Got all my tools from when I started 1968. Look after them and dont lend them and if they are good tools then they last. At the time they cost many weeks wages and apprentices didnt earm much. My first pay packet in 1968 was £3.10.00 (£3.50) and tools cost 3 times that. My mother said if you got a trade you'll always have work....
I started my apprenticeship in 1967 and to drill for fixings we used a Rawl Tool (a thin round chisel 8s 10s that you hammered and turned to make the fixings hole) and then came the Stanly Hand Drill, the cordless drill of the day. It made quite a difference, thank god for a modern battery cordless.
David, these youngsters dont know they are born these days. Done my apprenticeship around the same time and still have all my well used but looked after tools. I would like to see a battery tool in 50 years time🤔
This is one of the first tools that I ever bought and it's still going strong. I use it all the time over faffing around with battery drills...for the larger jobs I use a 1980s Black & Decker mains drill.
I started with a Yankee handyman and the Stanley 2 speed hand drill,yes you read that right it was 2 speed lol Back then we used black japaned slotted screws
I was an Aircraft Mechanic and we used egg-beaters all the time for taking out loose rivets. They didn't spark and they didn't require electricity (this was before cordless drills) or an air compressor. Air drills were preferable but it was easier if you're doing a dozen or so rivets to just use the egg beaters. I still have the smaller Stanley and I've got one like yours on the way in the mail. The smaller one is good for most of what you'd want to use a hand drill for anyway. I also use a speed handle for nuts and bolts. Just something about having control of the process instead of using power tools or ever ratchets. A speed handle is an amazing work saver. Once loose, you can flick the back side around and spin a nut off quicker than any battery-ratchet.
I did buy one of them in the early 70s and they did have there uses before coreless drills came along, but the main thing I remember using them for was putting a 3.5mm tap in the drill for cleaning out the screw threads with some WD40 on switches and sockets when doing second fixing, I still do the same thing today but with a small coreless drill.
This is a great drill! My oldest tool is probably my Knipex pincers from my Granddad. I actually have a lot of tools from him. He always bought great quality tools and took good care of them, which shows that they can last longer than a livetime. WD-40 is called "Water Displacement (Formula Number) 40". It was the 40th mixture they tried which apparently worked the best. Another trick from my grandpa for cleaning and restoring handles: Have a look if you can find "Poliboy Furniture Polish" that stuff works wonders. I have even used it on my new hammers.
These tools will be useful when the power rationing starts lol. I have a pair of Yankee ratchet screwdrivers as back up. My Dad still has one of those vintage hand drills too.
You haven't shown the trickiest bit (pardon that pun) when you dismantle the chuck, the three jaws and springs fly onto the floor, and then you have to put them back togather. Is that your next video?
What's the oldest tool in your bag?
Still got an estwing hammer from starting my apprenticeship in 2004
Got all my tools from when I started 1968. Look after them and dont lend them and if they are good tools then they last. At the time they cost many weeks wages and apprentices didnt earm much. My first pay packet in 1968 was £3.10.00 (£3.50) and tools cost 3 times that. My mother said if you got a trade you'll always have work....
WD-40 is water displacement and the 40th attempt formula
I started my apprenticeship in 1967 and to drill for fixings we used a Rawl Tool (a thin round chisel 8s 10s that you hammered and turned to make the fixings hole) and then came the Stanly Hand Drill, the cordless drill of the day. It made quite a difference, thank god for a modern battery cordless.
David, these youngsters dont know they are born these days. Done my apprenticeship around the same time and still have all my well used but looked after tools. I would like to see a battery tool in 50 years time🤔
Fun to find old tools to clean and try! Great calming voice, and great video
This is one of the first tools that I ever bought and it's still going strong. I use it all the time over faffing around with battery drills...for the larger jobs I use a 1980s Black & Decker mains drill.
I think it's...
Water Displacement
And then the 40th version of their attempt.. but that's without cheating on Google
I started with a Yankee handyman and the Stanley 2 speed hand drill,yes you read that right it was 2 speed lol
Back then we used black japaned slotted screws
I was an Aircraft Mechanic and we used egg-beaters all the time for taking out loose rivets. They didn't spark and they didn't require electricity (this was before cordless drills) or an air compressor. Air drills were preferable but it was easier if you're doing a dozen or so rivets to just use the egg beaters. I still have the smaller Stanley and I've got one like yours on the way in the mail. The smaller one is good for most of what you'd want to use a hand drill for anyway. I also use a speed handle for nuts and bolts. Just something about having control of the process instead of using power tools or ever ratchets. A speed handle is an amazing work saver. Once loose, you can flick the back side around and spin a nut off quicker than any battery-ratchet.
Thats beautiful
Ha ha, I grew up with one of those. It was years before electric drills came about and were affordable :D
I did buy one of them in the early 70s and they did have there uses before coreless drills came along, but the main thing I remember using them for was putting a 3.5mm tap in the drill for cleaning out the screw threads with some WD40 on switches and sockets when doing second fixing, I still do the same thing today but with a small coreless drill.
I couldn't think of the Nick name earlier, we used to call them egg
Beaters
This is a great drill!
My oldest tool is probably my Knipex pincers from my Granddad. I actually have a lot of tools from him. He always bought great quality tools and took good care of them, which shows that they can last longer than a livetime.
WD-40 is called "Water Displacement (Formula Number) 40". It was the 40th mixture they tried which apparently worked the best.
Another trick from my grandpa for cleaning and restoring handles: Have a look if you can find "Poliboy Furniture Polish" that stuff works wonders. I have even used it on my new hammers.
Set of Stanley Yankee screwdtivers 😍😍
These tools will be useful when the power rationing starts lol. I have a pair of Yankee ratchet screwdrivers as back up. My Dad still has one of those vintage hand drills too.
Great restoration work. Looks as good as the day YOU bought it😂
Try using some GT85 I think it works better than regular WD40
You haven't shown the trickiest bit (pardon that pun) when you dismantle the chuck, the three jaws and springs fly onto the floor, and then you have to put them back togather. Is that your next video?
Hey Jordan!Nice video!Can you tell me a really bad accident that you had throughout your career??
Why dont you sharpen the drill bit