Well I Never Knew That
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Well I Never Knew That
Next time you can't get enough leverage on your screwdriver, here's the answer.
Re: Well I Never Knew That
Nice one Paul, I didn't know that either
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Re: Well I Never Knew That
Lesson 2 - How do you remove a rounded - off screw?
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Re: Well I Never Knew That
Rubber band on the end of the screwdriver!Paul G wrote:Lesson 2 - How do you remove a rounded - off screw?
A wise man once said... "you can never have too many capris - buy another"
It's me, I'm the wise man.
It's me, I'm the wise man.
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Dan beat me two it , or a great big hammer
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Re: Well I Never Knew That
Here is another one which I didn't know.
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I don't have a modern car so never knew this!!pbar wrote:Here is another one which I didn't know.
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Well, I knew both of these facts. Bear in mind, most of my screwdrivers have round handles I’m a bit knackered
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round handles - no problem, a mole wrench works fine though may leave some scratches on the screwdriver handle.
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I do use a small ball of blue tac when repairing clocks works really well and stops me from dropping the screw ....
Steve have you got any left hand screw drivers .....
Steve have you got any left hand screw drivers .....
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Funny you should say that, I’m ambidextrous so what’s the difference?
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You can’t beat the old jokes , like a bag of grinding sparksStish704 wrote:Funny you should say that, I’m ambidextrous so what’s the difference?
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Next to the sky hooksJasonmarie wrote:You can’t beat the old jokes , like a bag of grinding sparksStish704 wrote:Funny you should say that, I’m ambidextrous so what’s the difference?
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James May uses an excellent gripping screwdriver. He demonstrates it in one of the reassembler episodes. I really want one!Jasonmarie wrote:I do use a small ball of blue tac when repairing clocks works really well and stops me from dropping the screw ....
https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/screwdrivers/0547969/
Andrew.