I Almost Threw This Useless Screwdriver Away….
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Re: I Almost Threw This Useless Screwdriver Away….
It's a Godsend when you need one.
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Re: I Almost Threw This Useless Screwdriver Away….
If you don't have that, you can do the same thing by putting a screw on the screwdriver with a piece of tape.
The inevitable often happens.
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Re: I Almost Threw This Useless Screwdriver Away….
In shop I started in years ago, we called them Monday Morning Screwdrivers.
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Re: I Almost Threw This Useless Screwdriver Away….
I prefer this type.. Gets into smaller spaces, and will screw hold upon extraction..
This is the one I use on the cover..
https://www.mcmaster.com/screw-holding- ... e~slotted/
Cap
This is the one I use on the cover..
https://www.mcmaster.com/screw-holding- ... e~slotted/
Cap
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Re: I Almost Threw This Useless Screwdriver Away….
I have used screwdrivers like that for years. I picked mine up at the electrical supply house and use it to hold the ground screw or other screws deep inside an outlet or light switch box. They work great when working overhead applying covers on junction boxes etc.
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Re: I Almost Threw This Useless Screwdriver Away….
I USED to have one. Sadly, I lost it. I need to get another one. they're super handy.
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Re: I Almost Threw This Useless Screwdriver Away….
I got one from McMaster Carr.
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Re: I Almost Threw This Useless Screwdriver Away….
Like Tim, I use to have one. It was the two blade slide sleeve type with a really long shaft. Worked great. Somebody wanted it more than I did.
I now have one of the spring clip kind and they work well...just a bit tight for stubby fingers...
I now have one of the spring clip kind and they work well...just a bit tight for stubby fingers...
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Re: I Almost Threw This Useless Screwdriver Away….
I do too, but we have both.Cap wrote: ↑Thu Nov 11, 2021 7:56 amI prefer this type.. Gets into smaller spaces, and will screw hold upon extraction..
This is the one I use on the cover..
https://www.mcmaster.com/screw-holding- ... e~slotted/
Cap
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Re: I Almost Threw This Useless Screwdriver Away….
You can also use a dab of EZ Turn fuel proof grease as it's pretty sticky stuff. I've started nuts that I could only get my finger tip on it by putting a dab on my finger tip and sticking the nut to it.
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Re: I Almost Threw This Useless Screwdriver Away….
The problem with using sticky grease is that as soon as I put it on my finger my nose becomes itchy and I always use the finger with the grease on to scratch it!
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Re: I Almost Threw This Useless Screwdriver Away….
I jam the head of the screw in a short bit of rubber fuel line, then use an ordinary electrician's screwdriver poked down the fuel line. Works a treat.
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Re: I Almost Threw This Useless Screwdriver Away….
The old trick was slipping a short piece of thin rubber tubing over the end of the screw driver to hold the screw.
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Re: I Almost Threw This Useless Screwdriver Away….
Itchy nose to grease issue! Been there! What's worse is when you get a dob of silver anti-seize on your fingers and don't realize it. You get silver all over the place and yourself!