Just curious

[lowell holmes]

Am I the only woodworker with a thing for push screwdrivers?

I have two Millers Falls, a Klein, and a Stanley.

Just curious if any others were as ??? as I am.

[Chris Hachet]

I think Steven Newman likes them, I am not a huge fan. I love the wood handled style like the Grace Gunsmithing screwdrivers from Lee valley.

[Bill Houghton]

I like them and use them. I like push drills even more, and use them a LOT.

I have two of the great big size, but use them almost never; the mid-size are most useful to me.

[lowell holmes]

I like them and use them. I like push drills even more, and use them a LOT.

I have two of the great big size, but use them almost never; the mid-size are most useful to me.

I have a Yankee 41Y push drill to pre-drill screw holes. I stumbled across a new old stock set of bits for it.

[Frederick Skelly]

Garrett Wade sells a repro for about $62 on sale now. Comes with a set of 2 fluted drill bits.

I've been eyeballing this for a year and my just pull the trigger.............

[Ray Selinger]

No you are not. I had one from the days before VSR drill motors, I was given a couple, I picked up some at the fleamarket, there're cheap, so I had some. Then I bought a patternmakers chest at a estate sale. He had a thing for Yankees , too.

[Nicholas Lawrence]

I like mine. I have an old Goodell Pratt push drill that I like as well.

[Dave Parkis]

I have at least a dozen

[Shawn Pixley]

Not me. Never cared for them.

Not knocking those who like them, just not my tool of choice.

[Dave Zellers]

I have at least a dozen

Now pray tell, what in the world is the point of that?

The owner of a dozen power drills asked....

[steven c newman]

Depends on how much "hp" you need to turn a screw..
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There is also a small Stanley H133a lurking about, along with 3 or 4 push drills. I even made a few bits to use in the Yankees..
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Made from old hex bits. I think I can find some uses for these.

[lowell holmes]

I rate the Yankee push drills along side of the Bell Sytems Brace that I have.

[steven c newman]

Used a Yankee screwdriver tonight, had a bunch of #8 Phillips screws to drive...
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The brace has a counter sink bit..the screws?
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Works for me....