My toolbox is now one screwdriver lighter

[d_rock]

Do any of you have this problem? I have one screwdriver that just plain *****. Always slips, never works. Every time I would grab a screwdriver for some reason I would grab that one, and after about 2 seconds of using it go back to my box, through it in and grab a different one. Well, today I walked it right over to the trash can instead of back in the box.

p.s. It was some no brand screwdriver I bought at a truck stop to tighten up a screw that was making my dash squeak and driving me nuts. How it ended up in my box I don't know.

p.p.s.s Dash still squeaks.

 

[91bronc300]

Why not keep it as a prybar? Or epoxy stirrer? Or turn it into an awl or something?

You have a personal vendetta against that screwdriver?

 

[Mastermind]

put a piece of leather between the plastics then tighten the screw.

 

[d_rock]

Why not keep it as a prybar? Or epoxy stirrer? Or turn it into an awl or something?

You have a personal vendetta against that screwdriver?

Its been all those things too. somehow finds its way back in the screwdriver drawer! Probably be there tomorrow......lol

 

[Vvmvbb]

It feels great to throw out a tool that's irritated you once too many times.

 

[Dustin Echoes]

Yep, I usually destroy a tool in the most violent way I can think of when it's time to be thrown out.

P.S. NEVER throw a tape measure into a fire.

 

[d_rock]

Yep, I usually destroy a tool in the most violent way I can think of when it's time to be thrown out.

P.S. NEVER throw a tape measure into a fire.

lmao

 

[JASTECH]

Why not a tape measure?

 

[NUTTSGT]

Why not a tape measure?

I'd imagine it would literally "explode" unravelling throwing embers all over once the plastic case melts.








Keep that screwdriver, use it to make a new tool of some sort.

 

[TwoInch]

put it in a vise. and bend that sucker all the way over! put back in drawer as a reminder later on.

 

[jjjrmx5]

Do any of you have this problem? I have one screwdriver that just plain *****. Always slips, never works. Every time I would grab a screwdriver for some reason I would grab that one, and after about 2 seconds of using it go back to my box, through it in and grab a different one. Well, today I walked it right over to the trash can instead of back in the box.

p.s. It was some no brand screwdriver I bought at a truck stop to tighten up a screw that was making my dash squeak and driving me nuts. How it ended up in my box I don't know.

p.p.s.s Dash still squeaks.

LOL.

I usually take those type of screwdrivers to teh grinding wheel or belt sander and turn them into long picks /alignment tools with a sharp point.

They end up as great tools for getting seat tracks alligned or for prying some type of larger part in place. I've got a special place in my box for the 3 purple head HF phillips #2's that are now awesome alignment tools ground to a point.

If nothing they make a great awe.

Or repurposed in a third way yet unknown.

No sense in tossing it out.
::

 

[Guns R Tools]

I have seen people makes hangers of those on studs etc.
Drill a hole at angle, pound the screwdriver in.
Holds things nicely.

 

[Dustin Echoes]

I'd imagine it would literally "explode" unravelling throwing embers all over once the plastic case melts.

Not just embers, but a REALLY hot 50' tape...

 

[Rust]

lol the voice of experience speaks

 

[greasemonkey44]

Not just embers, but a REALLY hot 50' tape...

wow; glad i never tried that

re OP
i understand; ive thrown out the worst ones
usually onto the roof, or in the case of a HF torque wrench over the garage

 

[Jack Olsen]

I have the opposite problem. I've got a crappy old no-name Phillips screwdriver that I really like -- even with much better PB Swiss screwdrivers sitting right next to it. The thing about it is that I think it's slightly oversized -- like a little bigger than a #1, although it fits easily in #1 fasteners, but with a little more leverage available (if that makes any sense). Anyways, I'd love to throw it away. The handle is worn down and it's an odd length. But I really like using it.

 

[d_rock]

well got to work today and it didn't appear back in my box so I think I'm in the clear. Although now i'm missing my 9/16 wratcheting wrench.

 

[geologist]

Real men forge their own screwdrivers from slivers of Excalibur and use handles crafted from the horns of unicorns. Hell yeah.

 

[rlitman]

well got to work today and it didn't appear back in my box so I think I'm in the clear. Although now i'm missing my 9/16 wratcheting wrench.

I remember at a previous job, I had a crimp tool that was misaligned, and beyond repair. For a week, I would toss it in the trash, and every night, the cleaning people would find a tool in the trash, and put it back on my desk.
I finally had to hide it inside a paper bag before throwing it out. Your comment made me laugh.

Jack, I know exactly what you mean about funny phillips sizes. I love the #1 1/2 size phillips that Leatherman has been making for so many years.
Most of my #1 phillips have the very tip ground off to fit better. A #1 phillips will often have a cone shaped tip, that protrudes beyond the flutes. It is supposed to aid in centering, but I find that it loosens the fit. And when the tip is gone, it can also substitute (albeit poorly) in a #2 screw, and fits great in those funny sized phillips in some toys that just don't know what size they were meant to be.

That being said, I have a drawer in the bench, set aside for junk tools. They're duplicates I don't need, or broken tools that need to be exchanged, and a smattering of stuff I just don't care for.
I often look in that drawer for a tool I'm willing to bend, modify, weld onto, etc, for some custom purpose.
Also, why throw out a good handle, when it can be used on something else?

 

[mmack66]

It would be awesome if that screwdriver made its way into your toolbox again.

 

[rick carpenter]

Shouldda loaned it out to someone you don't like.

 

[beelsr]

i got a couple mini screwdrivers at graingers a few years ago. nice grippy rubber body; plastic swivel tip; phillips & slotted, reversible shaft. sit in my desk drawer for opening up PCs or all the other "in between precision and P2" jobs. But the darn phillips just a little too pointy for one laptop and I always curse the darn thing when the head cams out of the screw but never can remember to take it to the garage and file the tip off so it fits better...

until now! oh grainger screwdriver, you will meet your maker tomorrow. enjoy your night sitting on the counter by the door...

 

[d_rock]

Shouldda loaned it out to someone you don't like.

haha. I guess I could have given it to my neighbor who is always asking to borrow tools.