Guess the item (old screwdrivers)

[DPG]

Morning all.

Someone on here was talking about Yankee screwdrivers a few days ago. I still use one of them occasionally at home - it was my late father's and is roughly 45 years old I think. And still works perfectly, and the original bits are still fine, which goes to show how well they made this stuff.

Anyway, have a look at the photo - who knows what the 9 extra items are to the left of the main bits? Anybody else got a set of them?

 

[telectrix]

drill bits for wood, generally used for pilot holes for the screws.. and the bit at top is a countersinking bit.

 

[DPG]

drill bits. and the bit at top is a countersinking bit.

I knew you would know. Was hoping the thread might last a bit longer than that though ?

 

[telectrix]

tough. maybe the bullet like item might stretch it a bit. (pun intentional).

 

[DPG]

tough. maybe the bullet like item might stretch it a bit. (pun intentional).

Above the drill bits? Ah but we know what that is don't we. Sshhhhh.

 

[Pete999]

Morning all.

Someone on here was talking about Yankee screwdrivers a few days ago. I still use one of them occasionally at home - it was my late father's and is roughly 45 years old I think. And still works perfectly, and the original bits are still fine, which goes to show how well they made this stuff.

Anyway, have a look at the photo - who knows what the 9 extra items are to the left of the main bits? Anybody else got a set of them?

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a"YANKEE DRIVER"PLUS BITS NEXT, bigest source of Black Mans Pinches known to Man. not a racist name by the way.

 

[westward10]

They look like reamers but parallel and not spiral.

 

[Pete999]

They look like reamers but parallel and not spiral.

Think they are taps of varying sizes

 

[DPG]

Think they are taps of varying sizes

8 drill bits. But straight fluted rather than twist drills.

 

[westward10]

8 drill bits. But straight fluted rather than twist drills.

That's the word fluted, fluted reamers.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Still have my father's one somewhere in my imperial tool box, think its in the barn, not going to look the roofs falling in. ? No not the tool box's roof, @telectrix .?

 

[7029 dave]

If my memory serves me well the yankee screwdriver was made by stanley, my old mentor had one.

He was very fast with it on the P clips and pyro

 

[Sparky Pat]

Good , properly made British tools, something we don't see these days.

 

[Pete999]

Good , properly made British tools, something we don't see these days.

It's not red and orange though is it

 

[DPG]

It's not red and orange though is it

I could paint it. Mind you like the original purple to be fair.

 

[Colin Jenkins]

I could paint it. Mind you like the original purple to be fair.

Hello DPG.
The 8 small bits to the left are from a blue-handled Stanley Pushdrill, 1970/80s vintage. It works exactly like a miniature Yankee screwdriver, but makes pilot holes in timber rather than turning a screw. The Pushdrill and Yankee bits don't interchange; both are useful tools.
Regards, Colin.

 

[DPG]

Hello DPG.
The 8 small bits to the left are from a blue-handled Stanley Pushdrill, 1970/80s vintage. It works exactly like a miniature Yankee screwdriver, but makes pilot holes in timber rather than turning a screw. The Pushdrill and Yankee bits don't interchange; both are useful tools.
Regards, Colin.

Almost 100% correct. But the pushdrills do interchange with the big Yankee - that's what the metal adaptor is for (above the set of drills).

 

[pc1966]

That's the word fluted, fluted reamers.

Why did I think of band-camp?

 

[pc1966]

If my memory serves me well the yankee screwdriver was made by stanley, my old mentor had one.

He was very fast with it on the P clips and pyro

Yes, for some jobs they made driving in screws so easy & fast. Also RS (and others) used to do ratchet screwdrivers for similar reasons.

These days it is simply a squeeze on the power driver and...oops! Oh well, you never wanted to unscrew that anyway, did you?

 

[telectrix]

should always drill pilot holes to prevent wood splitting (unless you are a builder or kitchen fitter).