Screwdrivers

Trevorleach · Apr 30, 2022

Brad93 said:
Why does one need so many ratchets

Bet he has electric ones as well

Moose McAlpine · Apr 30, 2022

Trevorleach said:
Bet he has electric ones as well

I actually don't, but i have air ones.

Trevorleach · Apr 30, 2022

Moose McAlpine said:
I actually don't, but i have air ones.

Four cordless and two air ones here
My manual ratchets dont see much action nowadays

pint · Apr 30, 2022

weras are nice to use, don't rate them for strength with how many tips i've snapped off. :vsad:

blinking halfords screwdrivers have outlasted them :laughing:

roblane65 · Apr 30, 2022

As well as wera a few years back I bought a set of Hilti yes Hilti screw drivers they all have through shafts ( good for the odd hammering ) and have been decent though I suspect by the shape of the handle they are wera too.

Moose McAlpine · Apr 30, 2022

Trevorleach said:
Four cordless and two air ones here
My manual ratchets dont see much action nowadays

I've used the cordless ones, and while good i find them bulky, slow(er) and expensive. I like my air ones much more, slim, light and i never need to charge them up.

I forget what the IR cost (maybe £120-ish?) but the Aircat was £105.

(Aircat waiting on a swivel and whip hose.)

Moose McAlpine · Apr 30, 2022

roblane65 said:
As well as wera a few years back I bought a set of Hilti yes Hilti screw drivers they all have through shafts ( good for the odd hammering ) and have been decent though I suspect by the shape of the handle they are wera too.

The Wera Chiseldrivers are good. I buy them for the workvan so i can beat the s**t out of them roadside if i need to.

Moose McAlpine · Apr 30, 2022

How about a Wera tool we can all appreciate? :laughing:

roblane65 · Apr 30, 2022

Moose McAlpine said:
The Wera Chiseldrivers are good. I buy them for the workvan so i can beat the s**t out of them roadside if i need to.

Probably the same ones , with a different name on , I don't think Hilti put their name on any old carp . Over the years I have nowt but joy from Hilti gear
a bit spendy but quality stuff .

armalites · Apr 30, 2022

Moose McAlpine said:
I love the hard handles:

View attachment 344091

Especially on ratchets. Some came with, many were retrofitted. (You can now buy loose hard handles to retrofit. I used to buy screwdrivers, remove the shank and drill them out.)

View attachment 344092

Someones got a problem :laughing:

I like the hard handles too but I have soft grip on my ratchets.

I like the "Nobody will nick pink" :laughing:

Years a go one of my mates got a ratchet screwdriver off the van for another mate. He is colour blind so when he gave it to our friend he went mad and made him take it back because it was pink

armalites · Apr 30, 2022

galooph said:
I use Vessel for JIS screws.

Until you've tried some you'd never know what a difference they make. Since I got mine I've taken loads of screws out of Japanese carbs or alternators that I know for sure whould have rounded out with a normal screwdriver.

brightspark · Apr 30, 2022

armalites said:
Someones got a problem

I like the hard handles too but I have soft grip on my ratchets.

I like the "Nobody will nick pink"

when i had a part time hire business i painted a lot of my hire tools with pink paint at least if stolen would be easily identified :laughing:

armalites · Apr 30, 2022

brightspark said:
when i had a part time hire business i painted a lot of my hire tools with pink paint at least if stolen would be easily identified

A farmer friend of mine got a brand new hot/steam jet wash and the first thing he did when he got home was have at it with a can of black spray paint. He said it looked terrible so nobody would steal it because they would never be able to sell it on.

grim_d · Apr 30, 2022

Cobbler said:
Theres the answer, don’t buy Stanley! I bought a set of Stanley Fat Max screwdrivers & the Pozi had lost the edges after about half a dozen screws. Complete waste of money, bad when you think old Stanley stuff was quality.

Were you using the pozi in a Phillips or possibly in a JIS? Definitely fatmax? Stanley do a non fatmax set that I suspect will be junk.

I've got two sets of those fatmax screwdrivers (one for workshop, one for the car) plus a few extras like the extra long ones. Fantastic screwdrivers, been using them for years, no noticeable wear.

Only had to replace a couple flat ones because prybar.

Moose McAlpine · Apr 30, 2022

armalites said:
Someones got a problem

I like the hard handles too but I have soft grip on my ratchets.

I like the "Nobody will nick pink" Years a go one of my mates got a ratchet screwdriver off the van for another mate. He is colour blind so when he gave it to our friend he went mad and made him take it back because it was pink

Many problems..

I like the pink stuff. It's my favourite colour. (And yes, i am colourblind too, before you ask.)

graffian · Apr 30, 2022

The best solid phillips screwdrivers I have had were the stanley ones, they are hard enough
that the tips shatter. Shattering is better than being soft and mullering screw heads and driver.
I have two in front of me, red handle is cross head and blue is phillips, well was phillips till it broke.

Trevorleach · Apr 30, 2022

Moose McAlpine said:
I've used the cordless ones, and while good i find them bulky, slow(er) and expensive. I like my air ones much more, slim, light and i never need to charge them up.

I forget what the IR cost (maybe £120-ish?) but the Aircat was £105.

View attachment 344241

(Aircat waiting on a swivel and whip hose.)

There is no doubt air tools are smaller/more powerful than their battery counterparts, but I was getting bored of leaky air lines smothered in fifth wheel grease, clean them unwrap them to find they are holed or the fitting leaks when you plug the tool in, then the line gets tangled on the floor jack or the vehicle itself, plus some tit has wrecked it so cut it shorter and now so short wont reach the vehicle!
I mainly use cordless, but wont sell the air gear as it is still very useful.

Moose McAlpine · Apr 30, 2022

Trevorleach said:
There is no doubt air tools are smaller/more powerful than their battery counterparts, but I was getting bored of leaky air lines smothered in fifth wheel grease, clean them unwrap them to find they are holed or the fitting leaks when you plug the tool in, then the line gets tangled on the floor jack or the vehicle itself, plus some tit has wrecked it so cut it shorter and now so short wont reach the vehicle!
I mainly use cordless, but wont sell the air gear as it is still very useful.

I can definitely relate to that!

Luckily for the last 10 or so years i've not really had to deal with other people wrecking airlines and fittings. But i'm all too familiar with leaky fittings, split hoses, jagged hose clamps, filthy lines, lines that are too short, etc.

During lockdown i worked for a guy who'd spent thousands on cordless tools, but didn't have any damn sockets to put on them. I've never known such a badly-equipped workshop. He provided all the tools (Well, that was the idea.) but they were so under-equipped for the work they took on. I personally own more tools and equipment than he has in his workshop.

I'm just waiting to move abroad, buy a house in the countryside and build a big workshop. With nice leak-free air supply..

mtt.tr · Apr 30, 2022

Trevorleach said:
Four cordless and two air ones here
My manual ratchets dont see much action nowadays

I bloody love them for dropping sump plugs oily hands no more

Moose McAlpine · Apr 30, 2022

mtt.tr said:
I bloody love them for dropping sump plugs oily hands no more

Impact gun! :laughing:

Screwdrivers

Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

Unlikeable idiot.

Member

Seer unto the end of his beard

Member

Member

Member

Member