Quote Originally Posted by Ed Weldon View Post
Marv - You did it again. Reminded me of what should have been obvious, not to mention a bunch of add-on hints. I have two old Skill 12volt drills, batteries long dead, that I just can't to throw away. I think I'll try setting one of them up to be a small drill press with a fuse/switch/cable box/battery box. Perhaps the other will run a jeweler's lathe that will live with a battery in a little carry bag if I can get the speed up high enough.
Thanks, Ed Weldon
Drills with dead batteries spark many ideas for new applications. Dedicating what was meant to be a multipurpose tool to a single application doesn't seem so bad when the tool would have been discarded for lack of batteries.

My latest idea, for a long-dead Harbor Freight drill, is to somehow lash it to a length of pipe or closet rod, fit it with a scrub brush, drive it with a battery or 12V battery charger and use it to scrub the lower reaches of the shower tile. At my age bending over for extended periods of time or kneeling on hard tile are not pleasant activities.