Ralph wrote:

>Tom Price writes:
>
>>If you stick
>>with the Yankee #41 or #44 drills you will not have any great trouble
>>finding bits. Stanley still makes the #41 in England and the bits are
>>available new from sources such as Wm. Alden.
>
>One thing to be aware of, though, is that the new Stanley/Yankee bits are
>twist drills, NOT the 2-flute style used on the older drills.

As the Seinfeld show's Kramer character says, "You just blew my mind!" I
bought a set of Yankee bits for a #41 from William Alden about 3 years
ago and they were still the 2-flute models.  When did Stanley switch to
twist bits? That's really a dumb thing to do since the Yankee push drills
are reciprocating and twist drill bits are really designed to rotate
continuously in one direction only.
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