What are the best brand of screw drivers for repair work? I typically have problems getting the screws out that hold the plastic MTH premier diesel shells in place. I have a set of Husky screw drivers but it can be difficult to remove these screws and they tend to round off the the screw heads.
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Using the correct size is imperative. Buying the best you can afford is seldom wasting money. John
Use the search feature for screwdrivers, there’s a ton of threads dedicated to this very subject,....
Pat
You also want to recognize when your driver is worn out and replace it.
That was my next question. When to replace?
When they are rounding the screw heads, it's past time to replace them. You can see the wear on the driver, when that becomes obvious, I replace them.
This was covered a couple of weeks ago: Which Screwdriver Set?
if your not using the correct size Phillip's for instance # 1,2,3,4,5,6 etc the tip of the Phillip's will not fit to head of the screw , you WILL STRIP OUT THE HEAD! very important you get an EXACT fit and feel no play while your slightly try to turn the screw head left n right no movement is your goal !
the best tools are M60N - Weller Xcelite - SCREWDRIVER SET, MINI, 7PC (newark.com)
Xcelite - Screwdrivers & Nut Drivers - Hand Tools - The Home Depot
good for small screw repairs like glasses tightening screw or small train work screws!
also good magnetic are are always a good screw, lie i said Xeclite best brand !
Alan
@amtrack5899 posted:What are the best brand of screw drivers for repair work? I typically have problems getting the screws out that hold the plastic MTH premier diesel shells in place. I have a set of Husky screw drivers but it can be difficult to remove these screws and they tend to round off the the screw heads.
I got this set probably 20 years ago and it has served me well. Pair it up with a Klein #2 and you should be good for a long while.
Thank you
learned a lot about screw drivers tonight.
I 2nd Clem's suggestion that JIS screwdrivers are the best choice
Wiha screw driver sets is what I use for work and at home.
I have Vessel screwdrivers and the Wiha screwdrivers.
stick with USA,Swiss,German made...NOT China made...cost more,but worth it...also a set of JIS drivers...you'll be glad you did...
There are lots of best screw drivers as there are hundreds of different jobs to be done. I have several hundred screw drivers and pliers and am always buying any one I do not have or spares at garage sales mostly.
In the 1960s, when I left home, the first I bought was a Yankee screw driver as this was the way to drive screws when building a boat for example. This was before powered screw drivers or variable speed drills. The Yankees seldom gets used today.
For train repair, one of my most used is a small split blade screw holder screw driver. It would be nice if someone invented a Phillips screw driver that holds the screw and a magnetic one will not hold stainless steel or brass screws.
Charlie
Klein makes a Phillips screwdriver that holds the screw for one-hand operation in tight places, if that's what you're referencing.
Phillips drive is fine for Postwar equipment, but Pozidriv is needed for more modern screws. As far as I know the JIC and Pozidriv are either the same or interchangeable. A Phillips drive screwdriver does not go in a modern cross drive screw head and will tear the corners off the screw. I use mostly Whika screw drivers, either US or German made. See following for details.
This is a fundamental point: You are screwing and unscrewing machine screws, both small and large. You can't use ordinary wedge pointed slotted screwdrivers. The slots in the screw heads are not cut in a wedge shape groove. They are a straight up and down 90 degree groove with sharp edges. That is why you are stripping the screw heads and damaging the surrounding area. You are trying to use mechanic and carpenters screwdrivers to work on machine screws.
In case this hasn't been covered in one of the links that has been posted, you need to buy "hollow ground screwdrivers".. The the slotted tips are ground on each side so that the slotted points are a sharp 90 degrees.
You need first to get a small 6 screwdriver set of Jewelers Screwdrivers. These are sold just about everywhere. Take a look at the points, and you will see that they are not wedges.
For larger screws you need to buy a gunsmithing screwdriver set. You can get them with an extremely wide array of point sizes. Smaller sets have 10 to 12 interchangeable points. Larger sets have up to 50 different size points. You can get these at any large online gunsmith supply. Brownells is the very best. MidwayUSA is good too. These sets are not all that expensive. They also typically includes 4 to 6 sizes of Phillips head points.
Jewelers and gunsmiths would be out of business in a week if they ruined screw heads and scratched the areas surrounding the screw holes by using regular screwdrivers on jewelry or firearms.
Hope this helps.
Mannyrock
@gunrunnerjohn posted:I have Vessel screwdrivers and the Wiha screwdrivers.
This. Vessel for the larger sizes of JIS screws, 1,2,3 etc.
MTH uses a mix of phillips and JIS. Modern Lionel mostly JIS.
Posidrive are different from JIS. They actually have 8 blades.
https://www.amazon.com/Vermont...driver/dp/B000CCZSYE
Pete
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