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I can't believe that I have been using Craftsman screwdrivers for all these years and not known about this hack. I have wondered why the grip was shaped the way it was but just assumed that it worked out for stamping the info into the plastic in a recessed area where it wouldn't be scraped off. I also wondered why other brands of screwdrivers with round shafts had square bosses near the handle so that you could use a wrench to assist with twisting the driver. I stumbled on this photo today and was shocked that I haven't known about this before now...
I saw this on Facebook but I thought everyone knew it but me so I was embarrassed to bring it up. So, Charlie, if a guy with your experience and knowledge didn't know about it, I feel better. LOL
I remember doing that when I was just a pup. My brother was working on getting a frozen screw out of his BSA bike. We put a craftsman screwdriver on the screw, wrench on the handle, pipe on the wrench. I held the screwdriver in, he pushed on the pipe. The screw came out, but not before the shaft of that little screwdriver bent, and the handle cracked. We brought the screwdriver back to Sears, no questions asked, we got a new screwdriver on the lifetime warranty.
My dad had a set of Mac wooden handle screw drivers and as kids we used them as chisels or punches well the shaft would spit the wooden handle and there goes a screw driver. Man was he pissed. Well as I got a job at the local Ford dealer a Mac truck would always come by so I bought him a set of wooden handle screw drivers to make up for my mistake or misuse of the tool. He was surprised that I remembered this. Long story short he passed about 29 years ago and when my mom went into assisted living I asked her if I could have the screw drivers I am looking at them right now out in the shop. Moral of story don't use a wooden handle for a punch.
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