Yankee (style) Push driver/drills (Bring em on!)

[Outlawmws]

OK, this was brought up in another thread, and I did a search for any old threads on the subject, and didn't find any.

Stanley has finally quit making these from what I can find. While Stanley no longer makes the venerable push driver. They do make a ratcheting screwdriver, but not these.

So fess up! show off your push drivers of whatever style or make!

First up are my actual Stanley drivers, (the bottom one is Stanley, but not marked "Yankee"), shown open and closed. (the bottom driver has no lock to keep it closed..)

Edit: Not sure why the top one was made with a two handed grip; possibly intended as a drill more than a driver, or for bigger screws. And the 4th one down has the conversion tip for using the 1/4"hex bits.




Next up are the push drills, these are not reversible (Except for the top one), so while they could be used for screwing in, they cannot be used for removal (except for a left hand thread...). The top one is interesting: it is a Yankee, & uses bit brace bits, and was touted as something to use where clearances are an issue. Open it is 24 inches long! The smaller ones are "Rotor" (Germany) another Yankee, and a no name. All are shown fully extended except the top one.



Lastly are the Non-Yankee drivers. The top one is another no name, but probably the best quality of all of them, Goodell Pratt, "Manufacturer's Steel Corp (Marked Germany British Zone so Post war, pre-West Germany), and again has no lock to keep it closed, and A Craftsman on the bottom, most likely Stanley built on Yankee tooling.

 

[rodknocker]

Might just be me, but all I see are red X's

 

[zuk123]

Hey Outlaw! I still carry a yankee style driver (modern one) to open shipping crates. The company I used to work for would put the tools (screwgun) inside the crates. The yankee driver made quick work of that. It will save you when your batteries die too.

You can get modern ones with the 1/4 ball detent holder, and you can get a ball detent adapter for true yankee drivers.

zuk

edit- here's the one I have:

http://www.mcfeelys.com/product/YHD-2140/Push-Style-quotYankeequot-Screw-Driver

 

[jeffmoss26]

I will post pics of the couple that I have tonight!

 

[Outlawmws]

Might just be me, but all I see are red X's

I uploaded them to the GJ server directly so not sure what the issue is?

 

[sometoyotaguy]

I have a few, but no pictures of them. They look like they could be handy, but I haven't used them for anything yet.

 

[RCStocker]

Stanley quit making the Yankee 41 push drill years ago. Some have paid a high price for them but they are common and I have so many push drills and screwdrivers I don't even buy them any more. I only buy them if they have the bits. The bits were as high as
$7 each or more but now there is a company that is making after marked drill bits and drivers for the old drills. The hand drills are great and handy for small wood working projects like mini hinges etc. The Yankee screwdrivers are a pain in the *** to use. They are not bad with a phillips bit but with a slot bit you end up slipping off the screw head and buggering your work. I hate the damn things.

There are still companies around making the push screwdriver and I think someone came out this year with a new Yankee.

 

[Gary S]

I have an old Craftsman one I bought around 30 years ago. I haven't needed a second one, so I wasn't aware they were getting hard to find.

 

[jeffmoss26]

I don't see any pictures :/

 

[Outlawmws]

Jeff, you don't see the 5 pics I posted in the first post? not even red X place holders?

 

[jeffmoss26]

Jeff, you don't see the 5 pics I posted in the first post? not even red X place holders?

Correct!

 

[Outlawmws]

Correct!

I uploaded them to GJ and I see them fine.


Is there a (Super) Moderator in the house?

 

[jeffmoss26]

FWIW, I am using Firefox and see nothing. With Internet Explorer, I at least see red X's.

 

[luvit]

.
I have a 22.5 incher and two smaller ones.
the small craftsman is a wood handle, and the stanley handyman is hollow plastic handle... the bits are all waxy-dust coated.. the whole scredriver is.. but i've never taken time to determine what those bits were for!

 

[87Pomona]

I have one that came with an old Craftsman tool chest I bought.

Yankee 130A

 

[Outlawmws]

Luvit, The funky looking bits are actually drill bits!

Jeff, I have a PM in to Ryan...

 

[Outlawmws]

Pomona, is that bit holder for hex bits?

I suspect the external spring was for something the PO was doing and added. I've never seen one like that, and it would prevent a full stroke.

 

[jeffmoss26]

Outlaw, still can't see your pics but here are mine.
2 Bell System drills. One marked Stanley and the other North Bros.
Yankee Handyman #133H

 

[RustFarmer]

I lost mine in an elevator.

 

[Outlawmws]

Well so far I can see everyone else's pic, (I'm on FF) and I PM'ed Ryan to see if he thinks its server centric...

Leave it to you Jeff, to find a couple of drivers marked "Bell System"! Nice finds though!

 

[87Pomona]

Pomona, is that bit holder for hex bits?

I suspect the external spring was for something the PO was doing and added. I've never seen one like that, and it would prevent a full stroke.

No, not a hex bit holder.......but there was one in there lol

 

[jeffmoss26]

Outlaw, funny how that worked out. I bought the shiny one from eBay and then months later a GJ member sent me the other one. I couldn't resist

 

[kxxr]

L to R, a nameless one (Dunlap?), Millers Falls, 2 Stanley and one Craftsman.

 

[Milton Shaw]

Post 22 says he has one with broken spring. Yankee made models without the spring so that the bit would not scar the wood if it came out on the return stroke. Took two hands to use them one to push and one to hold the chuck/bit on the screw to let the tool extend back to full length to use.

 

[tube_guy]

Post 22 says he has one with broken spring. Yankee made models without the spring so that the bit would not scar the wood if it came out on the return stroke. Took two hands to use them one to push and one to hold the chuck/bit on the screw to let the tool extend back to full length to use.

Thanks for that bit of information. I have an old North Brothers model that was my Grandfather's. I thought the spring was broken or missing, but maybe it's not.

 

[WWIIjeep]

Well so far I can see everyone else's pic, (I'm on FF) and I PM'ed Ryan to see if he thinks its server centric...

On Internet Exploder I can see everyone's photos except yours.

Here's two photos of most of mine, except for a couple of Craftsmans and Yankees in a toolbox I didn't feel like digging out from under other things.

From top down and also newest to oldest

Stanley No. 41Y (probably 1970s or 1980s)
Yankee No. 41 (post-1945)
North Bros No. 41 (pre-1945, and has early-style chuck, and early-style square indexing tabs on handle)
Goodell-Pratt

North Bros. Yankee No. 100 set, with push drill bits and chuck to fit the spiral ratchet screwdriver. Below that, a Yankee No. 43 spiral ratchet drill, Millers Falls No. 55 (screwdriver) and Yankee No. 15 (screwdriver).

 

[Outlawmws]

OK on Ryan's advise I tried another method for the pics in post 1. Can everyone see those? Unfortunately, they are now smaller, but you can click on them to get them bigger...

 

[luvit]

i see um!, nice!

 

[cclfn]

Here's a 30A in the box with a bag for the bits. I picked this up at a garage sell for $3

 

[Givl Reggin]

Here are mine.

I have one like the one in the middle... it's a Stanley Yankee I bought it in ~1980 from ACE Hardware... it takes a different size (smaller shank) bit than an older Yankee I have... love long molded handle, only wish you could store spare bits in the handle... used it quite a lot before variable speed cordless drills became the norm.

 

[ranger08]

from left to right
german manual style Hirsch Marke (i think) no 30
millers falls no 185a
yankee no 41 nth bros div of stanley
yankee no 133h by stanley england
yankee no 133h by north bros
yankee no 135b by stanley west germany
yankee no 46 by stanley england

 

[Nutria]

Another North Bros. no. 100 set. Possibly unused. I also have a good, full-size Stanley Yankee, and just haven't had a need for these yet.

 

[Bubba Fett]

I found an old wood-handle Craftsman in a junktique store for $10. Pretty good shape, but it needs a little cleaning up.

 

[cherrybomb]

McFeelys is where I bought an adapter years ago,not sure if they still sell

 

[RTM]

I run these adapters on my User Yankees.

Hex Adapter for Yankee Screwdrivers - Lee Valley Tools

www.leevalley.com

 

[ranger08]

Another North Bros. no. 100 set. Possibly unused. I also have a good, full-size Stanley Yankee, and just haven't had a need for these yet.

gee thats nice