Fred wrote:
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.

My neighbor had the same problem. Then his wife pointed out that he only
turned on for about two minutes, moved up and down at the wrong angle, and
could never seem to get the job done to her satisfaction.