OT: purchases and gifts meant to last :OT

xfire_ATX

Knew what I wanted to show off but kept forgetting....

My Dad was given this tool when he was a lineman for ATT/ Southwestern Bell before I was born.  I played around with it when I was a kid as it was already relegated to the never use tool box.

Fast Forward some 10 years ago after he passed away I told my Sister and Brother there was really only one tool I wanted and it was this.  Searching through his belongings didnt reveal it.  My brother did take a random box of stuff from the garage and a year later he asks me... is that what you were looking for?

Anyway behold the early 1960s (design much older) STANLEY YANKEE NO. 41Y.  I couldnt get the pic clear enough but it is stamped Southwestern Bell.


It still has some of the original bits loaded in the handle.  If I ever use it again Im going to buy an adaptor to use fastener bits.  Either way it will outlive another generation.

Langner91

That's a great old tool!

This company is still making them and they have bits if you are interested:

https://garrettwade.com/product/packs-of-replacement-bits-for-yankee-push-drill
  

xfire_ATX

Looking at this 

https://www.leevalley.com/en-us/shop/tools/hand-tools/screwdrivers/57809-hex-adapter-for-yankee-screwdrivers?item=24K0580

fishlessman

darn tough exploding outhouse socks

HeavyG

Looks like a game of Lunar Lander.

Thatgrimguy

I'm buying one of these way overbuilt copper pots. Due to the $USD strength and Turkey's terrible economy, they are really reasonably priced right now.

And sure to last a couple lifetimes! The silver interior liner is an actual plate of sliver and not just a coating and as such doesn't require maintenance like tin or unlined copper pots. And the heat distribution is incredible compared to Stainless or Cast Iron. Great for making sauces.

https://www.soy.com.tr/product/52/saucepans

CTMike

Thatgrimguy said:

I'm buying one of these way overbuilt copper pots. Due to the $USD strength and Turkey's terrible economy, they are really reasonably priced right now.

And sure to last a couple lifetimes! The silver interior liner is an actual plate of sliver and not just a coating and as such doesn't require maintenance like tin or unlined copper pots. And the heat distribution is incredible compared to Stainless or Cast Iron. Great for making sauces.

https://www.soy.com.tr/product/52/saucepans

Damn you!!! Something else I didn’t know I needed.

I just received these a couple days ago:

Not shown is the matching 11” fly pan that just arrived yesterday.

Botch

Thatgrimguy said:

I'm buying one of these way overbuilt copper pots. Due to the $USD strength and Turkey's terrible economy, they are really reasonably priced right now.

And sure to last a couple lifetimes! The silver interior liner is an actual plate of sliver and not just a coating and as such doesn't require maintenance like tin or unlined copper pots. And the heat distribution is incredible compared to Stainless or Cast Iron. Great for making sauces.

https://www.soy.com.tr/product/52/saucepans

So, you didn't spring for one of the solid silver pots?    
 
EDIT:  And, I see they don't quote those prices directly anymore, you have to email them.  
They were a bit 'spensive...