Post by jay on Aug 28, 2008 18:46:31 GMT
Or yet another split nut screw driver.
Didn't want to mangle any more of my nice London Pattern screwdrivers so I was happy to stumble upon a cheap old rusty spade bit and happen to plonk it down next to a saw and have a minor eureka moment.
1. find a rusty old spade bit about the right size. This one has a little hole which is nice.
2. Use a hack saw to saw the pointy end off, bisecting the hole as you go.
3. As it happens my spade bit was a little too chunky to fit my saw nuts, so I set to it with a grinding wheel and or files until a good fit was achieved.
4. Make a handle out of scraps. I pretty much randomly attacked a stick of something with a plane until good. If you get the hole just so (my spade bit had a hex end so I used a 7mm bit in an egg whisk to start followed by a 6mm bit to finish once I'd drilled down about half way) friction will hold the handle and blade snugly - otherwise use glue.
5. Win.
Didn't want to mangle any more of my nice London Pattern screwdrivers so I was happy to stumble upon a cheap old rusty spade bit and happen to plonk it down next to a saw and have a minor eureka moment.
1. find a rusty old spade bit about the right size. This one has a little hole which is nice.
2. Use a hack saw to saw the pointy end off, bisecting the hole as you go.
3. As it happens my spade bit was a little too chunky to fit my saw nuts, so I set to it with a grinding wheel and or files until a good fit was achieved.
4. Make a handle out of scraps. I pretty much randomly attacked a stick of something with a plane until good. If you get the hole just so (my spade bit had a hex end so I used a 7mm bit in an egg whisk to start followed by a 6mm bit to finish once I'd drilled down about half way) friction will hold the handle and blade snugly - otherwise use glue.
5. Win.
