I also have a pivoting 2 mm Allen screw wrench with a Which I use for a spring hook, a screw straightener, a contact tweaker and any Make sure you have an extra supply of batteries. I have two small flashlights, and one wraparound holds-itselfįlashlight. The added benefit of having a magnetizer/demagnetizer in the bottom of your toolbox is that it will grab and hold all the loose screws in there.įlashlights. A more powerful, plastic-bound model is available from Ames yet a higher price. This essential, irreplaceable tool is made by Stanley and available a Home Depot.
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Slide it against the side and it becomes demagnetized. Plunge your screwdriver through the hole and it becomes magnetized. It's made of two horseshoe magnets strapped together with durable elastic or copier you're called upon to look at than for laser printers bands, creating a hole in the center. I keep one in the bottom corner of my tool box. These are sometimes helpful, as well, but more for the occasional (The smallest bladed screwdrivers I carry are really a set of jeweler's screwdrivers that I use more as chisels and digging tools than as screwdrivers.) It's the size you need for taking the little slot covers off a desktop computer. The second is the kind that computer stores or exhibitors give away or sell cheaply. One is just your average household screwdriver. I also carry a regular set of pliers and a couple of small vice-grips.īladed screwdrivers. If it were a hummingbird, my largest one would be an owl, with beaks that vary accordingly. One is very, very long and thin, for difficult detail work. You'll need two or three sets of varying length and thickness. Incredibly, all three are essential for changing a Fuser in the original LaserJet printer (but in none since), You may get it out without one or another of them, but you'll wish you had brought the whole set. In addition to the mandatory 6-inch # 2 Phillips head, I also carry a #1 Phillips, a 4-inch # 2 Phillips and a stubby #2 Phillips.
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An American-design screwdriver tends to hollow out the heads of Japanese screws. The Japanese model has a shallower bevel, made to work well with Japanese screws. An American Phillips head is cut deeper and at a greater angle than the Japanese design. (Just because it says "Made in Japan" doesn't mean it's a Japanese screwdriver.) There are distinct differences. There is a substantive difference between Japanese and American screws. Actually, it would be better if you went to Japan to buy them.