Types of Yankee Screwdriver

***Please note,***
I have had a few people order incorrect bits for their Spiralux Yankee,
Spiralux Yankees where not made by Stanley,
Although they were a copy of the Stanley Yankee,
The easiest way to tell which Stanley bits will fit your Spiralux Yankee,
Is to find a drill bit with the size stamped on it,
And check the fit in the end of your Spiralux,
135 bits are 5.5mm in diameter,
130 bits are 7.0mm in diameter,
131 bits are 8.0mm in diameter,The drill bit should fit snugly in the chuck of the screwdriver,If you have any problems please contact me through Ebay,

Recent newsI phoned Stanley tools and they said that they ceased production of Yankee screwdrivers and bits in 2007, they also no longer service screwdrivers, they also said that it is very unlikely that production will ever start again, as tooling for components of screwdrivers were sent to Japan when in production and have now been scrapped,

It looks like Ebay is one of only a few places left to get Yankee screwdrivers and the bits that fit them, as there is now no new stock coming to the market place, only what was made in the last production run,

Yankee Screwdriver,I have decided to write this guide as I sell Yankee Screwdriver bits, and people regularly ask me if these bits fit their screwdriver, So hopefully this guide will help you to work out which screwdriver you have, (as a lot of old Yankee's were not marked with the model number making it harder to find out which bits it takes),

History of the Yankee Screwdriver,The first spiral ratchet screwdrivers were produced in 1898 by North Brothers in the U.S.A. The name Yankee was soon adopted as a description of all spiral ratchet screwdrivers, although none managed to attain the same level of performance and quality of the original Yankee by Stanley, Yankee was truly the first the first cordless power tool and remains a very worthy competitor for workshop, building site, or production line.Which do I have "A" or "B",Yankee "A",Generally "A" is the earlier version with the wooden handle, they may also be a big slotted screw in the end for access to the spring inside, generally they also don't have the white triangular design printed on the handle, Stanley produced early"A"s at several different factories so there may be slight differences in size and fitment of bits, some early "A"s also weren't marked as to what model of Yankee it is, this guide should help,Yankee "B",Generally "B" is the newer version with a plastic handle, although toward the end of the production they fitted wooden handles, the handle should be marked with the Yankee triangle as mentioned above, These generally are marked with the type of Yankee it is 131b, 130b etc, where the slide switch for backwards and forwards is,Which model Yankee do I have,By size, This is only a rough guide as sizes may vary slightly,Sizes are quoted with the bit in the screwdriver and the screwdriver in it's fully extended position, end to end,131Made before 2002 = 712mm longMade after 2002 = 672mm long130508mm long135343mm longThere is also a smaller version of the Yankee called "Handyman",133B263mm long233B263mm long,If you are still not sure which size of screwdriver you have,The easiest way is the diameter of the bit it takes, As Stanley designed each Yankee screwdriver with a different diameter bit,Below is each screwdriver model and the diameter it takes,131 takes 8mm diameter,130 takes 7mm diameter,135 takes 5.5mm diameter,Handyman 133