Piggin PMF 180

[tinnews]

Well my PMF180E has had quite heavy use for a year or more now and is still going strong, so they don't all die. :-)

[Huge]

I still have the one I got as an Xmas pressie from my parents in about 1976.

[djc]

Mine was a Birthday present and a hint to stop borrowing my father's circa 1972. I still use it, its the only drill I have, only maintenance was to clean the accumulated sawdust out of the gearbox a few years ago.

5/15" DRILL NO.7004-02 TYPE 1 rpm 2500 The Blavk & Decker Mfg Co. Towson MO USA

[John Rumm]

Not really comparable to some of the cheap plastic affairs of today... having said that, if you have not changed the brushes on it, there is a reasonable chance you have not done 40 hours of actual run time yet.

[Huge]

I asked for mine. I'd just moved into a flat in London and needed some way to put up shelves, etc.

Yep. I've cleaned out the accumulated gunk and topped up the gearbox a couple of times. It still gets used from time to time, most recently to polish the grout off the recently fitted bathroom tiles, using a polishing disk home made from green pan scourer on a rubber sanding disk.

That'll be a Chinese ripoff, then, "Blavk & Decker"? :o)

[<me9]

I've still got a black and decker model 1 drill, circa 1955 in working order. Until a few years ago I used it for drilling in confined spaces like drilling joists as it was shorter than more modern ones. There was a problem with it under warranty and it has been ok since the repair. It is starting to get a little noisy with a worn bush in the gearbox. It has had a new mains plug (the original was a 5a unfused one) but nothing else but a clean and lubricate.

I still have the original rceipt somewhere. it was about 30/- new, bought by my father to help him construct a shed, which I also still have.

[Frank Erskine]

I think you've probably had reasonable wear and tear by now.

AFAIK B & D don't have a service/spares depot at Spennymoor any longer since their factory there has gone.

Still, if it still works....

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