Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
"rotating" screwdriver ?
s.mackay@worldnet.att.net
>Since the "neck-work" my grip in the right hand aint what it was (go ahead and snicker). Lets say, for a moment, you wanted to build a english cabinetmakers style driver only with a jewler's screwdriver type of "pivot" on the end. The idea flashed through the brain last night. It looked like a wood handle with a wood and brass swiviling "button" on the end. But how to install the rotating button ? Am I babbling ?
Use a small bearing...
Scott Burr, 25 deg in Ben Lomond, CA
>drill out the handle end of the driver. Insert (thread, glue, whatever) 1/4" or rod. Press bearing on shaft. Add a nice comfy handle around outer bearing race. Good to go!
Cam follower *LINK*
Rob Brophy...lost in Niagara
>Drill the end of your screwdriver, thread in a cam follower. Form a pad (like on a brace but smaller) out of some scrap wood and drill a hole on the bottom to accept the other half of the follower. A careful drop of epoxy will hold it in place.
You should be able to by a cam follower for a couple bucks.
99 cent cam follower on ebay
Couple of other ideas
Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX
>If this is a permanent problem, why not start training your left hand to take over these tasks? It's easier than you'd think once you train it for one task.
Although potentially awkward, perhaps a small brace with a very long extension could do some of these jobs.
And third, get a Yankee type push driver.
Pam
Re: Couple of other ideas
s.mackay@worldnet.att.net
>True thought ! Been training the left for a LOT of things. You don't even notice most of it. Thing with driveing though is I gotta hold the fastener with the "nimble" hand. I know it sounds stupid. The problem is resting the end of the driver in the palm when taking a new "bite" on the handle. SWMBO bought a "knock-together" night stand and got a good blister in the middle of my palm. Training my thinking into "palm" / cut-off gloves but remembering two things at once (gloves and driver, the, screws) taxes this Old GI. Plus . . . this idea sounds cool and might turn out interesting.
OH MY !
s.mackay@worldnet.att.net
>Now THATS a new one ! Wonder if I could get a wood knob wrapped around that sucker. Bore a hole in square stock, glue the followerr in, then shape the button. Hmmmmmmmmmmm. Thank you !
Think "Yankee"
Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)
>This is why I keep a selection of Yankees (#35, 30, 31) on hand. They are not used in the extendable mode, just for their rotation. Less chance of the blade slipping. Plus they are very versatile when it comes to types of blade ends, something my cabinet screwdrivers cannot do.
Look at the itsibitsi Yankee on the left (cannot recall the number - #20?). I am on the lookout for more.
Regards from Perth
Derek
And sometimes magnetic screwdrivers will help.
Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX
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Re: use a brace!!
paul womack
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Re: "rotating" screwdriver ?
Ernie Miller
>I'm a little lost with you discription of the problem? do you only want the very end to turn? or the entire handle? Millers Falls used to make a set of ratching screw drivers that worked very well. I almost have a full set. They may be what you are looking for. if that is what you are looking for let me know I have very little in them and if it keeps a person in the shop and out of the Misses way I will send them your way.
Re: "rotating" screwdriver ?
Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA
>Over the years, I've seen a couple of little braces - mainly kid's toolkit braces - on which the rotating knob has a hole through the middle, with a recess at the top. The shaft runs through and is then peened over a washer, similar to how a drawknife handle is held on, except the peening is light enough not to bind the rotation. Rob Brophy's cam follower idea is WAY more elegant, I have to say.