'Yankee' automatic drills??

[Cranky]

I have some 'drill points' for Yankee Automatic Drills. Anyone know what the YAD's are?

 

[kiwigtx]

Jake had a Yankee screwdriver.....

 

[kiwigtx]

Maybe they accept drill bits also.

 

[DeltaV]

 

[MarPar]

Jake had a Yankee screwdriver.....



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I bought the exact same screwdriver Elwood has at a garage sale for $2. Works great actually. lol

 

[kiwigtx]

I bought the exact same screwdriver Elwood has at a garage sale for $2. Works great actually. lol

I'm pretty sure my father still has his from way back in the old days....the '70's

 

[MarPar]

 

[Hey-O]

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I'm pretty sure one side on the screwdriver bit is notched to lock itself in place inside the chuck. Mine was only good for a standard and a phillips tip. Forward, reverse, and locked. Great for it's time, but old school. I still have mine somewhere, 1976........

 

[MarPar]

I'm pretty sure one side on the screwdriver bit is notched to lock itself in place inside the chuck. Mine was only good for a standard and a phillips tip. Forward, reverse, and locked. Great for it's time, but old school. I still have mine somewhere, 1976........

Yessir. It's a novelty, really. I saw it on the table and instantly knew it was the one from Blues Brothers. And for $2? What the hell. I got a new tool and movie prop all in one. lol

 

[Cranky]

Never thought about them being 'automatic'......was thinking an electrical powered machine of some kind lol

 

[33 IMP]

I think I still might have one. It was my grandfather's. It's still in his homemade wooden toolbox from the thirties.
Same vintage as my drill press.

 

[cr8crshr]

Jake had a Yankee screwdriver.....



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Not only Elwood, but I have a couple that my Dad had from his tools. Still works...both...and I have the bits as well. Still a relevant tool even today...cr8crshr/Bill

 

[Krooser]

My Uncle Alex was a cabinet maker for 50 years... never owned an electric drill. Made everything with an automatic drill.

 

[440 4 speed]

I have one,
has a black handle, use it once in a while. Missing some bits. Works well.

 

[Cranky]

I have one,
has a black handle, use it once in a while. Missing some bits. Works well.

What do the bits look like?

 

[Budnicks]

He who has the most tools at the end wins...

cool screwdrivers, old school,
I'm pretty sure I still have one pigeonholed away somewhere
back when flatblade wood screws/screwdrivers ruled the world

 

[kiwigtx]

Yessir. It's a novelty, really. I saw it on the table and instantly knew it was the one from Blues Brothers. And for $2? What the hell. I got a new tool and movie prop all in one. lol

That might be enough to get Mr Cranium worried about his elevator installs....

 

[kiwigtx]

I bought the exact same screwdriver Elwood has at a garage sale for $2. Works great actually. lol

I just realised that I screwed up - it was Elwood with the screwdriver....not Jake.

 

[RemCharger]

I just realised that I screwed up - it was Elwood with the screwdriver....not Jake.

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As a mod you can pardon yourself

 

[kiwigtx]

As a mod you can pardon yourself

I gave myself a right good telling off.