Re: [Paddlewise] Rivet Field Repair Kit

From: Joe Pylka <pylka_at_castle.net>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 09:18:08 -0400
>Have you ever seen the old PUSH stile spring loaded screw
>drivers/drills.  They have a chuck attached to a grooved shaft that rides
>in and out of the handle as you push it up and down.  There is a slider
>switch that you can move forward/backward (up/down) to get the thing to
>change directions.  They actually drill pretty good.  I have had ones the
>size of a standard screw driver and ones the size of a giant one.  Don't
>know where to pick one up, but maybe Home Depot.

    I think Stanley Tool Works still makes them.  Used to be called a Yankee
Push Drill.


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