Thank you, brilliant idea. I have a small short screw that goes in my sewing machine to hold attachments. It's located on the left hand side of the shaft where the needle goes. Being right handed it was impossible to screw in on the left side. Your solution worked perfectly, you saved my day 😊

@Xynudu

3 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it. Cheers Rob

Thank you! This is why I love youtube.

@Xynudu

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the positive feedback.

Excellent. Thanks very much for this tip. After an hour of frustration, I decided to do a search and your video solved the problem in less than two minutes, so kudos to you, sir

@Xynudu

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to help. Cheers Rob

thanks! would have lost my mind and temper today if I hadn't found this.

@Xynudu

4 жыл бұрын

I know the feeling.

Nice trick, especially with a stiffer piece of paper I could see this really working

Rob, That's a nifty trick! I have also used screw starters for phillips screws as well. Thanks for sharing! Have a good one. Dave

Thank you very much sir. its a gold advice.

Nice one fella, really handy tip 👍🏽

@Xynudu

3 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it

Hi Rob Ha, ha, that cardboard trick is so damn simple ... no one would ever think of it as useable ... but obviously it is - thx for sharing !

THANKS DUDE!!! Finally got it I was going crazy!

@Xynudu

Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help

Very interesting. Thanks for posting,

Absolute lifesaver! Thank you

@Xynudu

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped! Zain. Cheers Rob

Thank you. Excelent trick

Simple easy cheap PERFECT thanks

Good tips Robert. I've also had pretty good luck using a bit of wheel bearing grease. You know the really sticky kind. Just dip the head of the screw or tip of the driver in the grease and put the screw on the driver, works like glue. Almost never fails to work well.

@Xynudu

10 жыл бұрын

Best Racing Tips Win At The Dragstrip +1 That was another mechanics trick often used. Also used grease in the old days to mask off metal (eg door handles) when spray painting. Then once the paint dried, simply wipe off the paint covered grease. Rob

@9sec93lx

10 жыл бұрын

I've also used the grease before painting trick myself. Used to work for my dad's electric motor repair shop. When we finished rebuilding a motor we coated the shafts and data plates with grease and then gave them the old once over with some spray paint. Finished off the job really nicely.

This actually worked!

Hey Rob, another good vid. What I learnt when doing refrigeration and appliance servicing is to get a small strip of electrical tape and tape the fastener on the end. Its another simplistic approach that works but with the tape you can also stick the screwdriver into small deep holes/counterbores or recesses. However, if you got a long narrow strip of paper and put the hole in the middle and folded the 2 halves down alongside the shaft of the screwdriver and pinched the tail ends against the driver shaft, this works too for deep screws. I'm now an owner of a set of Stanley screw start screwdrivers that have a spring loaded sheath over the shaft that hold the screw back on the tip, until you disengage it, they are pretty good. I'm surprised that those two methods or any others were not included in your vid. It could turn a good vid into awesome. Maybe you should edit :) Paul

@Xynudu

10 жыл бұрын

I can only put up what was taught to me. I'm sure there are other ways to do similar jobs. That's why I like comments such as yours, adding alternatives. All good for viewers, and me, as you can never stop learning. Some of the greatest long time tips also come out of the old 1950's -and 60's Popular Mechanics magazines - which I have a large pile of :) Those old guys knew some pretty sneaky tricks. Cheers Rob

@djpaulk

10 жыл бұрын

xynudu That's what youtube is (sposed to be) all about. That's what I thought, adding to what someone has posted.. Glad you liked and found my comment complimentary to your vid. That's what were (most of us) all here for, to learn. Pretty sure we never stop learning, which I enjoy. Your right about the sneaky old fellas... Thehehe :D Keep the vids coming mate ! Paul PS: wanna post me up your pile of popular mechanics mags when your done? No sticky ones pls..

Saw "How to screw in an awkward position" and thought it must be another Ducati episode :) Good tip, used to use that method a lot back in my telco office days where we had to get nylon fasteners in alongside electronic equipment, either a bit of card or on the odd occasion thin plastic stripping with a slit to the hole so you could still pull it out after fastening. Cheers....

@Xynudu

10 жыл бұрын

Steve McQuillin Yes, it's great for electronics work. Nothing worse than dropping a screw in that line of work. Cheers Rob

@Xynudu

10 жыл бұрын

xynudu This was a favourite for mechanics getting the small clamping screw back into distributors when cars had points. Probably in the top ten worshop tricks. Rob

Thanks

Dang it, was going to mention the electrical tape one but someone beat me to it... LOL Being a mechanic we didnt have file folders laying around but a spool of tape was always handy. ;-) Colin

@CruiserMac

10 жыл бұрын

Yeah the electrical tape one works good....especially when you have an endless supply!

Nice

fuggn genius

So intelligent. You don't know how to create a new slot on the top of small screw that I can't get out do you? Small screws!

@Xynudu

Жыл бұрын

Depends on how much clearance there is. A small diameter cutting disc on a pencil or die grinder can reshape the slot.

Wonder if Macgyver knew about this one.. lol Great tip btw.

These are still larger screws than I work with......