Thread: Woodworkers screwdrivers?

In my opinion the reason the blades are flatened below the handle is because they are made like a chisel, with a tang that goes in the handle.
They were probably made from a flat piece of stock. You will probaly find the flat extends into the metal fural and maybe into the handle.
New modern screwdrivers are just a piece of round bar with some bumps bashed in them to stop the shaft turning in the handle which is cast plastic.
Wheres the craft in that.

Some butcherous types will tell you its so you can get a shifter on to them for extra torque.
They must be greasy mechanic types who should be using plastic handled tools.

Thank's, that makes sense... I was just curious, I haven't seen them like that before, if I ever see any second hand I'll snaffle 'em up and know I've a quality tool, thank's again.

savage.

I've got me some of those "woodies" screwdrivers and I love 'em to open paint tins and the like but a well ground quality driver is my preference any day for screws and bolts.

Heavy duty is an old Craftsman square shafted straight driver which you can put a shifter on if thats appropriate in a metal working environment.

With wood working applications the old style wood handled jobs are good, the best by far are the newer plastic handled rubber insert jobbies that really give you some grip - but I hate how all you seem to get now are the magnetic tips :mad:

Okay they are great in certain applications and a pain in others.
The range available these days seems limited and not very user friendly

All right Auld!

Let's get real.

These are screwdrivers - am I correct?

(With all due respect to Derek and Col - to each of whom I owe a substantial libation and an offer in is in formulation) -

Put the screw in as best you know how - this does not require a university qualification (how does one do an "eek!" here?)

Feel the width. Assess the satiny smooth slipperiness of the shaft as you drive the screw in to the unsuspecting timber . . . . .

OK - you got me Col - I want a perfectly dimensioned driver: nice tang, cleanly tapering shaft, good bite, excellent response to pressure, enough torque, no chatter, . .

Heaven in one's hand!

Regards

Let's get real.

These are screwdrivers - am I correct?

Hi Pete

There is an unquantifiable yet obvious joy in using a good tool, even one as simple and basic as a screwdriver. Not only must they perform well (the tip must fit well in the groove), be durable (tough steel), be ergonomic (comfortable to hold), but they must also be nice to look at.

The alternative is either the yellow and green plastic handled Stanleys that come in a flexi-plastic box. They also do the job, but they are Boring, Uncomfortable, and Cheap. Where is the pleasure?

Regards

Derek

Originally Posted by Pete J

All right Auld!

Let's get real.

These are screwdrivers - am I correct?

(With all due respect to Derek and Col - to each of whom I owe a substantial libation and an offer in is in formulation) -

Put the screw in as best you know how - this does not require a university qualification (how does one do an "eek!" here?)

Feel the width. Assess the satiny smooth slipperiness of the shaft as you drive the screw in to the unsuspecting timber . . . . .

OK - you got me Col - I want a perfectly dimensioned driver: nice tang, cleanly tapering shaft, good bite, excellent response to pressure, enough torque, no chatter, . .

Heaven in one's hand!

Regards

Use the Force, Luke, use the Force!

Keep an eye out for old woodies drivers that have lost their handles.
They look like a piece of rubish & likely found in that tin or box of metal scrap things at garage sales. But wee know diferent

Must admit I prefer the cordless myself .