The care and feeding of Yankees

[ForgeCorvus]

BTW, Anyone got one of those handcrank (autofeed) drill presses ?
Sorta like this but on a stand rather then bolted to a post

I'd love one of these too

Tombear, This any good ? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-H...lectable_ToolsHasdware_RL&hash=item460af1d9b1
My brother has one....But I've got first dibs on it

 

[demographic]

BTW, Anyone got one of those handcrank (autofeed) drill presses ?
Sorta like this but on a stand rather then bolted to a post

I'd love one of these too

Tombear, This any good ? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-H...lectable_ToolsHasdware_RL&hash=item460af1d9b1
My brother has one....But I've got first dibs on it

Not seen one of those outside of an old Millers Falls catalogue.

 

[tombear]

Cheers, I'm watching that but with the postage even if no one else bids that's £12 which is a bit steep for me, I've been spoiled with the bargains I've had of late, last week I picked up a new in its box old school black and decker drill press for a fiver which goes nicely with the single speed drill I got for a pound.

ATB

Tom

 

[British Red]

last week I picked up a new in its box old school black and decker drill press for a fiver which goes nicely with the single speed drill I got for a pound.

ATB

Tom

If you find another one.......

 

[tombear]

Sure, you see quite a lot of as new old school B and D stuff on the fleas, adapters to turn drills into sanders, circular saws etc, often practically unused. My wood lathe was £14 quid from a YMCA shop in Bolton and I doubt that had been used more than a couple of times.

atb

Tom

 

[abominable_scouse_monster]

I have found a modern one for sale, it uses the old styly non hex bit's but it might be of use to some one.

http://www.garrettwade.com/garrettwade-push-drill/p/69P01.01/

Edit to add: That site is pure tool porn, beware of your credit card.

 

[tombear]

Finally picked up a leytool drill on the carboot for a quid to convert into a rubber winder

Again the pics upside down but it makes no difference this time.

Its a late model one with the plastic frame, it works well and took two hours to clean all the glue, paint and filth of it. I now need to fashion a "crochet hook" and get it welded on to the spindle. Unfortunately for safety reasons you can't just use the chuck to hold the hook on place when your stretch winding a big motor.

ill get me coat...


atb
Tom

 

[British Red]

Why do you wind your rubbers Tom?

 

[tombear]

Unfortunately they are far too long if I don't wind them round.....

 

[tombear]

Sorry it went off in my hand!

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

Single phase house power over here is 240 (or therabouts) and our three phase is 415 (or thereabouts).
We have step down transformers on building sites to drop the power to something that's a bit less dangerous, plus they have plugs designed for hard use and not the normal household plugs that come out all the time if the cable gets a slight pull.

Sorry British Red for the de-rail by the way.

The reason they are 110v is to have an Isolating Transformer, the yellow box, so the tool is not actually got an electrical connection with the mains. It's a magnetic coil that transforms the electricity and has no physical electric connection, whereas a 240v household drill has the full weight of the mains pumping through it.

 

[Tengu]

Ive just found a yankee, a Stanley no 130A at the car boot, £1

 

[ozzy1977]

Really are great tools, made even more useful with a hex adaptor.

 

[presterjohn]

I have a couple of yankee type drivers so that hex adapter is a good tip. I doubt I have used them in 20 years mind you. I am another clumsy bugger than manages to scratch things when I slip off the screw head.

Another old cool tool that I used to have before it went missing was a hand drill with a two speed gear system. That was a cool though heavy bit of kit. I think it was made in the 50's or 60's.

It might have been this one:-

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-U...lectable_ToolsHasdware_RL&hash=item54009b923a

 

[Goatboy]

Haha, used to use a yankee to show how fragile safety helmets became with UV, used to fire a well lube'd yankee at it and the bit would go straight through
One of my fave toys as a kid was Dads bit and brace, was regularly pressed into service as my STEN gun or MP40

Great thread BTW

 

[joe.ford]

I have a couple of yankee type drivers so that hex adapter is a good tip. I doubt I have used them in 20 years mind you. I am another clumsy bugger than manages to scratch things when I slip off the screw head.

Another old cool tool that I used to have before it went missing was a hand drill with a two speed gear system. That was a cool though heavy bit of kit. I think it was made in the 50's or 60's.

It might have been this one:-

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-U...lectable_ToolsHasdware_RL&hash=item54009b923a

I picked up one of these from a boot sale, for about £5. Got asked by the seller if I was buying it for ebay? I said No, I'm going to use it

 

[ozzy1977]

Had a phone call from my dad this afternoon he has found his when having a good tidy up before moving, brand new and unused in the package and it is now mine

 

[demographic]

Another old cool tool that I used to have before it went missing was a hand drill with a two speed gear system. That was a cool though heavy bit of kit. I think it was made in the 50's or 60's.

It might have been this one:-

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-U...lectable_ToolsHasdware_RL&hash=item54009b923a

Got one of those made by Metabo. its quite a well made bit of kit. Not a patch on a decent cordless but well made all the same.

 

[dave53]

i have both good bits of kit regards dave

 

[Tengu]

Found this yesterday



Its a Stanley 135B Has no bit.

So I was showing it to the hardware stall man...After prising £3.50 out of my traumatised hand....