Cling Wrap

Holy crap, that's great!

Dave

Bob, that's definitely a keeper. THANK YOU for posting the tip. I can think of half a dozen situations, just in the last six months, where I could have used that.

Very nice! Great tip. Waaay back when I was a TV repair tech in mid last century we used to dig a small piece of the waxy stuff off the flyback xformer and used it to stick the screw to the driver. It worked great but I haven't seen that waxy stuff in decades. Art

Excellent. Thanks.

Great idea Bob, that's gonna come in very handy.

Jon

Thank you! Not only is that about as simple and elegant as it gets, it could be applied to probably any fastener, including hex head bolts with sockets. Going to add a roll to the aluminum foil I keep in the shop.

Jon

Hey Bob,

Good one !!

I don't usually have any Saran Wrap or other handy cling-paper at the job-site or in the shop, but I always have black electricians tape. Works exactly the same method you describe, and on a box-end wrench to hold a nut.

Take care.

Brian Lawson, Bothwell, Ontario.

ps....wuzzat about a boat????

Masking tape, freezer tape and regular scotch tape all work. Some are easier than others to remove after the screw is started. Just depends on what you have on hand. And you can wrap a nut in newspaper and use that to hold it in a socket while running it on a stud or bolt in a hole. That's if you don't have any proper-sized rare-earth magnets to do the same.

Stan

NOW you tell me! :)

What about the "dipey" stuff used to protect a re-sharpened mill cutter? might it work? ...lew...

Much better and more sanitary than the boogers I've been using for decades.

Damn, I was afraid to volunteer my solution.

karl

Or -- just do what I do -- save the wax from Gouda cheese, and when you get enough, melt it and pour into some disposable container for future use -- for tool dipping and whatever.

Enjoy, DoN.

Well, you've never had to worry about running out have you? ;-)

Drill a hole in the back end of the screwdriver and fill it with the wax. Not my idea but I remember it from an old Popular Science/Mechanics magazine many years ago.

John

Can you fart at will? (maybe you're the wrong guy to ask)

I wondered why I saved that. Gerry :-)} London, Canada

With the medication I'm on? NO.

Unless of course you're in Church!