Black and Decker Home Utility / Drill Powered Tools Reference Post, Will Update
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A accumulation of my knowledge for my drill powered tool obsession, a living document. Black and Deckers Home Utility Line were the trail blazers in this sphere from about 1950-1970. These tools were created because a good motor back then could be as much as a decent tool these days, and simple tools are sometimes sold this way still if they need to be cheaper then the cheapest brand (china/cheap stores), weight is a concern for shipping (china) or a motor is unnecessary (a paint mixer)
Owned hand drill powered (in order):
Disk sander (new, china, store, many brands, accepts standard disk pads)
Drill press (old, cast iron, hard/$ to ship, medium rare, mine is 1960's black and decker cast iron and only works w/ vintage B&D's but generics do exist. Moderns tend towards cheap aluminum crap, also in euro vid)
Paint mixer (new, common, currently sold in stores, was also in the original B&D kits)
Lathe (new, rare, mine's a portable crappy brandless 90's kit I got second hand (50cad), want to convert to morse taper, never seen one sold new, there's a rare/heavy cast iron B&D one, also euro vid)
Half sheet sander (old, box, medium rare, only seen the one brand but it has no name, I have the original box, going to try more in-depth searching, no manual in my box, foam bottom)
Circular saw (old, rare rare if with guard. Almost all sold ones are an adapter to an open blade, but a few ones with safety covers and 'feet'/plates exist. Mine has no makers mark, there's a euro one that's also a tablesaw, I've seen mine around rarely, there's a rare foot one from B&D, a foot one from SHER, will research and update)
Electric grinder/sharpener, preferably dual disk (chinese ones have no toolrest, but can get one there easy, also home depot, there's a few varieties with rests but unsure any brands, B&D only sold an adapter chuck to a standard stone like china)
Jigsaw (hopefully monday buying one, medium rare, mine may have a brand visible, there's many brands for this inc B&D and euro vid below)
Quarter sheet sander (never seen one, but it surely should exist??)
Oscillating disk sander (never seen one online, may not exist)
Buffing wheel (either china or bulk set, original B&D, sold rn, difficult part is adapter chuck, can be diy'd)
Better drill lathe (old cast B&D preferably)
Router (never seen, may not exist)
Reciprocating saw (rare, but a few brands exist)
Band saw (medium rare, only seen on B&D, was sold new in 1987, plastic body, parts still replaceable 2024)
Original home utility line stand (likely as part of a bulk set buy)
Angle grinder (only seen in euro vid)
Scroll saw (only seen in euro vid)
Triangle pad corner sander (never seen)
Table Saw (may diy with circ saw, in euro vid)
6/19 on the list rn, 31.6%
A bunch of rare tools here, only seen in this one euro video, no idea the brand, blue and silver, looks like bosch or old style ryobi, more research needed, may be able to google translate some search terms. Working timeframe is 1960-1980, may be soviet era, german flag on pfp, many soviet era tools had no branding and are hard to track or source, esp with sanctions. Could try other ex eastern block countries ebay pages? According to comments it came as a giant set and only works with that specific drill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYQ-0DgqYPc