Thread: Yankee 130A Yankee Stanly Screwdiver Bits

Steve

Rather than pi$$ing around paying too much for the Stanley bits, get a magnetic hex chuck for your Yankee.
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The Wood Works sell them for $27 and then you can use your Yankee for almost anything,using readily available hex bits! I have them in all my Yankees and can thoroughly recommend them.

[QUOTE=jmk89;1030087]Steve

Rather than pi$$ing around paying too much for the Stanley bits, get a magnetic hex chuck for your Yankee.

Thanks Jeremy, I'm not sure how it works. Will it work on a phillips head screw?

Just checked it out at Wood Works. I get it now. Great idea. Thanks Jeremy.

Originally Posted by jmk89

...get a magnetic hex chuck for your Yankee.

If you're not happy with that you can order a range of bits for your Yankee 130 from Lee Valley (including square drive - I just got two ), or just the basic slot and Philips/pozidrive range from Stanley in the States (can't remember the website offhand but I think it's stanleytools.com).

Cheers, Vann.

Originally Posted by Vann

If you're not happy with that you can order a range of bits for your Yankee 130 from Lee Valley (including square drive - I just got two ), or just the basic slot and Philips/pozidrive range from Stanley in the States (can't remember the website offhand but I think it's stanleytools.com).

Cheers, Vann.

Thanks Vann
I'll check it out tomorrow. The Lee Valley site is down for "maintenance" until tomorrow. I've ordered the one from Wood Works, but the square drive sounds good.

How do you get the bits out? Is there a trick? I'd get a quick change head, but the bit in my yankee is stuck...

Originally Posted by rhancock

How do you get the bits out? Is there a trick? I'd get a quick change head, but the bit in my yankee is stuck...

I reckon your problem is simply gummy gunk in close tolerances (like we used to be used to) bit of solvent oil of some sort let it rest and jiggle and pull and cleann out the recess when it pops out - youll be good for another couple of decades

Neil (and you dont have to recharge them)

Originally Posted by brontehls

Neil (and you dont have to recharge them)

That's what made me try and change the bit - i've got a philips bit for it, and had 4 nephews working the rechargeables drills all day, and knackered out the batteries, so I got out a couple of braces, and the yankee, but couldn't change the bit. Then I thought, maybe they aren't interchangeable...? so I didn't want to put too much force into it.

I'll give it a squirt of wd40 and see if that helps.

Thanks for the reply!

This thread inspired me to go and try and get the bit out of my Yankee and realised that I have no idea how it comes out.

Is it just a pull or is there a twist? I would like to know what I should be doing before I try lubricant and force.

It has been in there for at least 30 years possibly 40.

I have to get a hex bit adapter, it will be fun to drive some Canadian square drives with a Yankee

Originally Posted by rhancock

How do you get the bits out? Is there a trick? I'd get a quick change head, but the bit in my yankee is stuck...

Originally Posted by blackhole

Is it just a pull or is there a twist? I would like to know what I should be doing before I try lubricant and force.

Have you pulled and held the release back before trying to pull the bit out? It's the knurled bit at the tip

Originally Posted by DJ's Timber

Have you pulled and held the release back before trying to pull the bit out? It's the knurled bit at the tip

Thats the piece of information that I needed, thanks.

Originally Posted by blackhole

Thats the piece of information that I needed, thanks.

Now, I see... I sprayed some wd-40 on it, and got it out.

Once I'd got it out, I worked out that I was using the wrong hand! Figuring it was stuck and would need lots of force, I was pulling on the bit with my right hand...

Finally worked out the best way to do it, is to rest the driver upside down on the bench, handle down, and push down the holding ring with my right hand, and then the bit slips out easily.

I've got a number of bits for the yankee, but screws must have been much larger in olden days, because the philips bits are huge! - probably size 3 or 4..

Now I can order the hex bit adapter.

Thanks for the help, team!

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Now I can order the hex bit adapter.


I got mine from Wood Works the other day. Works great and is a simple work around. I can use all sorts of bits.