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Absolutely Bone Head, He will find some of the finest screwdrivers made.Start your search for "Wiha" (sic spelling) screwdrivers.
They are pricey until you use them then you see the actual value.
Absolutely Bone Head, He will find some of the finest screwdrivers made.Start your search for "Wiha" (sic spelling) screwdrivers.
$46 for a large set like that, made in USA? Nice!I bought one of the Chapman gunsmithing sets about 30 years ago and use all the time, never broke or twisted any of the bits.
#8900 Gunsmithing Set | Chapman MFG
8900 is a 24 hollow ground screwdriver bit set with Phillips bits, Slotted bits, SAE Hex bits, and ¼” drive spinner. For gunsmiths, firearms, weapons, lanterns, sewing machines and fishing reels. Our slotted bits have straight parallel sides for maximum screw surface contact. USA Made in Durham, CT.chapmanmfg.com
Brownells has a wide selection of hollow ground 1/4” hex bits, including thin blade versions. Not inexpensive, but high quality and properly hardened & tempered. Here are the sizes in the set so you can see if they have what you need:I need to replace an old jeweler's slotted screwdriver because I managed to put a twist in it. I use it to adjust one of the bearings on my little watchmaker's lathe. The blade was a simple hollow-ground slotted style, about 1/8" or 5/32" wide.
I'd like to replace it with one that fits the whole width of the adjusting screw which is 1/4", near as I can tell. And I'd like to keep the hollow-ground construction because the screw slot depth is fairly deep, maybe 3/32" deep but the slot thickness is narrow, maybe .020" - .030" thick.
I was looking around gunsmithing screwdrivers, which I know nothing about.
Can anyone suggest a specific type of screwdriver that would fit my needs? The hollow-ground build of the one I twisted helps with getting the blade into the full depth of the adjusting screw.
You can *just* see the head of the screw I'm talking about, see the blue arrow.