No. 0011Tools
c. 1960
Craftsman push drill
Craftsman
Running about 66 years
The first cordless drill, no battery involved
Something needed hanging in the kitchen, and the good Makita was out on a job site. So out came this Craftsman, which has been in Dad's toolbox for as long as his 62-year-old kid can remember, back to around 1960. It works like a Yankee screwdriver with a sleeve over the works. Push down and a spiral inside turns the bit, and a spring brings the handle back up. It isn't for precision. Before battery drills were common it made a lot of pilot holes for shelf brackets and plant hooks, and it's the right tool for somebody up a ladder who needs one hole to hang a junction box on a joist and would rather not climb down for a heavy drill.
The original set of bits is stored inside the handle.
Retold from a post on r/BuyItForLife. Read the original


