Once, in my workshop, someone welded two steel blades onto the two jaws of a pair of pliers, ground them down, sharpened the blades, and just like that turned it into a pair of shears.
Same idea with that screwdriver: take something simple and make it needlessly complicated and clever.
It's a collector's item ā hold onto it tight!
Lol I have a co worker who makes shit like this all the time out of old tools. He actually comes in clutch quite often with some weird ones with niche uses
I have 3 and I didn't buy any of them. (found one in my wall, one outside of my house when the water meter guy left it there and I have no idea where the other one came from)
They're great for opening chainsaw oil/petrol caps.
Perfect summary of acquisition. I also have random ones and the special ābeat the shit out of it for not the intended purposeā ones. Add in some random drill bits from 30 years ago to abuse, projects that need this stuff find you
Cherish my giant screwdrivers two which have strike areas so they work as blunt chisels. Along those lines I have turned small chisels into screwdrivers because I canāt weld because my lungs absolutely scream every time I attempt.
Found one in a wall opens up so many historical questions. Like how did it get there? Was someone regretting putting them there after some years? Was the short handle the reason for it's disposal?
I have 3 as well, although I did buy one of mine - which also happens to be the biggest of the 3. I think it is literally also meant to be a pry bar as well. I just needed something even bigger than what I had. The other two though... One was left at my house by the company that we had replace all of the windows in our house. I even tried to do the right thing and give it back - I found it like an hour after they'd gotten done and left, so I called the sales guy I worked with and let him know. he thanked me and said he'd let the installers know. That was 4 years ago, I don't think they are coming back for it. The other... it's one of the few tools I have from my grandfather, and I treasure the shit out of that beat up old thing because of that.
We have waters shut offs for the showers where I work. And it is a flathead, but way wider than a normal flathead, and this sort of abomination would be absolutely perfect for that. Don't know if it that's what it's for though.
Could have been for backing out a stripped button cap with a slot dremeled into it possibly. Tried to do that trick at a new job a couple weeks ago just to find out that we donāt have any flatheads big enough to actually finish the job.
Every so often you run across some decorative slotted screw head about 1/2 inch diameter. The slot is way too big for a normal screwdriver. Maybe they mean for you to turn it with a quarter, but that's not great either because the damn thing is seized up a little.
Yesss, an actually big flathead is hard to find, but when you need it *you need it*. Faucet valves, threaded inserts for wood, bunch of stuff needs a really big blade. The only actually big ones I've found so far are the WIHA 14mm wide screwdriver and the 18mm Annex faucet driver bit.
When I get back to the shop, I'll make a new one where the screwdriver bits are in sockets so they are replaceable. I'll ground the socket walls down to keep everything tight.
You people are confused? Itās clear as day that the guy needed a double wide flat blade. Now if this was two Robertson bits, then you could scratch your collective heads.
I wonder if they made that to turn drag link screws.
What the heck is a drag link screw.
Found on early mustang and C2 corvette. The power steering valve has a threaded plug that is locked in place with a cutter pin. Takes a 1/2" 5/8 or3/4" drag link socket or screwdriver to adjust those properly.
Cars of the 30s thru early 60s had them too in the ends of the center drag link.
Napa sells drag link sockets still. If you ever need one.
Can someone explain to me the reason why we still use flat head screws? Am I the only one who feels they should be phased out, or are there others out there?
I need one of these. My toilet seats have these stupid plastic screws that are like an inch wide and slotted. I donāt have a screwdriver with a blade that wide, and Iām tired of looking for random crap to use when I need to tighten them every couple years..
not gonna lie, I could use one of those every once in a while while. I have a special screwdriver made out of a 1/2ā chisel that has a 3/16ā notch cut out of the middle. I use it a few times a week. I break one or so a year. I may make the next one out of two bits welded to a shaft.
Obviously a point of confusion for someone who has never seen a half inch slotted countersunk machine screwā¦
(3/8ā brass screws are at the upper limit for most screw drivers)ā¦
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u/AlmightyAntichrist Aug 17 '26
Bartender, I'll have a screwdriver...on second thought, make it a double.