"Rod" wrote in message
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The Medway Handyman wrote:
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I remember reading that the first DIY electric drills from Black & Decker
and Stanley Bidges had a motor life of an hour. The theory was that, for
example, putting up a set of shelves would involve drilling 24 holes,
each taking maybe 10 seconds to drill, or 4 mins out of a total motor
life of 60 mins
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A friend visited B&D HQ many years ago. Saw a building maintenance man
disappear behind a hidden door in reception... carrying a Wolf drill
(might have been another decent brand).

When he got to see the director he was visiting, he mentioned this.
Response was pretty much exactly as above. Hence their own maintenance
people had to use other makes.

The top B&Q power tool man in one store told me the average DIY tools get
uses on average 2 minutes a year through its life.