I just posted a rant about a week ago telling my son's tale. He bought a
brand new B&D hammer drill to drill some holes in his garage floor. He got
1.5 holes drilled and this new drill literally went up in smoke. Took it
back and got a replacement and when he took the new one out of the box, it
didn't work at all.

Wayne


"Fred" wrote in message
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In my experience over the past 5 years or so, Black & Decker haven't made
a
decent electric tool/appliance. I have bought one of their small drills,
then returned it when the motor seized up after 2 months. The replacement
worked for a year, then the motor developed an open circuit. Same for a
small jig saw -- the blade moved up and down at about a 5-degree angle off
vertical. The same for a small electric screwdriver.

The company must have been taken over by some Wall Street group to suck
the
assets out of it, I don't know. Their stuff used to be quite good, but
now
I wouldn't touch any of their stuff, sorry to say.

Fred