For hard to reach places where your hand may not fit into to hold the screw on the tip of the driver.
6" to 12" would be great for common screw types. I pretty much stick to phillips but a set of differing screw head types would be nice to have around.Tried a Google search without results, obviously I am not asking the right questions. The responses I get are either non-magnetic or Rube Goldberg contraptions.
Thanks, John
Buy yourself a magnetizer/demagnetizer.
Try here. Watch for line wrap. I have one over a foot long but I've had it for years and have no Idea where I got it.
Thanks, John
I've never had a problem finding long magnetic bit extensions. For a really long one, you may have to visit one of the local industrial supply houses but 6" bit extensions are common at the big box home improvement stores. If you must have a long magnetic holder, use a sliding chuck release type to extend a shorter magnetic tip holder.
didn't pay much attention to it until it broke on the first impactor job. My old ones were chromed steel or stainless. The new HF jobs have aluminum ferrules. They're plenty strong for manual or electric screwdriving, but they fail instantly upon entering the impact stage.
These look to be chromed, so they might be good, but do look out.
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Works fairly well here but a pain to get out, plug in, unplug, etc.. I took an old woofer speaker apart for the magnet ring and keeping whatever I want magnetized stuck to that seems to do a better job and with a couple swipes gives a more magnetized part. It's stuck to the hood on my drill press & I just reach up and put whatever I want onto it. Bits, screwdrivers, "pickers" for digging around in the misc cans, things like that. No cords to fuss with & easy to take along with you to another site to work if you want to.
HTH,
Twayne`
Sounds like that's a little ill concieved; most equipment still seems to have Phillips #1, #2 or Reed & Prince heads.
Nobody cares what equipment with planned obsolescence uses for screws and bolts. Did you read the OP
Sounds like that's a little ill concieved; most equipment still seems to have Phillips #1, #2 or Reed & Prince heads.
I presume that a magnetic bit holder just refers to how the bit is retained in the holder and doesn't automagically magnetize the bit to hold the screw?
Like this one:
or this one:
I believe you are looking for a bit extender. I have seen them at HFT, Sears and a small real HW store (where I got mine). I expect HD, Lowe's, Ace HW, Maynards, et al would have them as well.
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I've found that too often when I need a long driver extension, it's also in a tight space so extensions just get in the way. I have long driver bits for these times. I have several extensions (from various kits over the years) but they are seldom used.
Try "drill extension". I picked up a 12" one (Vermont American) from my locally owned ACE store a couple years ago for a very reasonable price; Amazon (among others) also sells them online.
Jon
Are you talking about the same magnetizer/demagnetizer? re: plug in, unplug. The one referenced above says "No batteries or electrical required".
Wrong. The magnetic bit extender transfers the magnetism to the bit. I can pick up screws with the end of the bit when it is in the extender.
Great!
One more question, which of the following two would you recommend?
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I am leaning toward the extendable one but thinking the other would probably be more reliable.
Thanks, John
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