From high technology to low technology

[grenfell]

British Red , I assume the Yankee is the large one ( well it looks like it to me) ? I had the same one , even the paint loss on the handle looked similar. Unfortunately I don't have it now , dropping it off a scaffold didn't help but I do have the slightly smaller one. I'm pretty certain they take slightly different sized bits , the smaller yankee taking a smaller bit to state the obvious. Do you happen to know if those hex holders are made for the smaller yankees? It wouldn't surprise me if they don't seeing as they aren't as popular as they once were.
Edit
Just looked on ebay and i've answered my own question
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hex-Bit-Adap ... ect=mobile

[ForgeCorvus]

The Yankees are bloody leathal with slotted screws I mullered my finger years ago with my grandads


But with the 1/4 drive adapter I bet the more modern torx headed twin thread self piloting wood screws it'll be a much better way to use them....

Thats my standard setup, My favourite big one (it used to be Dad's, I have a couple of others too) will drive my 'construction' sized screws (4 to 4 1/2 inch) all day long. The smaller sized ones are great for anything less then 1 1/2 as the big ones are a little over-gunned and you can quite easily drive short screws all the way through the top piece of timber..... Skew-screwing is really easy too, Torx don't cam-out.
If you don't have Very-nears or a micrometer you can measure the 'bore' by finding a metric drill bit that fits.

BR: Jointing the saw is a step you must not stint on...... Don't ask me how I know

When Rik-uk3 mentioned Hand mincers I thought we were still talking about driving slotted screws with Yankees

[Kiwififer]

I replaced my electric lawnmower for a push one at Christmas and I’ve started to think about what I could do to replace electrical items. If it’s impossible, I’ve started to replace batteries with recharging ones.

We had a couple of power cuts in Edinburgh last year and while they never lasted long, I thought about how I would cope if they were longer. Hot water bottles were purchased almost immediately!

[British Red]

I really like hot water bottles - simple, cheap and really nice on a cold night!

[Vitamin c]

I've been experimenting with cooking I start by microwaveing my meal in the morning for tea in the evening but just for 15 minutes then transfer to a pile of old tea towl's and wrap up well and hay presto cooked , not quite on my 1st few trys but learned to chop veg like sweed and cabbage a lot smaller.

[GillyBee]

You could make yourself a diy Wonderbag like this
https://www.iwillprepare.com/cooking_fi ... er_Box.htm

Or for the rich and lazy there is the Shuttlechef aka thermal cooker. Eek! I just checked the price of my ancient Shuttlechef on the big river website. Replace rich with "very rich"!

And the other system I have used plenty of times to cook rice & pasta when camping is a common or garden thermos flask - the wider the neck the better. Bring food & water to boil. Put in flask. allow to cook for twice the usual time. Drain and serve.

[Vitamin c]

The flask idea is amazing definitely going to try that .
Thanks.

[Arzosah]

And the other system I have used plenty of times to cook rice & pasta when camping is a common or garden thermos flask - the wider the neck the better. Bring food & water to boil. Put in flask. allow to cook for twice the usual time. Drain and serve.

So that really does work, GillyBee? I have a wide-necked thermos I bought at a boot sale for 50p ... that would be very useful.

[British Red]

Oh heck yes it works. You can easily cook pasta in a Thermos - or rice - or even stews ( although I generally pre-book meat to be safe).

The best flasks ever imo are Stanley "Stainless King". If you put hot coffee in one at 6am you still have to let it cool before drinking at 6pm

A great one for cooking in (if you see one at a car boot) is the "EasiYo" yoghurt maker. As well as being brilliant for yoghurt making it's just a mahoosive Thermos with a very wide mouth!

[GillyBee]

If planning to cook stews etc over longer periods in a thermos a thermometer and checking your thermos performance would help.
Food safety means that food should still be over 60C when it finishes cooking. So fill your flask with boiling water and see how hot it still is after 12 hours If over 60C then you know you can get 12 hours slow cooking for free.
NB rinsing the flask in boiling water before filling will also improve performance. If you can't get 12 hours then repeat and test after 6 hours which is still enough to do a lot of slow cooking.
Pasta and rice will only need about 20 mins so are not a problem in even a poor quality flask like some of the all plastic microwaveable food flasks. Now that is a thought, rice and water in microwavable flask. Nuke until boiling. Seal and wait. Should be even cheaper than starting the boil on the hob top and less to wash up too.
Note to self. Time to find that old food flask and press back into service.