Screwdriver recommendations?

[WakinAZ]

All the wit aside, I just plugged "small screwdriver set" into the search box of eBay and got 14 results, 13 of them under $10. I have a small set I picked up at a drug store or hardware store years ago for a few bucks.

Eric "who thinks small screwdrivers are pretty easy to find once you start looking" L.

[Lee Stofer]

I had to post on this one, being a member of Screwdrivers Anonymous. Most repair people are tool junkies, and one of my pet collections is screwdrivers, for obvious reasons.

Ferree's Tools in Battle Creek, MI, and Allied Supply of Elkhorn, WI are two of the oldest and largest tool suppliers to the instrument repair trade. I have a pair of screwdrivers from Allied, made by Wiha in Germany, that are very comfortable to use and are staples of my brass bench toolbox. The larger one is great for stop arm screws, and the smaller one fits the linkage crews on almost all rotor linkages.

For the person that is looking for an over-the-top screwdriver, or screwdriver set, Ed Kraus in Milwaukie, Oregon, has an awesome array of screwdrivers with the toughest blades and tips made. They are not cheap, but when you use them a lot, every day, it is an investment. I bought myself the entire set of 14 for Christmas about 5 years ago at a cost of about $240.00, and not one blade has failed yet, even when breaking loose rusted/frozen bari sax screws, etc.

[sloan]

I had to post on this one, being a member of Screwdrivers Anonymous. Most repair people are tool junkies, and one of my pet collections is screwdrivers, for obvious reasons.

Ferree's Tools in Battle Creek, MI, and Allied Supply of Elkhorn, WI are two of the oldest and largest tool suppliers to the instrument repair trade. I have a pair of screwdrivers from Allied, made by Wiha in Germany, that are very comfortable to use and are staples of my brass bench toolbox. The larger one is great for stop arm screws, and the smaller one fits the linkage crews on almost all rotor linkages.

For the person that is looking for an over-the-top screwdriver, or screwdriver set, Ed Kraus in Milwaukie, Oregon, has an awesome array of screwdrivers with the toughest blades and tips made. They are not cheap, but when you use them a lot, every day, it is an investment. I bought myself the entire set of 14 for Christmas about 5 years ago at a cost of about $240.00, and not one blade has failed yet, even when breaking loose rusted/frozen bari sax screws, etc.

My grandfather and father were both tool&die makers (until my father moved up to the drafting table). They told me: "never buy a tool until you need it - and then buy the best one you can afford".