Need Help Identifying this Tool

This is a "push" drill, sometimes called a Yankee drill. Google either one. I still have my dad's push drill, and use it frequently.

Well, at first it looked like a Yankee Screwdriver but a closer look shows there is no driving mechanism. I don't see the exact tool online anywhere but I had success for similar products with google of "telescoping screwdriver"

Yankee screwdriver.

djb

Thanks!

That will help out a bunch.

Scott

Dang.... even better.

Thanks! Scott

"Scott Baldwin" wrote in news:xptke.473 $ snipped-for-privacy@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com:

I can't find my Garret Wade catalog right now, but I believe they sell them as I remember it Stanley makes a version. I used to use one a long time ago as a phone installer, great for drilling holes for screws, Good Luck

Yankee Screw Driver. In addition to the drill bits some sets also contain screw driver bits.

They're still pretty common. I got a couple junk ones at a $ store the other day. If you go to any antiques store you'll find a pile of North Bros Yankee drills, probably 130A models. They're about as common as Stanley #4s.

Dave in Fairfax

Wheeeoooo...

The real name is Archimedean drill. But most people would probably call it a "push drill". (BTW, the Yankee Screwdriver is a brand name of a variation on the drill) Their most common usage was drilling pilot holes, especially for cabinet hardware. Every one I've ever seen takes a special kind of bit (whose name escapes me, but regular old twist bits will not work without modification.) They usually came with an assortment of bits in the handle.

I think Stanley still makes one,

"drill point"