A valid warning, indeed! I will admit that my drill has had the grounding pin cut out of it's once-3-pronged plug. Apparently it was common for contractors to

A valid warning, indeed! I will admit that my drill has had the grounding pin cut out of it's once-3-pronged plug. Apparently it was common for contractors to cut it out as many of the houses they were working in didn't have grounding sockets. I've only used it a couple of times, after checking it over mechanically inside, so I'm not too worried about it. The beautiful thing about old power tools however is that replacing the power cord is as easy removing 4 easily accessed screws in the outer cover, removing the cover, then removing 3 further easily accessed screws that connect the plug to the electrical system of the drill. Which as you remind us, I should probably do sooner than later. Thanks for the story, and thankfully you still have an arm to type with!