craftsman tools lifetime warranty

[ovrszd]

People were posting pics of old drills so I'll do the same. This one has been in my family for as long as I can remember, I'd guess a minimum of 40 years. No idea how old it is but it seems Simpson-Sears started in the early 50's. I remember this thing being a beast to try and hold on to, it needs to be pulled apart and cleaned before I'd plug it in now.

Very nice!!!! And it's Craftsman!!!!

 

[KubotainNH]

Very nice!!!! And it's Craftsman!!!!

Right so should be ok in this thread...lol. I didn't realize it till I looked. I was guessing B&D like the others here.

 

[/pine]

I still have my grandfather's 'Dunlap' (sold by Sears before the Craftsman line) table saw...have replaced the bronze bushings a couple of times...


Sears | Craftsman - History | VintageMachinery.org

 

[ovrszd]

I still have my grandfather's 'Dunlap' (sold by Sears before the Craftsman line) table saw...have replaced the bronze bushings a couple of times...


Sears | Craftsman - History | VintageMachinery.org

Thanks for the link. I put my Drill on there, maybe someone can tell me when it was made. Also have an old Dake Press that I listed. Don't know a "date" on it either. Thanks again.

 

[Oldpath05]

People were posting pics of old drills so I'll do the same. This one has been in my family for as long as I can remember, I'd guess a minimum of 40 years. No idea how old it is but it seems Simpson-Sears started in the early 50's. I remember this thing being a beast to try and hold on to, it needs to be pulled apart and cleaned before I'd plug it in now.

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Curious, the tag says 115 volts most have 120 volts now, would there be an issue, rpm faster maybe?

 

[ovrszd]

Curious, the tag says 115 volts most have 120 volts now, would there be an issue, rpm faster maybe?

For as precise as electrical work is I've always been surprised by the variations in voltage listings. I know three, 110V, 115V, 120V. All the same thing. Also know 220V and 240V. What the??????

 

[Threepoint]

People were posting pics of old drills so I'll do the same. This one has been in my family for as long as I can remember, I'd guess a minimum of 40 years. No idea how old it is but it seems Simpson-Sears started in the early 50's. I remember this thing being a beast to try and hold on to, it needs to be pulled apart and cleaned before I'd plug it in now.

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Wow, that's a beauty! I bet it might even be 60 years old.

I just checked Wikipedia, and the Craftsman trademark for tools was first registered by Sears in 1927! Would be fun to post the pics on the vintage site that /pine linked to, just to see if someone could ID it.
Sears | Craftsman - History | VintageMachinery.org

 

[KubotainNH]

Thank you. What's odd to me is that is says A.C.-D.C..

 

[ultrarunner]

That would make it a universal motor so it would work with the old DC portable welders that generated DC current...

There are still some tools like angle grinders and such with Universal Motors...

 

[bcp]

Early electric power was often DC.

From:
The War of the Currents: AC vs. DC Power | Department of Energy

Starting in the late 1880s, Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla were embroiled in a battle now known as the War of the Currents.

Edison developed direct current -- current that runs continually in a single direction, like in a battery or a fuel cell. During the early years of electricity, direct current (shorthanded as DC) was the standard in the U.S.

But there was one problem. Direct current is not easily converted to higher or lower voltages.

Tesla believed that alternating current (or AC) was the solution to this problem. Alternating current reverses direction a certain number of times per second -- 60 in the U.S. -- and can be converted to different voltages relatively easily using a transformer.

Bruce