Anyone ever heard of one of these. I was in a Local lumberyard i have been going to since my dad took me as a kid and for the first time saw a display. It was up high i guess i never noticed it before. It looks like it is from the 80’s or late 70’s. Therewere all kind of chisels, scraper , gouges, and more i guess, some stuff was hidden by other stuff. The bits had a round shaft. I am guessing it was like an electric chisel ? Just wondering if anybody ever heard of or owned one, it just looks like it could be useful. The owner wasn,t there but i didn’t see ant tool on display. This is an old store and he has some neat old stuff. He still has some bluegrass tools, a Porter Cable Magnaquench cordless drill and all kinds off odd stuff. If anybody is ever looking for something , let me know and i,ll look for you, any excuse to go there is fine by me.
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I was tempted by that Extra-tool back in the 70s, but I never tried it. A power chisel could come in handy.
Do they have any hand planes or specialty planes?
AitchKay
So it was a power chisel then, ok just wanted to know . About the planes , sorry but no . i will look again but i think he only has some new Stanley block planes.
I think if iirc the extra tool was made by skill and functioned like a power drill, but could be put into a chiseling mode and fitted with attachments like you mentioned. Might have even functioned as a hammerdrill too. Gutsy looking little thing.
I have a nice magnaquench PC drill. Batteries just won't hold a charge. However the batttery is put together with screws. Seems easy to rebuild. You are sol if the charger goes though.
Webby
Edited 10/31/2008 6:05 pm ET by webby
My the charger for mine went years ago, but at the time i did get one. Two months later the batteries wouldn't hold a charge for long and it was too late they were discontinued by that time. I wouldn't mind buyingthis one but i am afraid the batteries would be shot, plus he is a little high with the price.
I have been tempted to check into a battery rebuild service. The drill is still good, almost indestructible, but it is just old fashioned. No brake, I am to used to the drill stopping when I let go of the trigger now.Webby
I have one,don't use it much any more,when you rotate a ring in back of the chuck it put into neutral and allowed a scrapper or chisel attachment to be used. I bought for a hammer drill function, the other modes did't work all that well. You could use the chisel bit to remove soft mortar on chimneys to put in new flashing etc. I also have a Black& Decker Scrudrill, the original impact driver, it has a drill function,turn a ring, it goes into neutral and when you apply pressure it goes into impact mode like a drywall gun.