[RayV]

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/know...552611,00.html
The picture doesn't show his face so it can't be MY Norm using a tool
that doesn't plug in.

[brianlanning]

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/know...552611,00.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

[foggytown]

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/know...552611,00.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]

You'll find bits for your Yankee at both Highland HW and LV.

http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/i...=screwdri ver
- see "Schroder Spiral Ratchet"

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...411,43417&ap=1

Art

"RayV" wrote
I was googling to try and find bits for an old Stanley Yankee driver I
have ....

[LRod]

On 13 Nov 2006 12:06:31 -0800, "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/know...552611,00.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 he 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.

In article .com,
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/know...552611,00.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 -

[George]

"LRod" wrote in message
...
On 13 Nov 2006 12:06:31 -0800, "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/know...552611,00.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 he 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?

[RayV]

Wood Butcher wrote:
You'll find bits for your Yankee at both Highland HW and LV.

http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/i...=screwdri ver
- see "Schroder Spiral Ratchet"

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...411,43417&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?...&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.

[Wood Butcher]

There is no need to modify your screwdriver.
McFeely carries a adapters for this purpose.
http://www.mcfeelys.com/subcat.asp?sid=583

Art

"RayV" wrote ...

I may also get one to modify for use with the newer 1/4" quick change
bits.

In article . com,
RayV wrote:

Wood Butcher wrote:
You'll find bits for your Yankee at both Highland HW and LV.


http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/i...=screwdri ver
- see "Schroder Spiral Ratchet"

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...411,43417&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?...&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 -

[RayV]

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.

[Dave Hall]

On 16 Nov 2006 07:52:23 -0800, "RayV" wrote:


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

[George]

"RayV" wrote in message
ups.com...

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]

"George" wrote in message
. ..

"RayV" wrote in message
ups.com...

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.

[Lowell Holmes]

"J. Clarke" wrote in message
...

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.