Popular Post John Moody Posted November 17, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted November 17, 2020 Just recently a friend brought me this screwdriver and ask if I had one to which I replied no, haven't even seen one. He said he ran across it while out one day and thought of me and purchased it and brought it to me. How awesome is that. Anyway it's an HD Smith #8 Winged screwdriver. They made this starting in the early 1900's and other tools in a line called "Perfect Handle". Here is a link to a site with some information f you would like to see more. Excited to add this to my old tool collection. Larry Buskirk, Cal, HARO50 and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted November 17, 2020 Report Share Posted November 17, 2020 That's really Cool! I gotta ask, what is the surface on which the screwdriver is laying? Cal and p_toad 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Moody Posted November 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2020 2 hours ago, lew said: That's really Cool! I gotta ask, what is the surface on which the screwdriver is laying? It's a piece of a sound absorbing panel that I cut off from a piece at the shooting range. It's a cellulose type material. lew, p_toad, HARO50 and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandyDan Posted November 17, 2020 Report Share Posted November 17, 2020 Never saw one with wings. Thanks for sharing. You have a great friend. p_toad and Cal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kmealy Posted November 17, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted November 17, 2020 Reading "The Essential Woodworker" by Robert Wearing this week. He says in Britain, they use the term "turnscrew" and says that is preferable to "screwdriver" that we Americans use. "...a screw properly arranged should not need to be driven, which implies hard work, but merely turned." I wonder what he has to say about "spanners" Maybe a later chapter. Gunny, John Moody, HARO50 and 2 others 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandyDan Posted November 17, 2020 Report Share Posted November 17, 2020 It is a job driving screws into wood and making the threads as it goes. Drill/driver. I'd like to see them "turnscrew" a deck together and not call it work. Cal, John Moody, Gunny and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PostalTom Posted November 21, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 That almost sounds like a William Shakespeare play: "The Turning of the Screw". Gerald, HARO50, Fred W. Hargis Jr and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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