Adding texture / grip to a screwdriver shank ?

[hickory n Steel]

The knurled shank is an excellent feature that not all screwdrivers have, and I've been thinking about replicating the effect of this feature if you will but I'm not sure how best to do this if it can be done well.

I could use heat shrink and maybe get a little bit of a grippy surface but I'm not sure how much.
Maybe put a wrap of some skateboard grip tape ?

It would have to be something that adds a little bit of texture / grip without being thick and bulky.

[muddy]

The knurled shank is an excellent feature that not all screwdrivers have, and I've been thinking about replicating the effect of this feature if you will but I'm not sure how best to do this if it can be done well.

I could use heat shrink and maybe get a little bit of a grippy surface but I'm not sure how much.
Maybe put a wrap of some skateboard grip tape ?

It would have to be something that adds a little bit of texture / grip without being thick and bulky.

Your looking to add grippy texture to the shank or the screw driver handle?

What material is the handle?


Sent from my Twisted Mind Of The Mudman

[hickory n Steel]

To the shank, I'd like to replicate the effect of a knurled shank on screwdrivers that don't have a knurled shank.
Having the knurling there when you want to spin it by the shank in your fingertips to get a loosened screw out quickly is great.
Hex, square, and forged finish ( Stanley 100 plus ) shanks do fine, but the smooth chrome round shanks do not unless your hands are clean and dry.


As a teenager I had a set of screwdrivers with knurled shanks which I really appreciated, and I recently began to miss that feature.
I'm not going to just buy a set of screwdrivers for the knurled shanks though because everything else about them still has to be right, and figured I'd come up with a way to sort of add a facsimile of that feature to the screwdrivers I've already got.

[hickory n Steel]

I bought some heat shrink tubing to try out.

[bonneyman]

Heat shrink tubing is a good place to start.

Another thing you might try is that bed liner paint that people do pick-up trucks with. It's usually an epoxy paint with fine sand grit in it. I've done it to handles before but not shanks. If you roughed up the shank and got through the chrome plating it might just stick well enough to do what you're looking for. Just a FWIW.

[hickory n Steel]

Heat shrink tubing is a good place to start.

Another thing you might try is that bed liner paint that people do pick-up trucks with. It's usually an epoxy paint with fine sand grit in it. I've done it to handles before but not shanks. If you roughed up the shank and got through the chrome plating it might just stick well enough to do what you're looking for. Just a FWIW.

That might be effective but would be something I can't undo if I don't like it.
My next idea to try will be a wrap of some skateboard grip tape.

[bonneyman]

Heat shrink tubing is a good place to start.

Another thing you might try is that bed liner paint that people do pick-up trucks with. It's usually an epoxy paint with fine sand grit in it. I've done it to handles before but not shanks. If you roughed up the shank and got through the chrome plating it might just stick well enough to do what you're looking for. Just a FWIW.

That might be effective but would be something I can't undo if I don't like it.
My next idea to try will be a wrap of some skateboard grip tape.

Hmmm, good question. That Rhino-lining stuff is pretty robust, but the at home DIY kit paint should be removeable with paint remover.
I did it on this ratchet piece that was going to be tossed and made it into a stubby rat. It has proven fairly reliable.

[hickory n Steel]

If I just applied it directly,  but you said to scuff through the chrome for better adhesion and that's the part I wouldn't be able to undo.

[bonneyman]

If I just applied it directly,  but you said to scuff through the chrome for better adhesion and that's the part I wouldn't be able to undo.

Oh yeah, that would be permanent. I'd try the procedure on a "donor" driver and test it out first.

[fatfillup]

Good idea on the shrink tube.  I would think that would work well

[hickory n Steel]

I've been testing it a bit and the shrink tube isn't really doing much because it's not textured.
It's better than nothing at least.

[nelstomlinson]

Smear on a  little JBWeld and then roll it in sand?

[hickory n Steel]

Smear on a  little JBWeld and then roll it in sand?

Possibly.
That reminds me that I did experiment with a sprinkle of sand on some plier handles I plasti dipped.
Maybe I could try that on a screwdriver shank.

[hickory n Steel]

I think this 3M anti slip tape is gonna be the way to go.
https://www.acehardware.com/departments/home-and-decor/kitchen-utensils-and-gadgets/anti-slip-tape/1009273?store=10728&gclid=Cj0KCQjw0bunBhD9ARIsAAZl0E0Si9q8sA5b3r0ZLYyAltVRPdjMxOYDlvebnzMVw74al500B4jIPoQaAnfaEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

[slip knot]

ive used this stuff in the past to make things easier to hold. May work for you, may not.


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