The downside being of course that you need somewhere to store the thing.
It would seem that most of us on here fall well outside the norm in needing more than 3 minutes a year of usage from our drills (I do have to wonder how they reached that figure, even my mum’s drill that she’s never used has had more usage than that) . Maybe the statistic actually refers to a drill bit and not the actual drill itself as most people capable of drilling holes have quite an assortment of bits but will do most of the drilling they want in quite a limited amount of diameters.
"the unexplained death of Mr Clogs is being investigated by the police.................."
Yes, what use is a ladder if you don't 'hire' it?!!
No wonder it's a FAT Llama
I bought a B&D drill in mid 70’s, 1/2 inch chuck, two speed hammer drill. Used it extensively, you could remove the chuck and add on attachments like circular saw, jigsaw, sander, bench holder etc. I remember borrowing a circular saw attachment.
I used it extensively, hammer action went first, bearings rattled, had to rebuild the switch but when you pulled the trigger it went round and round. It ended up permanently in a bench clamp with a grind stone in it till I obtained a bench grinder. Threw it out in a house move.
It lasted a lot more than 3 hours. Perhaps the 1980’s policy lead to its demise, from one time market leader.
Picture of drill model (not the actual one) attached
Some years ago, a friend of mine was looking to buy a new house. His wife liked the look and location of a house in Meriden. My friend was not so keen as it was near the Triumph motorcycle factory. They visited the house and bought it. It was located on the site of the factory.
This is very true, a large company I worked for had many test facilities for what was termed durability testing amongst others and if a component report suggested a longer life cycle than was required then it was immediately subject for cost saving, could be reduction in material, level of temper or a weight reduction program, anything to save money otherwise it would be over engineered and unwanted cost.
I’m not so sure, at approx 10seconds a hole, thats 18 holes a year. I‘ll bet I drill hundreds of holes a year, but step son probably does 4 or 6 In a year. His drill will be ‘as new’ if sold in ten years time.
