Comments on: Finds: Bosch’s “Dimpler” Drywall Screw Setter

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 18:19:03 +0000

I bought a few of these to hang drywall at my house. Long story short, neither one of them lasted through the whole room. A great concept, but I think they need to work a little on their execution…

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Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:51:20 +0000

[...] Finds: Bosch’s “Dimpler” Drywall Screw Setter It’s easy to drive drywall screws too deep, creating a nasty mess when it comes time to finish the job. This simple little bit tool has a built in clutch that keeps you from over-driving drywall screws. It sinks ‘em to the perfect depth every time. Of course, there are some other ways of doing this as you’ll see in comments. [...]

By: Quentin

Quentin — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:11:14 +0000

I could have used this last night, although I only put in about 20 screws because I was just patching a few holes.

It’s interesting that people have said that Phillips screws are designed to “cam-out” before the screw gets too deep, because I did not find that at all. I found that I could easily drive the screw too deep and that it was hard to make it cam-out. I guess that’s why professional drywallers use screw guns.

By: Toolaremia

Toolaremia — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 03:41:26 +0000

And, it accepts standard 1″ magnetic bits, so you can use it with a Robertson bit and never have to worry about it stripping out. (assuming this operates on depth and not torque.)

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:53:43 +0000

Sounds familiar…

# Rob Says:
August 31st, 2006 at 9:59 pm

Trey makes a good point. There is a drywall screw tool called a “Dimpler” that uses the camming action of the Phillips head screw to set it at a certain distance just below the surface of the drywall without overdriving it.

Still waiting on that Arthur’s head.