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3/8" drive handle driver

malibu101

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I have a full set of Klein nutdrivers both SAE and metric.
But, I most often grab my SO TM4CSA and a rack of 1/4" sockets.
https://store.snapon.com/Handled-Dr...female-square-drive-in-handle-6--P630552.aspx

I'd love one of these handles in a 3/8" drive.
Who, if anyone, makes one?
I am open to any quality brand. My Googling has failed me to find one of these. Searching this site has been even less helpful unfortunately. I guess I don't know what to "officially" call it.?
I've tried the SO website to no avail and I only have an occasional run-in the the local SO truck, so again, I'm open to almost anything of reasonable quality.
 
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LOL

Now, some "spinner handles" actually have female square drive's in the ends to double as extensions. Clear and the black handled Craftsman's do for sure.
Vintage-Craftsman-circle-V-series-1-4-extension-spinner.jpg
 
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malibu101

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Spinner handle term is great.
But, I haven't found any with a 3/8" drive in the handle.
What gdoktor3 shows above is exactly what I'm looking for.
I may have to visit my local Sears store. :(

EDIT- That pic looks like 1/4" drive.?
EDIT 2- I'm not looking to gorilla down on this. Just to be able to click a ratchet on it to give the fastener a little more than wrist tight.
 
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Interesting. I don't remember ever needing or wanting one. Course I guess it depends on what you are doing.
course I'm retired so my whole working career was using air tools. Sure wish I had all the great cordless tools available now. So my point is that if one needed to deal with 3/8 one would use a cordless driver. And now that you have mentioned this, I need one !
 
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malibu101

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Interesting. I don't remember ever needing or wanting one. Course I guess it depends on what you are doing.
course I'm retired so my whole working career was using air tools. Sure wish I had all the great cordless tools available now. So my point is that if one needed to deal with 3/8 one would use a cordless driver. And now that you have mentioned this, I need one !

I'm not on a clock for my use of this.
I use my 1/4" so often I think I would really like and use a 3/8" version.
Not to brag, but, I have a full compliment of air and cordless tools and use them.

Sometimes hand power, or the convenience of just grabbing a handle and a rack of sockets instead of a bunch of loose nutdrivers, very often works well for me.

jeremy v- The MAC, in 3 different lengths, has me drooling. Thanks!
Although a "normal" length one is what I'm after, this is a great lead.
 
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I have the JH Williams in both 1/4" and 3/8" I love the handles. They do not have the drive in the end of the handle.

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I made one for free. Old screwdriver with decent handle and an extension. I just removed the screwdriver bit, drilled it out, cut the extension female end off and epoxied the extension in there. FREE
 

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I use my Snap-on F40B spin handle all the time. It's one of my most widely used tools. It's still in production and you can buy one off the Snap-on site. I also have a discontinued long shaft F50A model, but I don't use that one as often.
 

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Consider twirling with a short-ish 3/8 breaker bar.
 

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if you like OldSchool Snap-on, the F-4 Octo-Grip and F-40 Octo-Grip are both nice drivers although neither of them house the female square drive at the handle's bottom. i have a still like-new condition F-40 Octo-Grip (1955) and the quality is high and ergonomically correct for my liking.
 

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I have a full set of Klein nutdrivers both SAE and metric. But, I most often grab my SO TM4CSA and a rack of 1/4" sockets. I'd love one of these handles in a 3/8" drive.

The Snap-on F40B has the hard handle like the TM4CSA but the F40B only has a 1" long shaft. There is a Snap-on SGF50BR which is 3/8" drive and has a 3 3/32" shaft but it has the Soft Grip handle.
 

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I have the JH Williams in both 1/4" and 3/8" I love the handles. They do not have the drive in the end of the handle.


I'm told those handles are made of Santoprene, the same stuff that PB Swiss uses for the SwissGrip handles.
 
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