Garage archaeology - drills/drill stands

After completing carting the demolished remains of the old timber
greenhouse to the tip and clearing out the aluminium one[1] I have
finally started on the garage.

Slightly depressing happening on odds and ends for bikes that I haven't
owned for twenty years and all those old tools that rarely get pressed
in to service unless doing more than a bit of fettling.

Buried at the back corner of the bench I found the old Wolfcraft drill
stand and vice that I used when creating engine mounting plates and
spacers for the 'Rotarini'. Amazingly, with a squirt of GT85 and a bit
of reciprocation it still appears to function. I was just about to carry
on cleaning it up when I wondered whether my seldom used corded drill
was OK. Then I remembered it died a couple of years ago and because most
jobs since then have required only a well charged cordless I hadn't
bothered to replace it.

It is from the era when drills had a collar *and* notches required to
fit into a sort of 'Y' shaped bit on the ancient drill stand (along with
a screw down retainer in to a circular recess on the back of the drill).
The stand dates from the time when drills didn't have collars but only
the notches for attaching to sanders and saw attachments.

From a quick Google it seems that modern drills no longer have notches
at all. Is this universally the case? If so I might as well throw the
drill stand on the tip. Which is a shame, as I might need it
occasionally in the course of the planned Morini 2C/375 rebuild. I
missed the cheapo Aldi pillar drill a couple of years ago, but is there
another recommended pikey item that would do the job, rather than having
to buy a new drill[2] and a stand?

[1] I must confess, that as a result, the shed housing GFR#1 and the
Morini 2C/375 is now stuffed to the gills with boxes of things that
might "come in useful".

[2] Though I ought really to have a corded 'hammer' job for those very
rare (for me) DIY occasions that demand one.
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I bought a Makita 1501 hammer drill about 12 years ago. It has drilled more
holes than I've had hot dinners and never missed a beat. I would buy another
one in a heartbeat if it burst into flames tomorrow. Highly recommended.

Fraser

 

Heh .. we still have a Black and Decker orange and white coloured drill
that uses this system. Whilst it still works it's still useful .. even
if the hammer function is now more a gentle pulsing ..

In fact we should still have the Jigsaw, circular saw and sander
attachments for it in the same box, somewhere in the shed.

 

I also have a B&D[1] drill and attachment set, bought as an engagement
present back in around 1980, which still sees occasional use. Most
recent was skimming a couple of doors with the circular saw a couple
of weeks ago, after new carpets were fitted. It would probably have
been easier if I weren't still using the original blades in it...


[1] Fnaar.