Monty python and the holy screwdriver set

[hickory n Steel]

I believe my quest is over, I've determined the perfect screwdriver set doesn't actually exist.
Every set I've tried will have some handle sizes that I simply don't like or just find wrong for the particular screwdriver size.

Perhaps the 1/4" -5/16" are just right but the #2 is too small, maybe they're even too big or I can't even get certain drivers in a set.
The Stanley 100 plus set probably came the closest, but there's also no such thing as a perfect handle that's ideal for every grip / technique.

anyways these 9 drivers currently comprise my ideal general purpose screwdriver set.

Some Williams,  some Tekton, Stanley 100 plus, and that awesome old Wood handle PROTO.

[highland512]

Your missing the large slotted prybar that identifies as screwdriver. 

[Uncle Buck]

Your missing the large slotted prybar that identifies as screwdriver. 

I call that my Bertha bar

[hickory n Steel]

Your missing the large slotted prybar that identifies as screwdriver. 

That PROTO 5/16 with striking cap could probably do, but I've got a full set of WILDE handle pry bars.

[Uncle Buck]

You are missing the point. Even when guys have one, or even two sets of prybars, in the heat of battle with something mechanical almost every guy will grab a least favored screwdriver and wail the crap out of it instead of taking the time to go retrieve the prybar that is actually the right tool for the job they are doing! No, I can't explain that logic, or lack of logic! 

[hickory n Steel]

You are missing the point. Even when guys have one, or even two sets of prybars, in the heat of battle with something mechanical almost every guy will grab a least favored screwdriver and wail the crap out of it instead of taking the time to go retrieve the prybar that is actually the right tool for the job they are doing! No, I can't explain that logic, or lack of logic! 

And that's why I have the pry bars hanging on the side of my cart, the temptation to abuse a flat blade driver is too great so I keep the pry bars handy so I don't have to.

[Uncle Buck]

Yer still missin the point. Even close at hand, often stupidity abounds! LOL 😂

[Uncle Buck]

The Bertha bar of my ratchets is an old 3/4" drive torque wrench I hauled out of a scrap yard. Roughly 40" long I have never had that fail to remove even the most stubborn nuts and bolts.  However, you need just short of a football field to get it into action!

[slip knot]

Craftsman made a big flathead driver, probably 18 in long 1/2 in flat blade. I bet I wore out 3-4 of them. I doubt I ever used one to actually turn a screw but I used it for just about everything else. I dont think I ever bent one. Usually the handles fell apart. 

I really liked those Williams hard handles. They made a long cabinet driver that was great for working in electrical cabinets. I could get a lot more torques on the squarish handles over the round handles of the craftys or the stanleys

[muddy]

Yer still missin the point. Even close at hand, often stupidity abounds! LOL

I'm more of a hammer guy... Anything with in reach gets used as a hammer. I usually end up breaking tips on my smaller "prybars"

Sent from my twisted mind of the mudman

[Uncle Buck]

 

[highland512]

Your missing the large slotted prybar that identifies as screwdriver. 

That PROTO 5/16 with striking cap could probably do, but I've got a full set of WILDE handle pry bars.

Here is my example of a slotted pry bar that identifies as a screwdriver. If I remember correctly I found it on a roadside while changing a tire.

[Midnitemack]

Your missing the large slotted prybar that identifies as screwdriver. 

That PROTO 5/16 with striking cap could probably do, but I've got a full set of WILDE handle pry bars.

Here is my example of a slotted pry bar that identifies as a screwdriver. If I remember correctly I found it on a roadside while changing a tire.

That is an awesome prybar !!


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[hickory n Steel]

So does that " pry bar " go with your other pry bars or with your screwdrivers?
I could use a screwdriver as a pry bar, but if I was using it as a pry bar I'd want to keep it with the other pry bars because that's where I reach when I want to pry on something.

[Uncle Buck]

I don't ever recall using a SO screwdriver to pry on anything more demanding than a can of paint. Generally if I use a screwdriver to pry it is a turd I don't care about.

[Uncle Buck]

Being honest, once I got actual prybar sets I did stop using screwdrivers as prybars, except for paint cans. LOL, just 2 days ago used an old beat SD to remove a paint can lid for the Mrs.

I continue using SD for paint can lids because invariably I end up getting paint on the tool I am prying with. Less concern if I get paint on a beat SD than more expensive prybars.

[highland512]

I don't ever recall using a SO screwdriver to pry on anything more demanding than a can of paint. Generally if I use a screwdriver to pry it is a turd I don't care about.

This is a turd I dont care about. It had been abused long before I started abusing it.

So does that " pry bar " go with your other pry bars or with your screwdrivers?
I could use a screwdriver as a pry bar, but if I was using it as a pry bar I'd want to keep it with the other pry bars because that's where I reach when I want to pry on something.

This tool is very fluid with how it/pos identifies which means it/pos could be in any drawer it/pos chooses. Sometimes it's a screwdriver, sometimes it's a prybar, sometimes it's a punch, sometimes it's a hammer, sometimes it's a pos I throw at racoon I find taking a crap in my shop.   

[walrus]

I don't ever recall using a SO screwdriver to pry on anything more demanding than a can of paint. Generally if I use a screwdriver to pry it is a turd I don't care about.

I've snapped the tip off many Snap on Screwdrivers, driver shows up I get a new shaft.

[hickory n Steel]

I don't play that identity BS.
Some people would say a pry bar is any tool that identifies as a pry bar and that only a pry bar can say what a pry bar is, but I'm not afraid to answer the question " what is a pry bar ".

I'll modify a junker into something else,  but if I'd trust it not to break or bend while prying on things It's probably a decent screwdriver, and why would I want to abuse a decent screwdriver?
 I have pry bars that I keep handy so I don't have to use a screwdriver,  and why would I keep a screwdriver in my set for the sole purpose of prying on things when I could just keep an actual pry bar there or reach to the pry bar rack where I typically reach when I need a tool for prying on things.


I only bring it up because this was a screwdriver discussion, for tools that I drive screws with.

[Uncle Buck]

I don't ever recall using a SO screwdriver to pry on anything more demanding than a can of paint. Generally if I use a screwdriver to pry it is a turd I don't care about.

I've snapped the tip off many Snap on Screwdrivers, driver shows up I get a new shaft.

That works great for access or on a route. If you are not on a route. Warranty with SO can sometimes be a real PITA. I learned years ago to avoid Warranty with SO if at all possible. At least that how it has worked for me,  more a coin toss sometimes great, other times not so much.

[walrus]

I don't ever recall using a SO screwdriver to pry on anything more demanding than a can of paint. Generally if I use a screwdriver to pry it is a turd I don't care about.

I've snapped the tip off many Snap on Screwdrivers, driver shows up I get a new shaft.

That works great for access or on a route. If you are not on a route. Warranty with SO can sometimes be a real PITA. I learned years ago to avoid Warranty with SO if at all possible. At least that how it has worked for me,  more a coin toss sometimes great, other times not so much.

I've never had a problem with Snap On warranty. Haven't been on a route for a long time but I drive my service truck all over, if I see a Snap On guy , I stop and ask if he can can warranty something, never been turned down. I've also shipped stuff directly to Snap On.

[highland512]

That works great for access or on a route. If you are not on a route. Warranty with SO can sometimes be a real PITA. I learned years ago to avoid Warranty with SO if at all possible. At least that how it has worked for me,  more a coin toss sometimes great, other times not so much.

I've never had a problem with Snap On warranty. Haven't been on a route for a long time but I drive my service truck all over, if I see a Snap On guy , I stop and ask if he can can warranty something, never been turned down. I've also shipped stuff directly to Snap On.

I have a friend that owns his own shop and the Big 3 stop by there weekly. I will drop off a bag with him with whatever I need fixed and within a couple weeks I have new or fixed items. Had a 1/4 SO ratchet done last week. It all depends on what kind of drivers you have in your area.

[Uncle Buck]

Still comes down to service provided at a regular customers site. Without that access you mentioned is generally where the biggest issues encountered will generally be found. Or at least that has been my experience.  YMMV