Need to buy a long Phillips no. 1 screwdriver

Oct 29, 2010 31 Replies

Thanks. It says it's Profilated. The word isn't in my dictionary. :)

But Sears is also a good idea. I should think of Sears, but I never do. I'll be near there today and I'm going to go there.** Okay, I went, and they have literally 100 different screwdrivers for sale, not counting sets of them, but not this one.

Michael, I'm not quite ready for brazing or welding. Every time something breaks I think, a good reason to buy a welder, but so far it's always so cheap to pay someone.

Dave, I didn't know about Techni-tools. Thanks. The 10 inch one is...

Everyone had a different answer. That's great. Thanks to all of you.

**The Sears webpage has a common defect, however, at least I think it's a big defect for websites that represent real physical stores that are nearby. The website is all about selling and not so much about what I can find at the store***. I asked for Phillips Screwdriver and got 317 items that are Sears Only and 1124 total. I thought I would narrow it down by adding #1 but that more than doubled the number of hits, 677 and 3364. I can't search through all this, and why should I since I only want to pick out what is at the store.

Even when I find something, it can be very hard to figure out if the store ever stocks it, let alone if it has one now. For example:

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And Sears isn't the only one like this.

Radio Shack is NOT like this.

***The Best Buy website has the same problem until you tell them what zipcode you live in and then it shows first (or something like that) things that are available in the store. But it doesn't explain this. I had to ask the store manager.

And places that have free shipping to the store note it but I keep thinking other stores will too, and I waste time looking.

Take a look at:

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I have similar bits for my cordless drill.

Politicians should only get paid if the budget is balanced, and there is enough left over to pay them.

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is a 10" blade with a 3.5" handle.

MSC #: 00273854 Stanley Qty: [Add item to list] Order Qty of 1 = (1) Piece Price: $4.82 ea In stock: 179 Mfr: Stanley Mfr #: 64-171 Description: Screwdrivers Tool Type: Standard Phillips Screwdriver Phillips Point Size: #1 Blade Length: 10 Tool Type: Standard Phillips Screwdriver Phillips Point Size: #1 Blade Length (Inch): 10 Overall Length (Inch): 13-3/4 Shank Type: Round Handle Style: Ergonomic Molded Plastic Grip

I don't know what shipping costs or minimum order is, (if any) but we used to buy from them at a previous job.

Politicians should only get paid if the budget is balanced, and there is enough left over to pay them.

Good to know. I'll check my other ones out.

I usually turn ruined Phillips head drivers into awls, but there is a limit to how mnay of those i need.

I may try to fix this one like suggested, but I'm going to buy another anyhow. Either Techni-tools (which may have an even longer one for a dollar more) or Amazon,

I haven't noticed them yet. Certainly wasn't what ruined my screwdriver -- that was probably 20 yaars old.

I read that posidrive is good because one size driver fits every size screw.

First, it's "Pozidrive", and NO, one size-fits-every-screw is the selling point of a (third, obscure) type called Reed and Prince. Reed and Prince drivers aren't blunted at the point hardly at all, and the sidewalls of the flutes are long and flat because they might get buried deep in a screwhead of large size.

I try to keep good Pozidrive #1 and #2, Philips #0 through #3 in all my toolboxes. I only have one or two Reed and Prince bits, though.

I just found another Husky #2 Philips screwdriver. I compared it with a similar Craftsman #2 on a typical 6-32 computah screw. The Craftsman fits perfectly. The Husky doesn't bottom out and is useless. I had originally thought it was too pointy a tip, but even after blunting the tip, it seems to be simply a rotten grinding job on the tapered blades. I'll try to photograph both for a side by side comparison later (when I get my microscope camera back).

Here's the culprit:

Incidentally, the handle says "Made in USA". The web page says: "The precision-formed tip provides engagement with fasteners and limits cam-out..." Argh.

I use a Dremel tool or file to turn them back into Philips (note spelling) heads. Philips #2 is easy. #1 is not so easy.

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Nope.

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Philips with one L is the name of the Dutch Company, Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.

Geoff.

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I think it's because the website search engine ORs the words you put in the search box. Pretty stupid of them.

Last time I was there, they did. Perhaps they've corrected this.

It's husky. It just needs to lose a little weight.

Maybe I'll make a flat blade out of it. I have a flat-blade screwdriver my grandfather sharpened. He made it *too* sharp, but I like it.

Ooops. Instead of looking it up, I guessed, and lost. Sorry(tm).

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