September 11, 20187 yr Among the split-tip screwdrivers, all are one brand except the one at the bottom which is labelled "Klein"; the rest are Quick-Wedge. I still have a lot of work to do on the planes, as neither one has been really cleaned up well. The Reed & Prince is an old Craftsman i bought many years ago - note how the tip is much different from the look-alike Phillips.
September 11, 20187 yr The wedge tip screw starter/screwdriver was used in the power plant all the time and still is. Except ours had extended plastic insulation nearly to the tip to eliminate short and shock hazards. I've still have mine and have only used it a couple of times in 20 years. Looks like you have one for every day of the week
September 11, 20187 yr Cool Pete...like Lew said you don't see many of those anymore. I think I have one stashed somewhere...the Reed & Prince never really caught on; during that same era as the "clutch" head although the mobile home/travel trailer industry used both for a long time.
September 11, 20187 yr That same exact brand of screw starters was always on my tool truck. Every one of my customers must have bought a few. Hard to beat when needed.. Thinking back to when I got out of high school and got a job at a furniture store in 54, there were no phillips screws in any of the furniture back then just slot heads and Proto had the longest lasting screw drivers at that time...and their handles were the largest which made it the best to turn a screw. And the Empire Furniture Company had the hardest maple to put a screw in back then. All the bedroom suits had to have the mirrors installed and no cordless drills or corded for that matter so we used an ice pick to start the screw and if soap was not used on the screw, the screw would twist in to before it ever got tight enough to hold the mirror firm.. We used bed slats for the mirror supports...my my, what a few cordless drills with some counter sinks would have been worth back then... Most of the time we would get the screw about half way in then back it out, rub the screw across a wet bar of soap and try to get it all the way in with out snapping it in two.. It got fairly easy to tell if it was too tight and might snap again so out again and more wet soap... The reason we did not use corded drills, because they did not start slow and easy like some do now. Folks just don't realize how much this ole world has changed . I just wonder what the next hundred years will be like or will we all kill each other and won't have to worry about it...Oh I will for I worry about everything...
September 11, 20187 yr In 100 years everyone will be operating computer to run robots. Physical labor will be obsolete.
September 11, 20187 yr Popular Post 8 minutes ago, It Was Al B said: In 100 years everyone will be operating computer to run robots. Physical labor will be obsolete. I'm retired. The future is now, around here. Edited September 11, 20187 yr by Gene Howe
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