Some recents finds

[bonneyman]

Found a few goodies over the past week. Been looking for a nice Yankee push driver - paid $2 for this one. Needs some serious gut cleaning, but, I think it will work great. Any ideas what era this 130A is with that plum handle?

[mikeswrenches]

It was made sometime after 1946, since that is when Stanley acquired North Bros.

Mike

[john k]

Just from what I have seen, the dark red was the norm for some time.   Late 50s, started seeing the plum colored ones.  I am sure there is a good Yankee history somewhere online.

[bonneyman]

I cleaned up the mechanism, and  put some chrome polish on the exposed metal. The puppy looks and works great!

[fflintstone]

I keep wanting to put a 1/4" drive on the end of a yankee driver, but havent goten a round tuit yet.

[bonneyman]

I've tried a couple of times with varying amounts of success. Guess my home-made machining skills just aren't good enough. So, I've called Lee Valley and have two bit adapters coming that are made specifically for Yankee drivers.

[mrchuck]

I took a cheap 1/4 inch hex screwdriver type, cut off the steel shaft, and cut the "notch in the part, and now have a 1/4" speed driver!!! Works A+.