I was googling to try and find bits for an old Stanley Yankee driver I have and came across this article.
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17 years ago
I was googling to try and find bits for an old Stanley Yankee driver I have and came across this article.
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
You'll find bits for your Yankee at both Highland HW and LV.
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!
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"!
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?
Thanks. For those interested Garret Wade still sells the 'original' Stanley Yankee
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
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
Turning them the right direction?
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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.
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.
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