ISO double-ended 5/16" hex screwdriver blades with the spring-loaded ball bearing on side to lock into handle.

Yes, I know this is trivial, but when I do something dumb it irritates me. I am (ever so slowly) tearing down my smashed metal shed, using my cordless drill with a nutdriver bit, and a Fuller 6-in-1 screwdriver to keep the screw head end from turning. Using that because it has a nice fat handle, and shaft is short enough that I can reach around the corners, and 'see' with my fingertips to get on the screws.

All that worked good for about an hour, and then I fat-fingered the thing, and it flew and bounced. Found the handle right away, but no sign of the bit. #2 Phillips one end, wide flat blade on the other. It was only a five-buck screwdriver, but I LIKED it, and it fit my hand well. I have a couple dozen driver bits, but they are all 1/4" hex cross section. Does anyone sell 5/16" hex shaft bits? I've been looking as I run my other errands, but no joy. And nobody around here carries Fuller (other than pliers) any more, that I have found. Yes, I checked vendor web site, and the handle style I have is apparently no more, replaced by something that looks (aside from plastic color) just like the made-in-China 6-in-1's that Menards sells. I have a couple of those for the minimalist car glove box tool kits, but the bits are not the same- magnetic, not the little ball bearings.

I know, if this is the worst thing that happens to me this month, I am a lucky man. But it is just eating at me, that bladeless handle staring at me from the tote tray.

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aemeijers
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Matco or Mac tools. They are standard size for the hand impact drivers. Others might also have them.

Joe

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Joe

Ace Hardware sells those screwdrivers. I am not sure if you can just but the bits tho. Be careful, there are some knock offs that are junk. The Ace brand is pretty good.

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gfretwell

No Ace in this town either- just Aco.

Guess I need to start making a list for the next time I am over in the 'big city' one town over. Actually smaller, but because it is sort of a college town, it has much wider retail choices...

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aemeijers

Got a big magnet you can sweep through the grass?

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HeyBub

Don't worry about forgetting them. They always have that good stuff right there at the checkout counter. I don't know who decides what goes on the checkout counter, and where they find it, but it's some good stuff. I got my Glover's Pocket Ref like that, plus half a dozen other tools. And I have seen those 5/16 shaft screwdrivers. Most are 1/4" shaft, but soft metal, and junk after you use it more than once. And not even then if you have any real twisting going on.

Steve

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Steve B

"aemeijers" wrote

Don't you just take several hundred dollars and walk all the aisles? That's what I do.

Steve ;-)

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Steve B

"HeyBub" wrote

Get a metal detector, and you'll get enough to go to McDonald's.

Steve

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Steve B

It's easier to look under the couch cushions...

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HeyBub

Been trying that the last 3 nights, as I take off a few panels after work. HF magnet-on-a stick, and a toy metal detector. Took the gables down tonight. Thought I lost a nutdriver bit for a few minutes, but managed to find it. Gotta stop buying my driver bits and extensions at HF, I guess- the fit is a little sloppy. Got the bent parts off, mostly, so the rest should come apart easier. Hard to remove a stove bolt when the head is wrapped in bent metal.

Hope I get it all down. and find somebody to assemble the new one, before the first snow. My garage is shoehorn-full with the cars, the mowers, the snowblower, etc. And my BIL worked so hard on that Adirondack chair they gave me, I really don't wanna leave it out in the weather all winter.

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aemeijers

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