive flag to the catch bag, and dragged it across the sand to shore, as it was too-heavy to carry and swim (no buoyancy compensator). Among the items was a fully die-cast Skil drill. The items had no marine growth on them, so they weren't there for long. When I got home, I rinsed everything, oiled them, and I disassembled the drill, and did the same thing. I sprayed it with a heavy coat of WD-40, and after a day, I plugged it in and pulled the trigger, it worked. I don't recall what happened to it, but some of the other tools, including a Craftsman 1/4" drive SAE socket set in their dark-grey case, I still use. How they came to be there, I have no-idea, other-than from off a boat, but it was not-far from shore, and usually during daylight hours, the lifeguards wouldn't allow a vessel that-close to where swimmers are.
