A Ron Darner Whatsit from MrChuck

[johnsironsanctuary]

Ron, my secret santa present is this big ol' 1/2" drill gun. The mfg tag was missing when MrChuck got it in the 60's. I had a mental cartoon of a young  Mr Chuck in an alley, talking to a man in a long overcoat who is holding one flap open and saying"Pssst, hey mister, wanna buy a drill gun?" It's funnier when you know that the drill weighs 18 pounds.
 I saw a Van Dorn catalog on ebay and the drill on the cover was pretty close, but not exactly the same. What do you think?

[Lewill2]

Reminds me of some of the old Black & Decker drills but I don't have any pictures to check. I am probably way off base on that guess.

[lbgradwell]

I saw a Van Dorn catalog on ebay and the drill on the cover was pretty close, but not exactly the same. What do you think?

I think Van Dorn is a good guess, John...

[ron darner]

I believe that it is a Black & Decker.  Here is the bottom of page 6 from the B&D 1953 catalog: yours would be catalog #40, I think, since I don't see the reversing switch.

[lbgradwell]

Hard to argue with that, Ron!

[johnsironsanctuary]

Thanks Ron! I'll file the ad with the documentation I have. I appreciate the help.

[Fins/413]

Neat old drill motor.

[mrchuck]

Gives me great pleasure that the "beast" has found a home he will be comfortable in.
I used the "he" instead of a "she",, because it is the driller, not the receiver.

[johnsironsanctuary]

We here at the Black & Decker Rest Home pride ourselves on the quality of care that we provide for our elderly patients. We constantly strive to improve blah...blahh...blah........

[rusty]

Those old geezers sure use lots of electricity at that rest home. And apparently they drink a lot of 7-up.....

[johnsironsanctuary]

Here at the Black & Decker Rest Home. while some of our guests do suffer from excessive power consumption, 7-Up consumption and outer insulation cracking, we are proud of the fact that none our patients suffer from dementia, incontinence or fits of violent behavior.

[mrchuck]

,,,and also perform what you were designed for, drill the shit out of anything as long as you could hold on,,,, like I could "perform" back in 1959,,,drill the babe,drill!