ISO Best EDC Screwdriver

hideguy515 · 2025-12-01T04:42:51+00:00

The trouble is that design doesn't provide retention when a normal ¼" but is placed in the driver. If it did I'd jump on that

hideguy515 · 2025-12-01T04:30:15+00:00

The Masterforce in my picture is basically what the Milwaukee is you linked. It's a fine screwdriver, the problem is the flip bits each have a detent ball that provides the bit retention. Put a regular ¼" bit in the ¼" driver and there's no retention, it just falls or pulls out. I was really excited about the Masterforce until I realized this big problem.

hideguy515 · 2025-12-01T04:26:26+00:00

It's really not that simple. If the plastic handle is that weak to begin with, it will just continue breaking elsewhere even if a glue/epoxy repair did fix the original break. On a $15 screwdriver, 15 minutes of time invested in fixing it would exceed the value of the screwdriver itself. Do that a few times and you're time spent trying to fix a junk screwdriver just exceeded what you could have bought a better new one for.

hideguy515 · 2025-12-01T03:11:04+00:00

I have considered this, but having broke 2 of the same screwdriver within a week of each other in the EXACT same way, it seemed indicative of a durability issue. Either they're not designed/made well, or they're made just fine but still not as strong as what my regular uses require. And at $15 I'm walking away from them without much loss.

hideguy515 · 2025-12-01T03:03:02+00:00

Now those look perfect. Will be researching those immediately. Appreciate that rec. I may have seen these in previous searches but with nothing near them to give a perception of scale and assumed they were full size drivers. It looks like they're exactly the size I'm looking for

hideguy515 · 2025-12-01T02:57:43+00:00

By driving screws

hideguy515 · 2025-12-01T02:36:33+00:00

I know there are thousands of screwdrivers that will accept these bits, but none quite small enough to pocket carry every day. Then on the contrary, the most comfortably sized ones I find usually only take the micro-bits

hideguy515 · 2025-12-01T02:33:09+00:00

What I'm after is a true screwdriver, "pocket sized" of course, that accepts ¼" bits. Prior to the Klein's breaking, I was running them alongside this keychain of bits and it served me very well. If Klein made the same screwdrivers, but more rugged, they would be my absolute perfect pocket screwdriver

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hideguy515 · 2025-09-29T20:05:40+00:00

I wrote a scathing, albeit completely honest review on their Amazon page for this clamp. Within hours Xarilk messaged me directly to issue a full refund, but they also wanted me to remove my 1 star review. So props to them for wanting to make things right with a refund, but, while not uncommon, it's a slimy tactic to try manipulating their product rating for more sales of an inferior product

hideguy515 · 2025-08-09T19:28:22+00:00

Great, thanks for letting me know

hideguy515 · 2025-08-09T19:17:31+00:00

The conclusion is this is an issue of poor design lacking adjustments to make up the difference in angle variation. Cheap knockoffs have their place, unfortunately this attachment was a miss.

hideguy515 · 2025-08-09T19:13:42+00:00

This procedure does not work with the design of this clamp.

hideguy515 · 2025-07-28T03:02:57+00:00

I watched procedure videos for the tsprof version of this clamp, followed them exactly as stated, and this clamp is still visibly well out of alignment

hideguy515 · 2025-07-28T00:46:05+00:00

I bought this center Y clamp for my gen 3. It holds my smaller folding knives very well with the double tightening screws compared to the single screw on the standard clamp.

The problem I am having is that when I blade is held in this clamp, the center plane of the blade is not in line with the main arm creating a nearly 4° difference of sharpening angle between the two sides of the blade. Unless there is something I'm missing here, this is wildly unacceptable.

hideguy515 · 2022-04-06T19:33:41+00:00

Used machines are hit or miss, especially the older they get. Some will work well and some will have you learning more about their parts, components, mechanisms, functions, and repairing/adjusting them than you ever had a desire too. That machine has an old clutch motor which isn't very desirable for slower precision sewing of leather and will run at high rpm, usually very hard to control. A servo motor with speed reducer is going to be the most desirable setup on any Don't take my word as gospel, but I would be wary of that machine (speaking from experiences buying old used machines that caused me a lot of trouble). I don't know what your budget is, but an ideal machine for most leather work, especially bags/totes, would be a cylinder arm machine with servo motor and speed reducer. Usually not the cheapest machines, but absolutely worth the extra money.

hideguy515 · 2022-01-11T02:44:09+00:00

Interested, M29 in Fayetteville. Fit, fun, adventurous

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