Magnetic screwdrivers?

[techs]

who uses them? be honest now.

[Eagle PC Diagnostech]

I use them all the time

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[lysergic]

As long as they are just slightly magnatized and dont leave them beside floppies (which is bad to keep a messy workbench) then they are invaluable.

[Green Iguana]

It would be tough going without them.

[shawnMt]

I love mine - it's just a Popular Mechanics Wal Mart special. They don't sell this one any more - has yellow and black handle and came with several bits stored in the handle.

Of course the screw on cap and bits are long gone but the #2 Phillips bit is still holding on! Been with me for quite some time

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[AlienDyne]

Can't do without 'em.
I'm wondering who DOESN'T use them.

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[underfunded]

Wow... I just imagined life without my magnetic screwdriver. What a horrible place. I would lose so many screws in mb's without it. Again, who DOESN'T use one??

[swamprat]

Mine has light in the tip that helps greatly. I somehow always manage to drop at
least one screw.

[MAYHEM]

Considering the poor (for lack of better word) designs of cases that I am constantly forced to work on (not gonna mention any names like HP or Power Spec) I couldn't live without mine. The problem I find is that the magnetic tips are usualy "soft" and wear out quickly, while the hardened tips I find are non-magnetic. Solution? Rare earth magnet out of a 10MB Conner HDD. A couple of swipes and any screw diver can practicly be used to pick up an engine block. Good for de-resing floppies, too.

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[pcshark]

Call me superstitious or whatever, but I never use a magnetic screwdriver, and probably never will. I have, however, found a little device that makes my life so much easier: it clips on the end of any screwdriver and holds the screw in place with a clip. No more dropped screws! I forget where I got it, but I hope to God I never lose it! LOL

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[rfmathis]

Sure. The ones I like best are the little free ones auto parts stores give out with the magnet in the end of the handle. BTW, pcshark mentions the screw clip - Blackhawk Tools makes a screwdriver with a similar clip already on it.

[Shades]

Fantastic!! - they are the best things for those stupid little faceplate screws which fall off the sides, into the mobo, and between those nics and agp cards!

[pcshark]

Thanks, rfmathis, now I know where I can get one in case I lose mine! (-;

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[DonJ]

Hi,
I was always kinda leery of using them until I saw a Canon training film where their techs used them throughout the whole tape. Really kind of blew me away but I must admit that I use them all the time now.
Hope this helps out.
DonJ

[DonJ]

Hi,
I was always kinda leery of using them until I saw a Canon training film where their techs used them throughout the whole tape. Really kind of blew me away but I must admit that I use them all the time now.
Hope this helps out.
DonJ