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Mike Marlow[_2_]

wrote:

I don't even consider a Black and Decker tool newer than about 30
years to be a tool. In my experience they are pretty much all JUNK.

That's pretty much my thinking. 30 plus years ago I bought a B&D Industrial
3/8 Reversible Drill Motor. That thing was unstopable. It did use some
nylon gears inside which made me quite surprised that it performed as well
as it did for as long as it did. Finally though, it gave up the ghost and I
replaced it with DeWalt. We had a B&D repair center right down in Syracuse
at the time, and it was the recommendation of the guys that worked there
that made me abandon the B&D line at the time. My old drill was quite a
respected drill for the time, but they couldn't get parts anymore and they
strongly cautioned against any of the current line - more and more nylon.
Can't get parts, not intended to last for anything but occassional use, etc.

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-Mike-