"MilkyWhy" wrote in message
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I have some old cordless drills (and tools) that are a pain in the ass to
get
batteries for, the batteries won't hold a charge, etc.

That sounds like a LOT of trouble. You might as well just buy some cheap
(e.g.: Harbor Freight) AC powered tools.

Many battery packs can be "fixed" by specialty shops which open up the
plastic case, take out the old NiCads and put in new ones. It's seems like
every maker has his own battery pack but the actual internal rechargeable
cells are fairly standard.