Old Stanley tools

[Pete999]

Told you I was bored, anyway I was sat thinking about all the old tools I used to have, and wish I had managed to keep them, one of the screwdrivers that I always used was a Stanley one, a lot of Electricians used them, I think there were two sizes with black wooden fluted handles (way before VDE) there was a plastic ring where the blade met the handle assembly which acted as an insulator, basically you could do a live terminal up without getting a belt, provided you only held the handle, saw one at a boot sale some years back, wish I had bought it, just to reminisce, but sadly didn't bother.

Another thing I used was the Gladstone bag the type that plumbers used, chuck it on the floor and all your tools were there in all their splender, make a bit of a mockery of the Veto brigade I know, I have my tin hat on, ready for all the old man jokes so fire away boys, I guess my post is asking do any of the older statesmen have any stories of old tools, no not old tools like me thanks, and whilst I 'm on does anyone have one of those driver they want rid of?

 

[telectrix]

well, my fault finding IR /continuity tester is a megger analogue from 1979. does that count?

 

[driverman]

Re tool bag..................I had a joiners tool bag. Most others sparkies at the time had a 3 tier metal tool box. Thought my idea was good

 

[telectrix]

yeras ago i has a metal cantilever toolbox. the top tray on 1 side was divided into 3: screws, rawlplugs, ashtray.

 

[gnuuser]

I used to hav an old 1/2 drill that would throw a horse for a loop if the bit got hung up
(a 2 man drill) had to be careful to keep from getting an arm broke

 

[driverman]

I used to hav an old 1/2 drill that would throw a horse for a loop if the bit got hung up
(a 2 man drill) had to be careful to keep from getting an arm broke

Ha ha. I had one of them which had a metal handle that screwed onto the side. Whilst drilling at low level it bit...said handle smacked me in the mouth and damaged my front teeth. Rang employers from Red phone box to inform them I'm off to the dentist.Their response was can the apprentice carry on working!

 

[telectrix]

good boss. i'd have made you carry on. you don't need teeth for fitting electrics.

 

[driverman]

good boss. i'd have made you carry on. you don't need teeth for fitting electrics.

Was difficult to strip cables! Anyhow, I always did like getting my teeth into a job!

 

[ayjay]

Ha ha. I had one of them which had a metal handle that screwed onto the side. Whilst drilling at low level it bit...said handle smacked me in the mouth and damaged my front teeth. Rang employers from Red phone box to inform them I'm off to the dentist.Their response was can the apprentice carry on working!

wolf i beleive- lethal things no clutch and slow as heck

 

[trev]

Years ago I used to keep my tools in a brick built outhouse when I got in from work as my mother didn't like too much messy stuff in the house. The outhouse got broken into one night and it was bye bye tools.
I spent a few days working out of a friends tool box (far from ideal I know but I'd have done the same for him) then one night there was a knock at the door. One of my dad's old mate was a toolmaker, he'd heard about my gear going walkabout and made me a full set of flat and phillips drivers with wooden handles and a load of other stuff. It lasted for years, probably because after a short while I'd replaced a lot of the stuff that went missing and what he'd made me was kept for non electrical jobs.
One of my brothers has it all now I think.

 

[Silly Sausage]

Years ago ....................
One of my brothers has it all now I think.

Good stuff, get some pictures.

My spirit level.

 

[swl83]

wolf i beleive- lethal things no clutch and slow as heck

I Still have 3 wolf drills, They were my grandads drills, They all still work as well!!!! god know how old they are!!!!!!!!

 

[Slowhand]

Lump hammer, 2" bolster, rawlplugging tool and bits ( No masonry drills ) side cutters, pliers and 2 flatblade Stanley screwdrivers. The smallest screwdriver insulated along the metal part with green sleeving. Box of plasters for when you hit your hand with the lump hammer.

 

[ipf]

Lump hammer, 2" bolster, rawlplugging tool and bits ( No masonry drills ) side cutters, pliers and 2 flatblade Stanley screwdrivers. The smallest screwdriver insulated along the metal part with green sleeving. Box of plasters for when you hit your hand with the lump hammer.

Never needed a plaster for that.....not enough blood.:smilewinkgrin: Insulation tape and tissue for finger nicks.

 

[dingledong]

Thought I was the bees knees when I bought a Yankee screwdriver

 

[Pete999]

Thought I was the bees knees when I bought a Yankee screwdriver

Still got one somewhere

 

[ipf]

Still got one somewhere

Still use mine for connecting sockets......great them ratchet drivers.

 

[CockneyReject]

Too young for this thread really but when I started out my grandad gave me all his wooden handled screwdrivers, a metal cantilever tool box and his Yankee screwdriver

still got it all somewhere but I didn't use them for long I was given the RS catalogue and a budget for the basics when I started my apprenticeship

 

[dingledong]

And who has drilled holes using a rawplug tool not just one hole but many

 

[driverman]

And who has drilled holes using a rawplug tool not just one hole but many

errm I'm lost...Please explain

 

[trev]

errm I'm lost...Please explain

He's talking about what used to be known, round here anyway, as a tap and turn. It was a tool for making holes in masonary

 

[driverman]

He's talking about what used to be known, round here anyway, as a tap and turn. It was a tool for making holes in masonary

ahh right got you......drilled holes threw me.......yes i've used them also and a hand held drill.

 

[dingledong]

Yes a rawplug tool and a hammer and a day of your life doing 3 holes in concrete

 

[GMES]

Thought I was the bees knees when I bought a Yankee screwdriver

Good evening M,
Yankee ratchet drivers are the work of the devil,anybody ever get there hand trapped by one OUCH

 

[shanky887614]

the oldest tool ive got is a straight razor from the late 1800's

 

[GMES]

the oldest tool ive got is a straight razor from the late 1800's

And the oldest Tool I've got is ...........

 

[7029 dave]

Still have my stanley driver since I was 16, 35 years ago.!!

 

[dingledong]

Your supposed to hold them by the handle gmes so they don't catch your hand

 

[dingledong]

Best shave you can have a straight razor

 

[shanky887614]

Best shave you can have a straight razor

i dont have many, cant beat the shave though. a DE/SE razor can get close

 

[Slowhand]

And who has drilled holes using a rawplug tool not just one hole but many

I have, thousands of them!
The worst thing about them was snapping the bit off in the centre hole so you'd have to mark and drill the two side ones. I soon learned to fix boxes in with a bit of bonding scrounged from the spread.

 

[GMES]

Your supposed to hold them by the handle gmes so they don't catch your hand

I bet if people are honest most of the guys on here have done the same they were lethal, but at the same time a very useful tool

 

[shanky887614]

I bet if people are honest most of the guys on here have done the same they were lethal, but at the same time a very useful tool

there not that dangerous, just be careful or you will be reaching for the alum

 

[TJLinks]

my first job was putting up about 120m of 4" steel trunking around a factory wall, dropped off in the morning with my bait bag, a screw driver, a lump hammer and a tap & turn (trunking & fixings already on site)
these boys with their battery powered everythings don't know they are born!!!

 

[shanky887614]

my first job was putting up about 120m of 4" steel trunking around a factory wall, dropped off in the morning with my bait bag, a screw driver, a lump hammer and a tap & turn (trunking & fixings already on site)
these boys with their battery powered everythings don't know they are born!!!

im sure you had to make your bends as well, ive never made trunking bends ive made plenty of tray bends,sets etc though.

i try to make it out of one piece if i can even of its more difficult just for ****s and giggles

 

[Deleted member 72666]

Canvas tool bag, tap and turn rawl tool, footprint dogs in 2 sizes, BA spanners and nut spinners just to name a few. Oh, and a full set of metric and whitworth spanners.

 

[7029 dave]

Canvas tool bag, tap and turn rawl tool, footprint dogs in 2 sizes, BA spanners and nut spinners just to name a few. Oh, and a full set of metric and whitworth spanners.

So your a Plummer.? :stooge_curly:

 

[Barry White]

first screwdriver I owned was an all metal mecarno screwdriver god thats a few years back. Tried the stanley yankie screwdriver but couldent get on with it so give up.
Used the knock and twists loads of times in fact still got a few in the shed.
never used one but anyone remember the folding ruler my grandad had one.



think the steel tape was one of the best inventions

and if you want to travel down memory lane theres loads of vintage tools here

Vintage Tools and Gadgets of the 1950s (Page 2)

just select the years you want

 

[rapparee]

im sure you had to make your bends as well, ive never made trunking bends ive made plenty of tray bends,sets etc though.

i try to make it out of one piece if i can even of its more difficult just for ****s and giggles

I need a 4 1/2" grinder to make trunking bends, the hacksaw bends just lool a bit rough

 

[rapparee]

I bet if people are honest most of the guys on here have done the same they were lethal, but at the same time a very useful tool

When i was going to do my am2 yankee screw drivers were banned along with stanley knives

 

[Pete999]

And the oldest Tool I've got is ...........

now now don't be naughty

 

[shanky887614]

first screwdriver I owned was an all metal mecarno screwdriver god thats a few years back. Tried the stanley yankie screwdriver but couldent get on with it so give up.
Used the knock and twists loads of times in fact still got a few in the shed.
never used one but anyone remember the folding ruler my grandad had one.



think the steel tape was one of the best inventions

and if you want to travel down memory lane theres loads of vintage tools here

Vintage Tools and Gadgets of the 1950s (Page 2)

just select the years you want

i still use a folding rule, it stays in the bottom of my bag till i need a straight edge.

 

[Deleted member 72666]

So your a Plummer.? :stooge_curly:

Ha,ha not quite a plumber but an industrial maintenance spark. The BSW and metric spanners were for removing 3 phase motors from their mountings and the 'footprints' were used conduit work and glands etc.

 

[7029 dave]

Ha,ha not quite a plumber but an industrial maintenance spark. The BSW and metric spanners were for removing 3 phase motors from their mountings and the 'footprints' were used conduit work and glands etc.

Only joking Stan, do you know still got me 2 sets of footprints to this day.!!

 

[Deleted member 72666]

Only joking Stan, do you know still got me 2 sets of footprints to this day.!!

I miss mine as they 'walked' some time ago!

 

[Kris]

yeras ago i has a metal cantilever toolbox. the top tray on 1 side was divided into 3: screws, rawlplugs, ashtray.

Im round the block and back to a cantilever, done totes , bags etc but bought a cracking FACOM one and its brill , dont need to move tools to find what im lookin for but still use eng case for servicing,

 

[trev]

first screwdriver I owned was an all metal mecarno screwdriver god thats a few years back. Tried the stanley yankie screwdriver but couldent get on with it so give up.
Used the knock and twists loads of times in fact still got a few in the shed.
never used one but anyone remember the folding ruler my grandad had one.



think the steel tape was one of the best inventions

and if you want to travel down memory lane theres loads of vintage tools here

Vintage Tools and Gadgets of the 1950s (Page 2)

just select the years you want

Mrs Trev cleared out a neighbour's house after her husband died and she went into a home. I got a Hilti one that folds out to 6 or 7 feet.

 

[Deleted member 72666]

Mrs Trev cleared out a neighbour's house after her husband died and she went into a home. I got a Hilti one that folds out to 6 or 7 feet.

Was he a joiner/carpenter by any chance as all the 'old boy' joiners I knew had them that length.

 

[trev]

He was mate, I wanted his lathe but his idiot son got first dibs. Then sold it.

 

[Marvo]

Ha ha. I had one of them which had a metal handle that screwed onto the side. Whilst drilling at low level it bit...said handle smacked me in the mouth and damaged my front teeth. Rang employers from Red phone box to inform them I'm off to the dentist.Their response was can the apprentice carry on working!

I still have a couple of those old Wolf drills and I still use them for hole cutting in stainless and other low speed applications. They can be a bit feisty if the bit jams but I don't mind them to be honest. That said I'd think twice before using one above head height whilst on a set of ladders.

Thought I was the bees knees when I bought a Yankee screwdriver

My Yankee screwdrivers were amongst the few things I was glad to see the back of when thay got stolen. I managed to slip with one as a youngster and put the end of it straight through the centre of my hand. I still have the scar as a reminder.

And who has drilled holes using a rawplug tool not just one hole but many

The rawplug tools were damned hard work but in their day they were useful. We also use a tool called a 'bell hanger' which was a long hand drill with a short tee handle on the back that went through wood.