Wooden Screwdrivers
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tonydanzah
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no i do not
TireTracks
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I've got a old stanly 100+ wood handle and a bridgeport.
Nice to look at but too old to want to use.
Nice to look at but too old to want to use.
krooser
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I still have some MAC screwdrivers that I bought in the 60's... the ones with the brown wooden handles that the Chi-Coms knock off so often.
I grew up using them and I still like them... but my most recent buys have been US made Pratt-Reed screwdrivers... and I really like them.
I grew up using them and I still like them... but my most recent buys have been US made Pratt-Reed screwdrivers... and I really like them.
I've got a couple... keep the smallest in my portable gun case, so it's always there. The biggest is on my peg board. I've used it maybe once in a couple dozen years... I like the handles...
If I had a wood shop, I would have a full set of wood handled screwdrivers to use in there. The wood and grease of my hot rod shop just don't mix.
-Brad
If I had a wood shop, I would have a full set of wood handled screwdrivers to use in there. The wood and grease of my hot rod shop just don't mix.
-Brad
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I used to have some Taiwan ones but it was long ago. I seen some German ones a while back I'm thinking of getting.
From my father's toolbox, several Mac and two Proto's. I'd guess they date from the '70's. I've always liked using them, the Mac's in particular are surprisingly comfortable. I think wood is sometimes underrated as a tactile material these days. Lee Valley offers some nice ones nowadays.
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Scout Driver
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Wood handles from damaged screwdrivers make great file handles. And to me, the handles look better as they soak up a little grime.
M900
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I have an Emson driver with a wood handle I like a lot. It looks like the ones matthew posted in the first pic except on mine the silver colored metal cap is crimped near the base and the grooves on the handle are a little bit narrower.
I have no clue where it came from.
I dont get to use it that often since its 12"L x 1.5MM x 10mm but when I need something that big I reach for it first.
I have no clue where it came from.
I dont get to use it that often since its 12"L x 1.5MM x 10mm but when I need something that big I reach for it first.
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fatfillup
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I have a jumbo Mac screwdriver with a wooden handle that is 25" long, labled Sabina, O.
Just noticed today that the metal shank goes all the way through the handle and is exposed flush with the end. I suppose it was so it could be hit with a hammer and indications are it has been. Never used it, got it at an auction and have it in my showroom. Feels good and it is one of those tools that I don't care if it ever sells. How many other people have Mac woody's? (I know some here do but I have yet to have a customer say they have one and I enjoy the bragging rights)
Just noticed today that the metal shank goes all the way through the handle and is exposed flush with the end. I suppose it was so it could be hit with a hammer and indications are it has been. Never used it, got it at an auction and have it in my showroom. Feels good and it is one of those tools that I don't care if it ever sells. How many other people have Mac woody's? (I know some here do but I have yet to have a customer say they have one and I enjoy the bragging rights)
Crizzle
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I have some of those same Mac wood handles, as well as several matco wood handles as well. I love using them, and i agree that the wood is underrated.
M900
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Really?
Do you like this one?
As you can see there are a few paint marks on the square shank that can be cleaned off. (I just scrapped some off with my fingernail.) A little bit of paint is on the handle. A little bit of ?rust? is on the silver colored metal cap. The tip is in fantastic condition.
A dollar bill is six inches long.
12"L 1.5mm x 10mm.
The handle is 1.22" or 31.5 MM
EDIT. I added a better pic of the ?rust?.
The pic still blows though.
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Coach James
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My dad and I each have some of those Irwin wood handled ones that were militray issue years ago. The handle is in two pieces with the blade through the top. Real heavy and can also be used as pry bars. Of course no longer made but some company(Can't remember the name) sells a Chinese copy.
Coach
Coach
LoneGunman
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I bought these last year, I guess they are on sale again, you cannot beat the quality for that price.
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=21412
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=21412
Mickey O
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I could have gotten those Mac wooden screwdrivers for 50 cents a piece not too long ago, I passed because I didn't like them, probably should have bought them and put them on eBay.
I did however recently pick up a set of Craftsman walnut handle screwdrivers, they're real nice, I like 'em. I'd post a pic but I just moved them to my other garage 2 hours ago. I'll look and see if I have a pic on my computer.
I did however recently pick up a set of Craftsman walnut handle screwdrivers, they're real nice, I like 'em. I'd post a pic but I just moved them to my other garage 2 hours ago. I'll look and see if I have a pic on my computer.
Yes, There is not better screwdriver then this one. I'm still looking for the rest of the set
Yes, There is not better screwdriver then this one. I'm still looking for the rest of the set
Dave, what is that?
highland512
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Wooden handles
I am actually trying to put the rest of my wooden proto set together.
I am actually trying to put the rest of my wooden proto set together.Charles (in GA)
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In the late '60's the Scoutmaster of the Boy Scout troop I was in, lived around the corner and down the street about 5 or 6 houses from us. My brother and I and his step son did alot together. Anyway, this man was, for at least a couple of years, possibly longer, a MAC tool salesman. He didn't have a truck, but rather, a 1960 Plymouth station wagon, a white one. The back seat was folded down, and there was a huge wooden tool chest that ran from just behind the front seat all the way to the back glass. It had very long pull out drawers, generally real thin, and all the tools were carefully arraigned in the drawers. Apparently the dealers had to make up tool sets on their own. I recall one afternoon being down at his house and he had several boxes with about 25 wood handled MAC screwdrivers in each box, each box had a different type of screwdriver, and he had cardboard box lids and boxes that were folded flat that the screwdriver sets went in. So he spread out everything in the driveway and one of us unfolded the boxes and spread them out, and he showed how he wanted the screwdrivers ordered in the boxes and we proceeded to fill them up. Much of this kind of stuff either went on the front seat or floor, or on the floor just behind the front seat that was still accessible via the back doors of the wagon.
Some time after that he gave up being the MAC salesman and went to work as a mechanic in the local Plymouth dealership, and one of the cars he drove for a while was a near perfect '55 Belvedere deluxe 4 door sedan that some old lady had traded in. Today we don't think anything at all about driving a ten or fifteen year old car, but back then, a ten year old car was OLD, obsolete. This car was so neat, I recall riding in it several times, push button shift and sliding parking lock lever, teal blue and white with chrome separating the colors and a blue fabric interior...... but I digress, that is my MAC screwdriver story.
Charles
Some time after that he gave up being the MAC salesman and went to work as a mechanic in the local Plymouth dealership, and one of the cars he drove for a while was a near perfect '55 Belvedere deluxe 4 door sedan that some old lady had traded in. Today we don't think anything at all about driving a ten or fifteen year old car, but back then, a ten year old car was OLD, obsolete. This car was so neat, I recall riding in it several times, push button shift and sliding parking lock lever, teal blue and white with chrome separating the colors and a blue fabric interior...... but I digress, that is my MAC screwdriver story.
Charles
Coach James
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Yes, There is not better screwdriver then this one. I'm still looking for the rest of the set
Yep. Those are the ones my dad and I have.
Coach
Mickey O
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Found some pictures:
M900
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I like those a lot.
Side note on that website. The average rating the reviewers gave that set is 4.3 stars. The website gives it an average of 5 stars.
Rhetorical ?
How many people would round 4.3 to 5 instead of to 4?
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The Muffin Man
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Lee Valley sells wooden screwdrivers for woodworkers. They aren't cheap -- a set of nine screwdrivers which include three slot, three Philips and three Robertson (which some of you who are not Canadians will refer to as "Square") each goes for about $42.00. They are made in Japan and steel end caps. Here is the link:
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=32208&cat=1,43411,43417&ap=2
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=32208&cat=1,43411,43417&ap=2
A29
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Yes, There is not better screwdriver then this one. I'm still looking for the rest of the set
I wish mine was as nice as that one. Thats the 2nd one I've ever seen.
fatfillup
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Yes, There is not better screwdriver then this one. I'm still looking for the rest of the set
Dave, that is sweet. That isn't in the ballpark of what bull was asking.
Mickey, those pics give me a woody!!!
Yeah, the kind I had in mind are the more utilitarian variety. That one above is a work of tool art.
When you have an old driver like that that you can't replace, can you do anything if the tip gets worn? Can you reshape them successfully?
When you have an old driver like that that you can't replace, can you do anything if the tip gets worn? Can you reshape them successfully?
Yes, There is not better screwdriver then this one. I'm still looking for the rest of the set
I have one of those! Don't know anything about it though.
I have a few similar to Dave's, they are Irwin. The wooden handle on that one is way nicer looking than this one.
Now, being imported
http://www.garrettwade.com/x-h.d.-screwdriver-set-4/p/05R01.03 /
These type of screwdrivers are called 'Perfect Handle' type. I don't know if there was a company by that name.
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arkangel06
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Mickey those are some classy screwdrivers!
I wouldnt want to use them!
I wouldnt want to use them!
Major Ramifications
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My dad has quite a few wooden-handled screwdrivers, which he uses for woodworking. He has some like Dave pictured, which would be my choice if I had to have a wooden-handled screwdriver.
TireTracks
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I have the coolest screw driver ever, it was my great grandpa's. It's a YANKEE No. 30 slideing ratching screwdriver. By looking at the patent date, it's over 100 years old.
and the slide mechanism is brand new. no wear!!
It's like the 2nd one from the left, exept more broken in.
My great grandpa was born in 1867, died in ( iirc) 1945.He was a carpenter, there are is a barn a hotel in down town yakima and his house he built are still standing and we have his tools, brace drills, auger bits, saws( use them still), and most of his tools, and his box.
and the slide mechanism is brand new. no wear!!
It's like the 2nd one from the left, exept more broken in.
My great grandpa was born in 1867, died in ( iirc) 1945.He was a carpenter, there are is a barn a hotel in down town yakima and his house he built are still standing and we have his tools, brace drills, auger bits, saws( use them still), and most of his tools, and his box.
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Curiously enough, those became very popular both in Germany and in England where all spiral screwdrivers are known as 'Yankees'. My father has one he got from his father, made by Stanley in Sheffield, where production continued until 2007. Unfortunately Stanley scrapped the tooling, but they are still made in Germany, although you'll need deep pockets for a new one.
I have a few of those old yankee drivers. Somewhere someone posted a link that would adapt the old style collet to a hex type. Anyone else remember that?
@Tire tracks, how long is your driver? The picture you posted makes it look like a monster compared to the ones on the right of it.
These old girls have seen better days, but they do work!
@Tire tracks, how long is your driver? The picture you posted makes it look like a monster compared to the ones on the right of it.
These old girls have seen better days, but they do work!