What's this?

[Guy King]

bought a set of screwdriver bits for the drill and this was amongst them.

[meow2222]

Its for screwing in hooks. Tempted to say its to screw in 2 screws at once :)

NT

[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

Its an hook bit for driving in hooks, eyelet types.

[Guy King]

The message from "The3rd Earl Of Derby" contains these words:

Cunning. Now I just need to need to screw in some cuphooks.

[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

Its a bit of a useless bit really,particulary when it comes to putting the hooks near to a flat side panel...you cant turn the darn thing as the panels in the way.

Who makes these gimmicks anyway? got to be a white collar worker whos never handled a tool in their life.

[dcbwhaley]

So how does a know-it-all^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^ experienced DIYer like your grace install screw hooks. I always find it a slighty awkward job using pliers or an imporovised tommy bar. That bit looks excellent and I intend to procure one ASAP

[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

Long bladed screwdriver with a 1/4"or5/8" shaft,preferably magnetic and one thats taken a belt from the mains :-) then cut/grind the flat head,cut a

1/2" recess into the shaft with an large hacksaw blade as this will give sufficent width for those tiny eyelets/hooks. Slip an eyelet into recess and using a nail punch to give a starting hole then screw the eyelet home.

Oh! god its hard to be humble. :-)

[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

Damn I havn't patented it. :-(

[dcbwhaley]

But I am a paragon of virtue when it comes to electrical work so I don't have any screwdrivere that have "taken a belt from the mains" :-)

[woodglass]

It's obvious - It's what you call a wotsitbit ! :-))

woodglass

[The Medway Handyman]

I want one, I want one! I've been looking for ages. Where did you get it?

[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

Screwfix do them in a box of scewdriver bits.

[Guy King]

The message from "The Medway Handyman" contains these words:

Local market, part of a Tyson set-of-a-zillion-bits for £1.99.

Bung me your snail address and I'll post it to you - I'm not likely to use it.

[Peter Twydell]

In message , Guy King writes

Nothing to do with cup hooks, skyhooks or ballhooks (sic).

It's a Wing Nut Driver. No, dear, that's not Gary Lineker's chauffeur.

Just found a picture of it on the sleeve of a box of bits bought some time ago from Aldi or Lidl (must have been, it's in English and German).

[Thomas Prufer]

Also for eye screws.

Thomas Prufer

[Thomas Prufer]

I'll check the rest of the thread before posting next time, ok?

Oi, geoff, 'ere:

Thomas Prufer

[Guy King]

The message from Thomas Prufer contains these words:

Splendid! My German isn't wonderful but I got the idea of most of them. I reckon my favourite's DIN890.

[Douglas de Lacey]

Wunderschöne! Douglas de Lacey

[Andy Hall]

But 908 is far more sophisticated.