Old Stanley tools

[trev]

errm I'm lost...Please explain

He's talking about what used to be known, round here anyway, as a tap and turn. It was a tool for making holes in masonary

 

[driverman]

He's talking about what used to be known, round here anyway, as a tap and turn. It was a tool for making holes in masonary

ahh right got you......drilled holes threw me.......yes i've used them also and a hand held drill.

 

[dingledong]

Yes a rawplug tool and a hammer and a day of your life doing 3 holes in concrete

 

[GMES]

Thought I was the bees knees when I bought a Yankee screwdriver

Good evening M,
Yankee ratchet drivers are the work of the devil,anybody ever get there hand trapped by one OUCH

 

[shanky887614]

the oldest tool ive got is a straight razor from the late 1800's

 

[GMES]

the oldest tool ive got is a straight razor from the late 1800's

And the oldest Tool I've got is ...........

 

[7029 dave]

Still have my stanley driver since I was 16, 35 years ago.!!

 

[dingledong]

Your supposed to hold them by the handle gmes so they don't catch your hand

 

[dingledong]

Best shave you can have a straight razor

 

[shanky887614]

Best shave you can have a straight razor

i dont have many, cant beat the shave though. a DE/SE razor can get close

 

[Slowhand]

And who has drilled holes using a rawplug tool not just one hole but many

I have, thousands of them!
The worst thing about them was snapping the bit off in the centre hole so you'd have to mark and drill the two side ones. I soon learned to fix boxes in with a bit of bonding scrounged from the spread.

 

[GMES]

Your supposed to hold them by the handle gmes so they don't catch your hand

I bet if people are honest most of the guys on here have done the same they were lethal, but at the same time a very useful tool

 

[shanky887614]

I bet if people are honest most of the guys on here have done the same they were lethal, but at the same time a very useful tool

there not that dangerous, just be careful or you will be reaching for the alum

 

[TJLinks]

my first job was putting up about 120m of 4" steel trunking around a factory wall, dropped off in the morning with my bait bag, a screw driver, a lump hammer and a tap & turn (trunking & fixings already on site)
these boys with their battery powered everythings don't know they are born!!!

 

[shanky887614]

my first job was putting up about 120m of 4" steel trunking around a factory wall, dropped off in the morning with my bait bag, a screw driver, a lump hammer and a tap & turn (trunking & fixings already on site)
these boys with their battery powered everythings don't know they are born!!!

im sure you had to make your bends as well, ive never made trunking bends ive made plenty of tray bends,sets etc though.

i try to make it out of one piece if i can even of its more difficult just for ****s and giggles

 

[Deleted member 72666]

Canvas tool bag, tap and turn rawl tool, footprint dogs in 2 sizes, BA spanners and nut spinners just to name a few. Oh, and a full set of metric and whitworth spanners.

 

[7029 dave]

Canvas tool bag, tap and turn rawl tool, footprint dogs in 2 sizes, BA spanners and nut spinners just to name a few. Oh, and a full set of metric and whitworth spanners.

So your a Plummer.? :stooge_curly:

 

[Barry White]

first screwdriver I owned was an all metal mecarno screwdriver god thats a few years back. Tried the stanley yankie screwdriver but couldent get on with it so give up.
Used the knock and twists loads of times in fact still got a few in the shed.
never used one but anyone remember the folding ruler my grandad had one.



think the steel tape was one of the best inventions

and if you want to travel down memory lane theres loads of vintage tools here

Vintage Tools and Gadgets of the 1950s (Page 2)

just select the years you want

 

[rapparee]

im sure you had to make your bends as well, ive never made trunking bends ive made plenty of tray bends,sets etc though.

i try to make it out of one piece if i can even of its more difficult just for ****s and giggles

I need a 4 1/2" grinder to make trunking bends, the hacksaw bends just lool a bit rough

 

[rapparee]

I bet if people are honest most of the guys on here have done the same they were lethal, but at the same time a very useful tool

When i was going to do my am2 yankee screw drivers were banned along with stanley knives