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SD Bugeye
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Pretty funny
when I was wrenching for dollars I had a screw driver that would only fit in my Mac box corner to corner
that thing was borrowed by everybody in the shop All the time.
it was a beast predecessor to the pry bar I believe
when I left it stayed with boys in place of honor the tool crib right next to the owatona 6X 1’ drive ratchet
when I was wrenching for dollars I had a screw driver that would only fit in my Mac box corner to corner
that thing was borrowed by everybody in the shop All the time.
it was a beast predecessor to the pry bar I believe
when I left it stayed with boys in place of honor the tool crib right next to the owatona 6X 1’ drive ratchet
How about that round, spring-loaded metal thing you put up against a screw and hammer on the top to break the screw loose? I've got one of those. I also have another brute force hacker tool - the 1 1/2" reamer that you put into a bit and brace to enlarge or as we used to say "egg out" a hole in metal? Careful craftsmanship and patience was never my thing. Quick and dirty is more like it.
dklawson
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Do you mean an (was impact driver) impact screwdriver? It's a must have tool but don't buy a super cheap one. I have an older Sears Craftsman one that I keep in a Harbor Freight one's metal box. The HF one was thrown out after the first two attempts at use. You get what you pay for.
EDIT: I wanted to see what they look like these days and how much they cost. No one calls them an impact driver anymore. Now with all the electric and cordless tools people have given them a very specific name "impact screwdriver" even though most have a 1/2" socket drive on them.
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PJ
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Doc, I see bolts like this on my 15 foot mower on occasion, shear bolts that didn't! :highly_amused:
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Those bolts are hilarious. I laughed out loud. In my 67+ years of wrenching, I could have used all of them. And yes, that impact wrench is what I have. I think I've used it twice in the last 40 years. About 3 times as much as I've used my ring compressor, my wheel puller, those Chrysler screwdrivers with those figure 8 tips (why I got those I can't remember) and that contraption you use to change out the McPherson strut on a VW Rabbit. I used that exactly once. Anyone want to buy it?
The Rabbit is long gone. Driving through Bridgeport, the car died. Broken intermediate shaft. Cost more to fix than the car was worth. It was junked. That was a Westmoreland Rabbit from PA bought used for $1,600.00 to replace a German Rabbit my daughter totaled one snowy day on the Merritt Parkway when a Mercedes spun out in front of her. The German Rabbit was a well-made car. The PA Rabbit was a piece of crap. Hardware kept falling off, a coil burned out stranding me, the thermoswitch burned out twice, front struts had to be replaced, the upholstery was cracking...big mistake by VW.