Driver Bits

[xpatUSA]

When I was growing up, a screwdriver had either a flat business end or one of them new-fangled Phillips jobs.

How times have changed:



Spot the out-of-place bit ...

[rpcrowe]

Interesting YouTube video on screwdrivers...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-mDqKtivuI

[Wavelength]

Really so.....

[xpatUSA]

Interesting YouTube video on screwdrivers...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-mDqKtivuI

Thanks, now I know what the top three on the right are called!

[pendennis]

The small cross-slotted screws found on cameras are a variation on the Phillips, but unique in that they require a special screw driver.

There are even variations within the Phillips drive head. Apex Tool makes a Phillips driver head which is flat on the tip, so that it's more difficult to cam out. I worked at Ford, and the assembly plants used Apex drivers and bits exclusively.

[shreds]

But no Torx security screwdriver head bits there though. (pin in centre of hole in the bit). Had me head-scratching a while ago trying to use a normal Torx……………….. Now equipped to deal with all though!

But perhaps Ted was hoping for us to comment on the photographic attributes of the screwdriver heads picture rather than the many different types of head?

[xpatUSA]

The small cross-slotted screws found on cameras are a variation on the Phillips, but unique in that they require a special screw driver.

Indeed, Dennis - and woe betide anybody that doesn't use one on Sigma cameras because they are most generous with the thread-locking stuff ...

[Manfred M]

The Robertson screwdrivers have another unique feature that the video did not mention; the come in four sizes and they are identified by colour; from largest to smallest they go black, red, green and yellow. Red is probably the most common, followed by green. The black seems to be missing in your set.

They definitely do not cam out nearly as easily as Philips.

[ejones03101]

When I was growing up, a screwdriver had either a flat business end or one of them new-fangled Phillips jobs.

How times have changed:



Spot the out-of-place bit ...

Top left second one down looks like a Phillips in a group of torx bits. As I recall there are two styles of bit that looks like Phillips, but on one the tip is blunted whereas the Phillips comes more to a point. Reed & Freerson or something like that was the more bout type.


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[xpatUSA]

Top left second one down looks like a Phillips in a group of torx bits.

Well spotted. That's the one I was referring to, E.

As I recall there are two styles of bit that looks like Phillips, but on one the tip is blunted whereas the Phillips comes more to a point. Reed & Freerson or something like that was the more blunt type.

From your description, looks like I've swapped a couple of cross-points too ...

[pschlute]

The small cross-slotted screws found on cameras are a variation on the Phillips, but unique in that they require a special screw driver.

I believe most camera and lens screws are JIS (Japanese Industry Standard). If you intend to dismantle a lens or even a camera you will need a set of JIS screwdrivers or you risk damaging the heads.

[DanK]

check this out:

https://www.garagetooladvisor.com/ha...nd-their-uses/

There are a few I've never heard of that I think I should have.

[xpatUSA]

check this out:

https://www.garagetooladvisor.com/ha...nd-their-uses/

There are a few I've never heard of that I think I should have.

Good link, Dan, thanks.

My first encounter with a Torx driver was when upgrading a 128K RAM Macintosh to a whopping 512K thereby turning it into a 'Fat Mac'. The memory card seller included a very long and very necessary Torx screwdriver which he trusted you to send back when done!