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Just earlier, I was trying to swap the HDD out of the very laptop that I was typing on. I managed to get it out of the computer, but the casing that held it to fit into the laptop proved impossible, it is back in there now.
I was using those little screwdrivers that come in a set of 5, they are
made of stainless steel, have little ribs on them so you can grip the tool, and a piece on top that does not rotate with the driver to allow you to impart downward pressure.
Problem is, if you come up against a really tight screw, you can not get any leverage on it, as the shaft is so small. Soon your hands get sweaty from trying, and then it is all over. I stopped because I was going to end up stripping the screw head.
What I propose is little hinged levers, one on either side, press down with your palm so you don't strip the head and then rotate using the wings. Alternatively, you could have a bar with a round hole in the middle that fits the ribs on the shaft, just slide it up and turn. Even easier, just knock a small hole through each driver in the set and provide a bar that will slide through, much like with those socket tools.
T-shaped screwdriver kit
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But the shape doesn't change [phoenix, Oct 04 2001, last modified Oct 04 2004]
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This is the driving force behind 90% of corkscrews I've seen. |
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<irrelevant> I thought at first that this was going to be a WIBNI involving a hovering screwdriver, to avoid losing it while making repairs in awkward places. </irrelevant> |
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They're called instrument screwdrivers or jewellers' screwdrivers, and each of mine has a little hole through the shaft for the (included) tommy bar (which is *not* four beats from a rock opera). So, baked-ish. |
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I thought it was going to be a *really* good drink. |
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BAKED. You can get extra torque from a bit in a socket wrench adaptor |
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Or you could just use a normal screwdriver. I use the same sort of thing in the same place, but pad off to get the bigger driver when I need one. The reason the heads on most of the screws are hexagonal is to allow you to use a nut driver, too. |
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As angel points out, the suggestion in your last paragraph is already widely implemented; both my sets of small screwdrivers have the hole in the middle and an included rock opera. |
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Er, I mean to say, "Baked!". Sorry to be so verbose. |
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Included "tommy bar"? I don't think I've seen that. I'd just use another screwdriver through the hole and hope I didn't bend it. |
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