Found Old Yankee No.251 North Bros. MFG. Co. garage Sale.

[oldtools]

Picked up this Yankee No.215 ratchet Tap driver I think.
great condition for $4.00 at a garage Sale...  I think It was worth it, as I will make good use of it....

[Bill Houghton]

Sweet!  I can feel a breeze blowing offshore - could there be a vacuum caused by suckage somewhere southwest of me here in the SF Bay Area?

I have a similar, but simpler, one (can't remember maker, and brother arriving soon for Thanksgiving, so I won't go look).  The long shank is quite helpful sometimes, when tapping/retapping a hole in an assembled machine.

[bonneyman]

Dang that is nice!
Maybe I should take an extra Yankee mechanism and make one of those?

[oldtools]

It is about 4 1/2" long, with a 5" T.  looks like it can hold a 1/16" to ~1/4" sq. (Just what I needed)

just checked on BING, Surprised what some are asking for these tools... $98.00??? WOW!!
http://www.antique-used-tools.com/yankeetools.htm

Guess you can ask anything.  If anyone will buy it? don't know...

[scottg]

Truly sweet tools to use, those.
100 is a little steep (ahem)
But nobody else made them (that I know).
The modern Chinese copies are total crap in comparison.
  yours Scott