If you have a phillips head screw just getting ready to strip out on you, just put a touch of valve lapping compound on your screwdriver. The grit will give a little extra grip to help prevent slippage. Works great, but finding valve lapping compound is a bit hard these days. I drive a Plymouth with a flathead, so it's in my shop.
73 Josh K6ZRX On Tue, 2008-11-25 at 15:50 -0800, Barbara Maloney wrote: > > Hello list members, > > I found a trick for holding small screws on the end of the screwdriver > > until you can get them into a tight place and started. A small > > amount of electrical connector black seal mastic or putty shaped on > > the end of the driver takes up the gap enough to hold the screw until > > you get it thru the hole and started. Once pulled away, the > > putty stays on the screwdriver. > > Great for removing screws also. Once in a while the mastic needs > > reshaped to the tip of the screwdriver to hold the screw securely. > > It beats fingering the tiny screws into close spaces and hoping you > > dont drop it before you can get the screwdriver head on it. > > I was able to complete assembly on my K3/2170 today and didnt drop a > > single screw in the process, thanks to this method. > > Mike, AC5P > > _______________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Post to: [email protected] > > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com -- Don‘t complain. Nobody will understand. Or care. And certainly don‘t try to fix the situation yourself. It‘s dangerous. Leave it to a highly untrained, unqualified, expendable professional. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
