ID this old electric drill?

[Squarebutt]

I think my dentist uses one just like it.

 

[olcop]

Drill

The main case- the red part is just stamped sheet metal. I don't recall ever seeing a drill built that way.

I've worn out more drills than most people have ever owned, and I'm talking Milwaukees (starting back when they were all metal), and before that, Thors. Anybody remember Thor brand? In their day, they were considered the best by many. They were not lightweights.


Some pics off the net.

Still got a Thor, all I've ever done is have the power cord replaced, I got it used 45-50 years ago

 

[venomballistics]

looks kinda like a KBC. The interwebs have begun to suck for this sort of research

 

[GaryS]

Was it an "Alta" brand?

You'll need your Stoogeology A game to get that one.

Looks like a "prop" drill used on The Three Stooges Show - LOL!

 

[bullmack]

I haven't tried to see if it runs. If I do I'll rig it up with a piece of cord around the trigger and do so remotely

 

[meaneyedcatz]

At one time Sioux Tool made electric drills.

 

[meaneyedcatz]

It's pretty neat looking---why not clean it up, repaint it and hang it on your shop wall and not worrying if it works or not. Looks like a winter time project to me--

clean it, yes
hang it up, yes
repaint it, NO WAY

 

[lkabug]

Could it be a Van Horn Electric out of Van Horn Texas.

 

[DWalt]

Virtually everything has some sort of collector following, so I would be surprised if there wasn't at least one power drill collector organization. I don't think power drills went mainstream until WWII. I have understood that the aircraft manufacturers had a difficult time keeping employees from stealing them.

 

[Steve912]

I've worn out more drills than most people have ever owned, and I'm talking Milwaukees (starting back when they were all metal), and before that, Thors. Anybody remember Thor brand? In their day, they were considered the best by many. They were not lightweights.
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I've got an old Millers Falls drill from my Dad...1/2" chuck, single
speed, weighs about five pounds. She'll twist your wrist in a
heartbeat if you're not careful.

 

[DWalt]

I remember when my father bought both a power drill and a power saw back in the late 1940s. It was quite an event in our house and for a few days it was an orgy of drilling and sawing. I don't remember what brand they were but both were all metal, no plastic.

 

[H Richard]

I had a Craftsman, that looked like that small Thor is post 19. Bought it in about 1970, and it finally wore out in about 2008. I tried to have it rebuilt and the rehab store said it couldn't be done. They had previously rebuilt a Craftsman saber-saw of about the same vintage.

 

[meaneyedcatz]

I got my first drill when I was about 10 years old. Still have it and use it, a Black & Decker. The only thing I replaced was the chuck. It is about 47 years old now.
My dad gave me a block of wood 5x5. After I got done with it I took my little 10 year old hands and snapped the block in two.