30+ years and still running

[Paul Taylor]

Sears is long gone but this tool is still running. Brushes are a little worn but still working.

[kenneth cook]

              The good thing is that it's a rebranded Dremel. My switch finally went but replacements are available. Dremel model # 395 type 5

[Dennis Saydak]

With many of my power tools that get a lot of use, (dremel, shop vac, drill press, band saw etc. I plug them into a power bar with their switches always on. It's easier (and usually cheaper)  to replace the power bar when it's switch goes rather than hunt up a OEM switch for each particular tool.

[Ty Marcucci]

I have a Power Craft soldering gun from Montgomery Wards I purchased in 1965.  Been dropped once, taped up, still working,,In fact I used it on Monday. It's a Wellers clone.

[John Park]

My 'Spiralux' electric fretsaw has been in constant use since 1985, with no maintenance except for periodically vacuuming-out the innards to get rid of the sawdust.  My favourite soldering-iron for making fuel tanks etc. is a 90-watt Henley Solon, circa. 1935, that I inherited from my father.  Despite its age, and the 240-volt mains supply we have over here, it hasn't yet electrocuted me, though I have had to rewire it a couple of times.  So far, so good...