Pro Tool Reviews: You wouldn’t think picking a screwdriver would be that difficult. However, if you talk to Pros that use them every day, they’ll tell you there are major differences between what they consider the best screwdriver set and those that are just average.
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This was an interesting article to look over, and there were a few sets that caught my attention with some of the detail and factors that go along with them. Though the one screwdriver that really stood out to me was the Wiha Ultra Drivers screwdriver. I have had screwdrivers before that have storage for bits inside of the handle, but the main complaint I have with those screwdrivers is that it can be hard to remove and put back the extra bits. Due to the fact that most of the time the bits are stored in an upright position around the shaft of the the screwdriver. This model on the other hand allows the bit storage containers inside of the screwdriver to pivot outwards to make swapping out the bits easier. This is in the grand scheme of things a small detail, but one that I wish more screwdrivers had.
I appreciate this article’s in-depth consideration of so many variables to choosing screwdriver sets. I thought I would be able to realize all or most of these concepts prior to reading this article, but as it turns out, I did not have all of these in mind. I think something that sounds super important to the work we do is tether holes for working at height. Whenever I have to work at height, especially in some sort of grid, I’m constantly frustrated with how many items I have to remove from my pockets. Being able to secure any amount or type of tools to myself at height would be incredibly helpful and a relief. I’m not a big fan of the bit-holding screwdrivers. Even though they seem more versatile, it appears that they can be less efficient and obstructive, which I hadn’t thought of before. I think for these reasons, I would be most tempted to get a small Gearwrench set for most applications, and a Wiha Ultra Driver set for the specialty bits.
I LOVE reading about tools, I find it to be something very fun and I am always looking for a new one to get! Personally I have been a big fan of the Wera products. That is what we use at the Chesky audio factory. The quality is hard to beat and they make such a wide variety of products. One new tool I got from wera is that they have a torque screwdriver which can be set to low specs which we are currently using to attach a metal faceplate to a 3d monocoque speaker cabinet. I have found it to be excellent for this because we need to get into really small spaces but have the reassurance that all of our screws are properly fastened. At home I use klein tools, I like these since its a pretty good price and you can also get a pretty wide variety of handheld screwdrivers.
From a theatre production standpoint the top choice already lost me because it cannot tether to anything. I watched an open box cutter fall from the tension grid the other day and nobody even noticed. We need things that can tie off to us. The Gearwrench looked appealing because of it’s different lengths for hard to reach areas. However in the context of our school I see screwdrivers as most important to lighting people and I do not know if different lengths are useful to them. My favorite was the Klein Ratchet & Driver System. I think it’s a nice space saver as well to just change out the end and I like the ratchet feature. The Wiha ultra driver looked scary. I feel like if I pulled up to the shop with that thing I’d get clowned on. The other ones were nice…I wish they had a good example of a tiny set for small electronics and miniatures that would be nice for me personally.
This article was so fascinating. I absolutely love screwdrivers and I think finding the perfect screwdriver is always the biggest challenge that I face when building scenery so to know that there is a common place that I can return to every time I need to figure out which screwdriver is truly right for the job is extraordinary and I'm very excited about the implications that this article will have in my process of building scenery. Specifically, I was loving the conversation that this article was having in terms of the grip of the screwdrivers and what that meant for their torque ability and easily grippable screwdrivers, and making sure that your hands don't hurt and the ergonomics of using them. I didn't realize that there were so many more different types of screwdrivers than I thought possible. I kind of assumed that there were the screwdrivers for each of the different kind of bits and then the ones for the bits you can switch out, but this article truly opened my eyes to the possibilities.
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