Screwdriver with an insane magnet tip?

Nocturnal

Lifer
Jan 8, 2002
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Is there such a thing? Like a screwdriver that has a very solid magnetic tip in that it won't fall off with just a slight bump and or touch? I have several magnetic screwdrivers but they just can't put this damn screw into this really deep hole.
 

lokiju

Lifer
May 29, 2003
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Buy one of those screw driver magnatizers from your local hardware store or make your own electrical magnet screw driver?

 

Nocturnal

Lifer
Jan 8, 2002
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I use the magnets that come out of hard drives but they tend to lose their magnetized state after a while.
 

Demon-Xanth

Lifer
Feb 15, 2000
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The problem with making a magnet tip with the usual high end magnets that are used in HDs, is that the material is very brittle. It wouldn't last one screw.
 

loup garou

Lifer
Feb 17, 2000
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pfft...I just take a little bit of the gum I'm chewing and stick it on the screwhead. Works better than a magnet.