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steven c newman
05-31-2014, 2:19 PM
Stop at a garage sale this morning, and paid a whopping $1.50 for a cordless drill290423the only markings I've found is an 8012, and a SAMSON stamped on the arms. 290424Haven't measure it yet, seems to be either a 8" or a 12" sweep? 290426Wood is great shape, almost scratch free, even. All parts work freely, too. Maybe I paid too much for this?? Bit is the only one I owned, for now.....
Cody Cantrell
05-31-2014, 5:09 PM
Pexto Samson braces are fantastic. It is indeed a 12" brace. I paid $20 for my 12" Samson.

Cody
Bill Houghton
05-31-2014, 5:59 PM
Good buy. You may already know that swing is twice the distance from the centerline of the chuck to the centerline of the crank handle. 12" gives you plenty of torque for big holes; if you get hooked on this kind of cordless drill, you'll want other sizes, too, but this one would do fine as your only brace.
steven c newman
06-01-2014, 3:03 PM
Got things to looking nicely290460Installed a small bit into it for a test drive290461Bit was even sharp! Ratchet action works nice, too. Had to lock it out for this test drive290462Just might be a "Keeper" @ $1.50?
Winton Applegate
06-01-2014, 3:22 PM
Yah well I just got one thing to say :

I'll give you $20 for it.
Come on . . . pleaaaase . . .

Nice one !
Bill Houghton
06-01-2014, 3:31 PM
Just might be a "Keeper" @ $1.50?

I'd say that, for sure, you 290466
steven c newman
06-02-2014, 6:13 PM
Ok, what should I do with the "sander" i bought for about $0.50??290504 I think it might be a "Blue Grass" brand of sanders? Used a roll of paper. Right now, I have a strip of sanding belt clamped up in it. Might have to go looking around for some of the rolls...

Also picked up a small Corded drill290505a PowerKraft 3/8" drill. Doesn't have a "Reverse" on it. Does have a chuck key, as this was before they put
keyless chucks on electric drill.
Bill Houghton
06-02-2014, 10:30 PM
Reverse on consumer drills was a prety radical innovation in the early 60s. I was working with a guy, and one of us reversed the drill to get a little more life from the sanding disk we were using - it had started to tear, and running it backward kept it from tearing further. Of course, it also unscrewed the center screw holding the disk on the arbor, as my coworker discovereds when the disk spun off into the weeds.