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Home-made super stubby screwdrivers

Postby Tom&Shelly » Fri Mar 05, 2021 6:04 pm

Found these in the discount bin of a hardware store a few years ago:

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Somebody obviously took the blades like the kind that comes in a box of deck screws, and stuck them in plastic. I was so thrilled, I bought a set for Shelly for our anniversary*.

I needed to borrow them back today, as I worked on our teardrop wiring and had to tighten screws on a terminal block someone had located in a tight place.

I also had to coat a hole I'd drilled in the floor (for a cable) with epoxy. Suddenly I thought of a great way to use the left-over in the batch

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This one will have a wider handle because that was the only plastic cup I could find that has a flat bottom. All the better for torquing the little suckers. If this works, it'll go in the tow vehicle's tool box. I will let you know...

Tom

* Aren't I the romantic devil! In fact, she builds doll house furniture and loved them.
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Re: Home-made super stubby screwdrivers

Postby GuitarPhotog » Fri Mar 05, 2021 11:49 pm

I have a pair of those, except in red plastic. A #2 Vessel point (a Japanese Phillips head rip-off) and a 3/16" straight blade. I bought them in Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan in ~1987. They actually come in handy once in a while (decade).
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Re: Home-made super stubby screwdrivers

Postby tony.latham » Sat Mar 06, 2021 9:54 am

I should fire up the 3D printer today.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3079591

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Re: Home-made super stubby screwdrivers

Postby Tom&Shelly » Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:15 am

GuitarPhotog wrote:I have a pair of those, except in red plastic. A #2 Vessel point (a Japanese Phillips head rip-off) and a 3/16" straight blade. I bought them in Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan in ~1987. They actually come in handy once in a while (decade).


Yep, but when you need one...

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Re: Home-made super stubby screwdrivers

Postby Tom&Shelly » Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:22 am

tony.latham wrote:I should fire up the 3D printer today.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3079591

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Tony


Neat!

With mine, I may try and finish it by drilling some holes in the epoxy around the bit, cutting a circle with a scroll saw, and then sanding smooth the edges. (Yours is less work but mine uses otherwise wasted epoxy.) :lol:

Or, I could just leave it as is, make a few hundred more, and scatter them around the campsite as a deterrent to bears (and anyone else wearing bear feet)! :wakka wakka:

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Re: Home-made super stubby screwdrivers

Postby tony.latham » Sat Mar 06, 2021 11:32 am

(and anyone else wearing bear feet)!


I should make some bear-paw shoes for camp track making. They'd go along with the ever-present rubber snake.

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Re: Home-made super stubby screwdrivers

Postby tony.latham » Sat Mar 06, 2021 8:59 pm

Yep, but when you need one...


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3D printers are handy. :thumbsup:

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Re: Home-made super stubby screwdrivers

Postby Tom&Shelly » Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:31 pm

tony.latham wrote:3D printers are handy. :thumbsup:

Tony


Looks great! :thumbsup:

Shelly's been looking at 3D printers now and again (mainly for her miniatures, aka, doll house furniture). I suspect at some point, when we have a little free time and a little money simultaneously...

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Re: Home-made super stubby screwdrivers

Postby Greg M » Sat Mar 06, 2021 11:00 pm

Any excuse, eh, Tony?
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Re: Home-made super stubby screwdrivers

Postby tony.latham » Sun Mar 07, 2021 8:22 am

Greg M wrote:Any excuse, eh, Tony?
I scroll through the Thingiverse site from time to time just to see what I might want to print up. Two days ago it was a handful of scalpel handles.

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