Screwdrivers

[disturbedfuel15 10+ year member]

Oh and P. S. Chisels work great for banging around with a hammer, and pry bars work great for prying. You should generally avoid wailing on plastic with a metal hammer //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[TheUnderFighter 10+ year member]

How about... instead of going threw a bunch of screwdrivers... you just buy a chisel and a pry-bar and use the tools for what they are meant? This is just stupid....

 

[black05alti]

How about... instead of going threw a bunch of screwdrivers... you just buy a chisel and a pry-bar and use the tools for what they are meant? This is just stupid....

I agree with this

 

[disturbedfuel15 10+ year member]

How about... instead of going threw a bunch of screwdrivers... you just buy a chisel and a pry-bar and use the tools for what they are meant? This is just stupid....

Sounds like something I would say.

 

[i2ain2thunder 10+ year member]

How about... instead of going threw a bunch of screwdrivers... you just buy a chisel and a pry-bar and use the tools for what they are meant? This is just stupid....

I work on **** all the time, if you do to, you can't tell me you've never used a screwdriver for any purpose other than to screw screws.

Be plenty easy to give examples, but one would be lossening the ring around a top terminal battery. little twist of the flat head is all it takes, I'm not busting out a dam prybar for that.

 

[InhumanAcura 5,000+ posts]

I only use screwdrivers for driving screws..

Buy the right tools..

 

[i2ain2thunder 10+ year member]

I only use screwdrivers for driving screws..
Buy the right tools..

To me if you have a tool that can do the job and you go buy a tool meant to do the job, that is a waste of money, and I'm not rich. I've used screwdrivers so many times for so many different reasons I can't even count. Got the job done, and I saved money on buying (the right tool for the job). I'm happy but to each their own, if you got money to blow I agree get the right tools for the job. If you don't then maybe my suggesting of thinking about getting a more durable tool in case you have a situation that calls for one isn't the worst advice ever given.

 

[InhumanAcura 5,000+ posts]

Its called a "screwdriver"..

Are you into adjustable wrenches, too?

 

[quakerroatmeal 10+ year member]

Geez you guys are like little girls fighting over this topic? Name calling and insults is unncessary. I agree that he shouldn't really be using it as other tools but even myself have used screw drivers and flat head as other functions. I just never messed any of them up though even using them to hammer stuff.

Not everybody has the luxury of having all the tools. Let alone a nice snap on tool box loaded with a variety of tools. Hell some people don't even have tools.

 

[InhumanAcura 5,000+ posts]

Geez you guys are like little girls fighting over this topic? Name calling and insults is unncessary. I agree that he shouldn't really be using it as other tools but even myself have used screw drivers and flat head as other functions. I just never messed any of them up though even using them to hammer stuff.
Not everybody has the luxury of having all the tools. Let alone a nice snap on tool box loaded with a variety of tools. Hell some people don't even have tools.

Its the interweb..take it easy.

 

[disturbedfuel15 10+ year member]

There's nothing wrong with what you're doing. Was simply suggesting if you keep destroying screwdrivers, that's why they made tools specifically for certain jobs.

 

[jdawg90 10+ year member]

How about... instead of going threw a bunch of screwdrivers... you just buy a chisel and a pry-bar and use the tools for what they are meant? This is just stupid....

Umm yeah... I don't want to carry a chisel and a pry bar around in a portable tool box....

 

[urmomsmin3 10+ year member]

i use cornwell tools alot now there cheaper then snap on etc but still have a lifetime warrenty

 

[disturbedfuel15 10+ year member]

To be straight forward, husky is home depots signature brand and they'll swap out a broken one for a new one, no questions asked

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

when i was young i would use flat head screw drivers for prying things, and they would bend, or you hammer them and the handle breaks.

now i use chisels and pry bars for that stuff so i don't waste my investment in nicer screwdrivers.

you can get screwdrivers with end caps made for hammering and hex shafts that resist bending.

a Wonderbar is light and is perfect for the portable tool box, and costs less than $10. every tool box should have one, IMO it's only like 8" long.

if you work on stuff all the time, then accumulating chisels and pry bars is just natural.

Klein makes my favorite screwdrivers. But I also have Stanley and Craftsman sets that are both new and 20 years old.

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

i did pick this up, and i do like using it

for sale for $15 at Lowe's. it's a nice set and it does work as advertised and is much faster. my set has the small and large drivers with the bit set for both (lacks hex drivers).

 

[InhumanAcura 5,000+ posts]

i did pick this up, and i do like using it

for sale for $15 at Lowe's. it's a nice set and it does work as advertised and is much faster. my set has the small and large drivers with the bit set for both (lacks hex drivers).

Could I hit that with a hammer to chisel the deck of my engine block, though? Will it cut zip ties?

 

[i2ain2thunder 10+ year member]

You are free to do whatever you want. I recommend against it, and clearly you're trying to prove a point. However I don't recall ever saying anything about using a screwdriver to sculpt metal or anything ridiculous like that. I simply very simply pointed out hey you might want to think about a screwdriver that has a good handle/metal if you want one versatile enough to conquer other tasks.

There are actually parts of cars that require you to use a flathead for something other than it's recommended purpose of screwing. For instance those tabs that hold a wheelwell gaurd in place. You may have trouble getting a pry bar in there, matter of fact the manual will say to use a flathead screwdriver. So I just keep winning, and you just keep making absurd comments

 

[InhumanAcura 5,000+ posts]

these?

 

[i2ain2thunder 10+ year member]

these?

Yeah in the manual it says to use pliers too, after using a screwdriver to make room to attach the pliers. But anyway this is getting so pointless I just don't think I can go on.