Bloody brilliant Mr TW. That was both engrossing and rivetingly educational. A well done video production. Good one!

I have to say that was riveting It had forged my ambition to do more DIY

A type of screw driver very close in shape to this one was made in Romania before the 90's. It also has this wierd way of fixing the bits

i know a lot of ppl temper tools from the bottom up - that way you can stop as you see the blue line reach the tip, plus it leaves the butt end of the tool softer & more resilient

@TightwadWorkshop

2 ай бұрын

That does seem like a better method, I'll give it a try next time. Thanks! 😊

And you made a custom lowered coil spring as well! 👍

@TightwadWorkshop

4 ай бұрын

It'd be mighty low now - I cut the whole thing up into segments!

Nice

I have several new phillips bits for any size screwdriver. Ebay.. 0, 1, 2 size. For those without a workshop

@TightwadWorkshop

2 ай бұрын

One of my neighbours gave me a brand-new-old-stock stanley bit for this screwdriver after I showed him this video. He had several of them hanging on a nail in his shed, but he's lost his screwdriver.

When was the last time you trimmed your grinding wheel? Looks very off-centre. I have a couple of Yankee drivers I am restoring- but I will make a hex bit adaptor- and a drill chuck.

@TightwadWorkshop

2 ай бұрын

You're right, it's been a while. I'll apply the dressing stick to the wheel before I use it next time. A hex adaptor would definitely be more useful, but then I wouldn't have had an excuse to include the forging footage. 🙂

@Tensquaremetreworkshop

2 ай бұрын

@@TightwadWorkshop True! And for us Makers, it is the journey, not the destination. I met a guy that makes knives commercially- exclusively from car coil springs.

@TightwadWorkshop

2 ай бұрын

Yes, knife-making is a market full of eager customers, but it's just not interesting to me. I'm more of a "make the tools to make the products" type of maker.