Show off your Screwdrivers!!!!

[Mr. Tool]

 

[Mr. Tool]

 

[four.cycle]

@nz44tool -

East Windsor / East Windsor Tool & Die Co., 87 So. Main St., East Windsor, CT 06088 / est. 1964 inc. Oct 30 1964 dissolved Dec 24 1997 / "Screwmaster" / patent 1743505 Jan 14 1930 & 2484765 Oct 11 1949 & 2514732 Jul 11 1950 Edmond Turgeon / https://patch.com/connecticut/windsorlocks/picture-east-windsor-then-now-15 /

 

[nz44tool]

@nz44tool -

East Windsor / East Windsor Tool & Die Co., 87 So. Main St., East Windsor, CT 06088 / est. 1964 inc. Oct 30 1964 dissolved Dec 24 1997 / "Screwmaster" / patent 1743505 Jan 14 1930 & 2484765 Oct 11 1949 & 2514732 Jul 11 1950 Edmond Turgeon / https://patch.com/connecticut/windsorlocks/picture-east-windsor-then-now-15 /

Thanks, four.cycle - I did see this listing; East Windsor is about a half-hour away from my house; I probably drove past the building more than once, back in the '90s when they were still in business.

 

[PowrKraftsman]

Please let me know your thoughts on the quality of those blue Best Value screwdrivers. Thanks

 

[tvruwink]

Jeff - what make/model is that neon green stubby phillips? Slot 3, bottom of the drawer - almost looks like a Vessel?
TY.

 

[richfinn]

Nice collection

I've always fancied having a go with an automatic pistol or shooting up an old car with a machine gun, but we aren't really allowed them in The UK (probably for the best)

 

[Mr. Tool]

This particular Klein screwdriver set, celebrating America's 250th anniversary, arrived today.

 

[Mr. Tool]

Please let me know your thoughts on the quality of those blue Best Value screwdrivers. Thanks

In all honesty....since I've received them I only used one once thus far......I did however inspect each one of them (when I first opened the package).
Giving them the "once over" the feel, handling and the look of them remind's me of my red acetate handles Vessel set.
They look very similar in all aspects.
I'm happy with them....and by the way all my tools are not just for show.....even though, I have to admit, I do like they way they look....but they actually do get used for whatever is necessary and called for.

Just my $0.02

 

[PowrKraftsman]

In all honesty....since I've received them I only used one once thus far......I did however inspect each one of them (when I first opened the package).
Giving them the "once over" the feel, handling and the look of them remind's me of my red acetate handles Vessel set.
They look very similar in all aspects.
I'm happy with them....and by the way all my tools are not just for show.....even though I like they way they look....but they actually do get used for whatever is necessary and called for.

Just my $0.02

Thanks. I like acetate handled screwdrivers and will keep them in mind if I ever have the need for more screwdrivers.

 

[Mr. Tool]

Thanks. I like acetate handled screwdrivers and will keep them in mind if I ever have the need for more screwdrivers.

https://www.homedepot.com/pep/Best-Value-Go-Thru-Striking-Professional-Screwdriver-Set-10-Piece-H4200104/300144628?g_store=&source=shoppingads&locale=en-US&fp=ggl&pla&cm_mmc=%7B_dscampaign%7D-%7B_dscampaignid%7D-%7B_dsadgroupid%7D-%7B_dstrackerid%7D%3D&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23586043094&gbraid=0AAAAADq61UeXNpgtUKPkSq21mKHdv96Gb&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIu6-orrOHlAMVHEt_AB3AcTBuEAQYASABEgJyTPD_BwE

 

[PowrKraftsman]

https://www.homedepot.com/pep/Best-Value-Go-Thru-Striking-Professional-Screwdriver-Set-10-Piece-H4200104/300144628?g_store=&source=shoppingads&locale=en-US&fp=ggl&pla&cm_mmc=%7B_dscampaign%7D-%7B_dscampaignid%7D-%7B_dsadgroupid%7D-%7B_dstrackerid%7D%3D&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23586043094&gbraid=0AAAAADq61UeXNpgtUKPkSq21mKHdv96Gb&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIu6-orrOHlAMVHEt_AB3AcTBuEAQYASABEgJyTPD_BwE

“Best Value” indeed. It’s tempting.

 

[Zippercat]

Jeff - what make/model is that neon green stubby phillips? Slot 3, bottom of the drawer - almost looks like a Vessel?
TY.

Is this it?

Vessel Sepadora Eco Screwdriver (Stubby Type) -6 x 25 570 : Amazon.sg: DIY and Tools

Vessel Sepadora Eco Screwdriver (Stubby Type) -6 x 25 570 : Amazon.sg: DIY and Tools

www.amazon.sg

Looks like a few EBay sellers have it for USA delivery.

 

[Leviton]

Didn't see any Italian screwdrivers in here.

Here is one for a Necchi sewing machine.








It's 4.8 inches long and is marked: “Necchi Italy”

 

[KnurledNut]

Didn't see any Italian screwdrivers in here.

Here is one for a Necchi sewing machine.

Here is one branded Rimoldi, another Italian sewing machine company. It’s very unique having an extra long shaft that is shaped like a plus +. The tip is hollow ground slotted. The handle is an unusual lobular oval of a translucent acetate-like material. It’s not a striking screwdriver, but the blade was molded deep into the handle, as parting line flashing confirms.

The logo:

 

[Eric Brown]

Here is one branded Rimoldi, another Italian sewing machine company. It’s very unique having an extra long shaft that is shaped like a plus +. The tip is hollow ground slotted. The handle is an unusual lobular oval of a translucent acetate-like material. It’s not a striking screwdriver, but the blade was molded deep into the handle, as parting line flashing confirms.

The logo:

Wonder if the shaft + shape was used for a particular task. Seems long for the size too.

 

[RTM]

Wonder if the shaft + shape was used for a particular task. Seems long for the size too.

I would think turning over a part of the machine during cleaning or lubrication, but just a guess. The manuals I can find online are too tiny on my phone, do can't try to verify.

 

[neophyte]

Wonder if the shaft + shape was used for a particular task. Seems long for the size too.

This was a design that USAG and maybe Facom manufactured or sold at one point.
I forget who the manufacturer actually was.
The advantage to the cruciform blade shank, is that the shank can be inserted directly into acetate handles, without the extra need to press “wings” onto the end of the blade that gets inserted into the handle, thereby eliminating a costly production step, or at least that is my theory.
The cruciform blade material can still be machined into flat head screwdrivers, or cross head designs such as a Phillips or Pozidriv design.
There might have been a right angle drive attachment that the cruciform shank could slip into for higher torque, or at least I have a vague recollection of seeing something like this.
Reducing steel usage and making heat treating more efficient may have been other reasons for the design.
SAM Outillage of France, and a British manufacturer, maybe Paramo, may also have sold the design, likely with all the drivers, or at least blades, manufactured in the same facility.

 

[neophyte]

Here’s the British tool brand Paramo’s version of that cruciform driver design.
In addition to screwdrivers with fixed blades, there were also straight and right angle ratcheting drivers with interchangeable blades.
The Paramo branded drivers were listed as being “Made in France”.

 

[designer485]

Across the top - Irazola, Felo VDE, PB Swiss, Wera, Felo Ergo, Wiha, Wiha VDE
Across the bottom - Vessel / Wera SE, Snap On Hard Handle, Snap On Soft Handle, Williams Hard handle, Snap On Ratcheting, Wiha Precision