Thread: Oh how times have changed.

Originally Posted by stuarth44

I was once asked to roll corten r200, 6mm, my 5 inch plate rolls would not move it, my plate wheeling machine did the job
corten pulls like crazy when welded, plus it needs lo hydrogen
pity it costs moonbeams here, i built a round brick house with a slate roof, corten, or weathering steel looks great, my idea for Tornado Ally USA, Round house, coned corten roof, stead of that they rebuild with matchsticks

Corten is the steel shipping containers are made from and the only material allowed to be used in the repair of same.

My Dad was an apprentice at those Newport workshops and had one of those screwdrivers too.

One time on the way to work on his motorbike one of the front forks broke so of course one of the older blokes helped my Dad do the repair at work that day.

Dad also drove Heavy Harry a few feet forwards when it was in the yard with steam up. He was seriously told off afterwards!

Originally Posted by p38arover

I just noticed the narration was by Terry Dear. Who else remembers him from radio and early TV?

Me.

Originally Posted by p38arover

I didn't know they were called that, either. I looked up Yankee Screwdriver and found I had one. I must have bought it in the mid-70s. The cap unscrews and spare/different bits are kept in there. I think there's a drill bit, too. I'll go and check. Mine is a Spiralux Model 7233.

Yes, two drill bits plus one other bit that has no apparent purpose. A photo on the net shows it should have Phillips bit. The odd bit in mine looks like it hasn't been fluted to become a Phillips bit.

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I think "Yankee" was a Stanley trademark name, a bit like calling a vacuum cleaner a Hoover I suppose.

Originally Posted by Killer

I think "Yankee" was a Stanley trademark name, a bit like calling a vacuum cleaner a Hoover I suppose.

Turns out it was a name they acquired when purchasing the original manufacturer.
Yankee screwdriver - Wikipedia



I have a number of them in various sizes. I've purchased them from Trash & Treasure markets just to get additional blades. They seem to have just the one blade, the handle is always empty !

An elderly guy at the local woodwork club used to be a coachbuilder, he used a Yankee screwdriver to install several hundred screws in railway carriages. That's when men were real men.


Colin

Originally Posted by stuarth44

I was once asked to roll corten r200, 6mm, my 5 inch plate rolls would not move it, my plate wheeling machine did the job
corten pulls like crazy when welded, plus it needs lo hydrogen
pity it costs moonbeams here, i built a round brick house with a slate roof, corten, or weathering steel looks great, my idea for Tornado Ally USA, Round house, coned corten roof, stead of that they rebuild with matchsticks

Have got two old sheds both with Queens Head Galv. must be, as far as I can determine, at least 140 years old. 1 X stables & 1 x Packing
I had both "Slippered" when they replaced the olde roof house probably got another 50 years, unlike me.

Originally Posted by gromit

Turns out it was a name they acquired when purchasing the original manufacturer.
Yankee screwdriver - Wikipedia



I have a number of them in various sizes. I've purchased them from Trash & Treasure markets just to get additional blades. They seem to have just the one blade, the handle is always empty !

An elderly guy at the local woodwork club used to be a coachbuilder, he used a Yankee screwdriver to install several hundred screws in railway carriages. That's when men were real men.


Colin

I Wonder whether he was the bloke that screwed shut every onboard toilet door? No, I didn't know him either, Colin.

Originally Posted by 4bee

Have got two old sheds both with Queens Head Galv. must be, as far as I can determine, at least 140 years old. 1 X stables & 1 x Packing
I had both "Slippered" when they replaced the olde roof house probably got another 50 years, unlike me.

got mebbe one to 5 years meseln
building cuppla shelters for the Ds, have a stack of clay tiles , on top hats, yes i had a gal drum of creosote the yanks left from ww2, that 44 gal drum was like new arrghhhhhhhhh