RayV wrote:
> I was googling to try and find bits for an old Stanley Yankee driver I
> have and came across this article.
> http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/knowhow/tools/article/0,16417,1552611,00.html
> The picture doesn't show his face so it can't be MY Norm using a tool
> that doesn't plug in.
I've seen him use chisels, planes, and even a dozuki on NYW. I've even
seen him hand-carve things occasionally. It's a rarity though. I've
never seen him use a spoke shave or a card scraper.
brian
brianlanning wrote:
> RayV wrote:
> > I was googling to try and find bits for an old Stanley Yankee driver I
> > have and came across this article.
> > http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/knowhow/tools/article/0,16417,1552611,00.html
> > The picture doesn't show his face so it can't be MY Norm using a tool
> > that doesn't plug in.
>
> I've seen him use chisels, planes, and even a dozuki on NYW. I've even
> seen him hand-carve things occasionally. It's a rarity though. I've
> never seen him use a spoke shave or a card scraper.
>
> brian
In the early programs he was using all kinds of strange things:
hammers, screwdrivers, spokeshaves, rubber mallets. It was all very
unsettling, I can tell you.
FoggyTown
Wood Butcher wrote:
> You'll find bits for your Yankee at both Highland HW and LV.
>
> http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/index.asp?PageAction=PRODSEARCH&txtSearch=screwdriver
> - see "Schroder Spiral Ratchet"
>
> http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=54192&cat=1,43411,43417&ap=1
>
> Art
>
> "RayV" wrote
> > I was googling to try and find bits for an old Stanley Yankee driver I
> > have ....
Thanks. For those interested Garret Wade still sells the 'original'
Stanley Yankee
http://www.garrettwade.com/jump.jsp?itemType=PRODUCT&itemID=103531
What I still can't find are the X drill bits for this driver. I
recently pulled this thing out of the drawer and sprayed a little
lithium on it and tried it out. I love it! If you have never tried
one of these drivers you should. It fits where a cordless can't and
gives you a lot of control. Very easy to use and the one drill bit I
have for it works almost as fast as the cordless. I may get another to
replace my ratcheting screwdriver.
I may also get one to modify for use with the newer 1/4" quick change
bits.
[email protected] wrote:
>
> McFeelys sells an adapter for Yankee screwdrivers that accepts regular
> 1/4" driver bits. Just enter "yankee" in their search box on
> www.mcfeelys.com
>
>
Thanks guys. Any truth to the comments I have seen that a twist bit
won't cut when chucked in a yankee driver? I can't see any reason why
they wouldn't work.
On 13 Nov 2006 12:06:31 -0800, "brianlanning" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>RayV wrote:
>> I was googling to try and find bits for an old Stanley Yankee driver I
>> have and came across this article.
>> http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/knowhow/tools/article/0,16417,1552611,00.html
>> The picture doesn't show his face so it can't be MY Norm using a tool
>> that doesn't plug in.
>
>I've seen him use chisels, planes, and even a dozuki on NYW. I've even
>seen him hand-carve things occasionally. It's a rarity though. I've
>never seen him use a spoke shave or a card scraper.
There's a whole "neanderthal" section in the Norm's Tools section of
my website.
I'd be willing to wager he's used more Japanese saws than 90% of the
people here: ryoba, dozuki, and kugihiki.
Although indeed he hasn't used a spokeshave, he has used a drawknife,
an inshave, a block plane, a bench plane, and a rabetting plane, and
some nice Sorby bench chisels in addition to the carpenter's butt
chisels he's used.
And he has used a card scraper at least once. Also he has used paint
scrapers (albeit for the pedestrian task of cleaning up glue lines)
and shave hooks.
And, he's used a Yankee screwdriver--three times!
--
LRod
Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite
Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999
http://www.woodbutcher.net
Proud participant of rec.woodworking since February, 1997
email addy de-spam-ified due to 1,000 spams per month.
If you can't figure out how to use it, I probably wouldn't
care to correspond with you anyway.
"RayV" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> [email protected] wrote:
>>
>> McFeelys sells an adapter for Yankee screwdrivers that accepts regular
>> 1/4" driver bits. Just enter "yankee" in their search box on
>> www.mcfeelys.com
>>
>>
> Thanks guys. Any truth to the comments I have seen that a twist bit
> won't cut when chucked in a yankee driver? I can't see any reason why
> they wouldn't work.
Turning them the right direction?
>
"J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>>snip
> I used to have a Yankee and a set of bits--walked off a long time ago
> though.
>
>
I have the chrome telephone repair man Yankee drill, and two sets of bits. I
use it frequently. I also have the Yankee screwdrivers with new bits . IIRC
the screwdriver bits came from either Lee Valley or Highland Hardware.
The drill bits are new old stock (Ebay) and they are fluted bits.
You'll find bits for your Yankee at both Highland HW and LV.
http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/index.asp?PageAction=PRODSEARCH&txtSearch=screwdriver
- see "Schroder Spiral Ratchet"
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=54192&cat=1,43411,43417&ap=1
Art
"RayV" wrote
> I was googling to try and find bits for an old Stanley Yankee driver I
> have ....
In article <[email protected]>,
RayV <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>Wood Butcher wrote:
>> You'll find bits for your Yankee at both Highland HW and LV.
>>
>>
>http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/index.asp?PageAction=PRODSEARCH&txtSearch=screwdriver
>> - see "Schroder Spiral Ratchet"
>>
>> http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=54192&cat=1,43411,43417&ap=1
>>
>> Art
>>
>> "RayV" wrote
>> > I was googling to try and find bits for an old Stanley Yankee driver I
>> > have ....
>
>Thanks. For those interested Garret Wade still sells the 'original'
>Stanley Yankee
>http://www.garrettwade.com/jump.jsp?itemType=PRODUCT&itemID=103531
>
>What I still can't find are the X drill bits for this driver. I
>recently pulled this thing out of the drawer and sprayed a little
>lithium on it and tried it out. I love it! If you have never tried
>one of these drivers you should. It fits where a cordless can't and
>gives you a lot of control. Very easy to use and the one drill bit I
>have for it works almost as fast as the cordless. I may get another to
>replace my ratcheting screwdriver.
>
>I may also get one to modify for use with the newer 1/4" quick change
>bits.
>
McFeelys sells an adapter for Yankee screwdrivers that accepts regular
1/4" driver bits. Just enter "yankee" in their search box on
www.mcfeelys.com
--
Contentment makes poor men rich. Discontent makes rich men poor.
--Benjamin Franklin
Larry Wasserman - Baltimore, Maryland - [email protected]
"LRod" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 13 Nov 2006 12:06:31 -0800, "brianlanning" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>RayV wrote:
>>> I was googling to try and find bits for an old Stanley Yankee driver I
>>> have and came across this article.
>>> http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/knowhow/tools/article/0,16417,1552611,00.html
>>> The picture doesn't show his face so it can't be MY Norm using a tool
>>> that doesn't plug in.
>
> There's a whole "neanderthal" section in the Norm's Tools section of
> my website.
>
> I'd be willing to wager he's used more Japanese saws than 90% of the
> people here: ryoba, dozuki, and kugihiki.
>
He's used more non-tailed tools than Roy has tailed, that's for sure.
Sort of tells you which faction has the real chip on their shoulder, doesn't
it?
"George" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "RayV" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> [email protected] wrote:
>>>
>>> McFeelys sells an adapter for Yankee screwdrivers that accepts regular
>>> 1/4" driver bits. Just enter "yankee" in their search box on
>>> www.mcfeelys.com
>>>
>>>
>> Thanks guys. Any truth to the comments I have seen that a twist bit
>> won't cut when chucked in a yankee driver? I can't see any reason why
>> they wouldn't work.
>
> Turning them the right direction?
There's also the matter of force vs diameter vs stock hardness. With a
small twist bit in soft wood the Yankee will just screw the bit in, not
drill with it. The main benefit of the Yankee bits IMO is that they won't
screw into the wood.
I used to have a Yankee and a set of bits--walked off a long time ago
though.
In article <[email protected]>,
RayV <[email protected]> wrote:
>I was googling to try and find bits for an old Stanley Yankee driver I
>have and came across this article.
>http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/knowhow/tools/article/0,16417,1552611,00.html
>The picture doesn't show his face so it can't be MY Norm using a tool
>that doesn't plug in.
>
If you read some of his NYW books you can even find a place or 2 where
he says to trim something "with a sharp block plane"!
--
Contentment makes poor men rich. Discontent makes rich men poor.
--Benjamin Franklin
Larry Wasserman - Baltimore, Maryland - [email protected]
On 16 Nov 2006 07:52:23 -0800, "RayV" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>[email protected] wrote:
>>
>> McFeelys sells an adapter for Yankee screwdrivers that accepts regular
>> 1/4" driver bits. Just enter "yankee" in their search box on
>> www.mcfeelys.com
>>
>>
>Thanks guys. Any truth to the comments I have seen that a twist bit
>won't cut when chucked in a yankee driver? I can't see any reason why
>they wouldn't work.
I have a push drill (i.e a yankee drill) that came with twist drill
bits. The ends that go in the chuck are quite different than a
standard twist bit, but the cutting part is just like any other twist
bit.
Dave Hall