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Improved Yankee-Style Screwdrivers |
Now better than ever
The familiar rotating-barrel Yankee screwdriver, famous for decades, is no longer made by Stanley UK, but now a respected German manufacturer has taken this design and improved it. It has replaced the usual round notched collet-chuck (that held just a few bit sizes) with a modern hex chuck that will hold hundreds of familiar 1/4" hex bits. This is great news for the thousands of woodworkers who have loved and missed this tool.
The two sizes mirror the two smaller Stanley sizes and are the most popular. The smaller size is 12" long fully extended and the medium is 17-3/4" fully extended. Both have a 3-position selector—locked, spiral-in and spiral-out—as well as a barrel lock in the fully retracted position, and come with 3 bits (they are double ended so you get 3 slotted and 3 Phillips). Any of the hex bits in our 102 Bit Set (shown) fit the chucks. These are mechanically complex tools, precision crafted in Germany.
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- Thursday, November 19, 2009 |
| One of my most used tools |
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John (Bowling Green, Ohio) |
| Being a handy man and new home owner this is probably the single most used tool that I have. I have an older small Yankee that my dad gave me years ago and I have been wanting to get a bigger one. I have the medium size unit in the old style chuck but I really love this tool. I installed new cupboard handles drawer slides removed switch plates and more with this tool. I simple love it in my tool box. Sturdy design and ready for years of use. The only downside is that there is no where to store the bits so its easy to misplace them. I am working on a solution for that though trying to get my wife to make me a holder out of stretch webbing. |
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- Monday, July 06, 2009 |
| German Yankee Drill |
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Steve Seward (Terry, MS) |
| I just received the German Yankee Drill I ordered from you. I have a large Stanley Yankee Drill that my grandfather had and used. I used to use that drill a lot when I worked with him. I was happy when I saw the German re-makes in your catalog and had to order the small one. It accually works better than the old original. Thanks very much for returning some of the old favorites. I will pick up the Odd-Job as soon as I can. |
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- Thursday, May 28, 2009 |
| THANKS FOR A GR8 TOOL!! |
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Bill Tinning (Portland, TX) |
| My dad has your Yankee style screwdriver and it is better than using a drill. You can keep the "touch" that you don’t have with a drill - you just cant do that with a drill. I've stripped the heads off screws too too many times. I reach for the Yankee every time. Its faster and BETTER. THANKS FOR A GR8 TOOL!! |
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