Comments on: Dealmonger: DuraGear Flexible Shaft Screwdriver for $8 http://toolmonger.com/2009/08/19/dealmonger-duragear-flexible-shaft-screwdriver-for-8/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:39:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: ED http://toolmonger.com/2009/08/19/dealmonger-duragear-flexible-shaft-screwdriver-for-8/#comment-1023878 ED Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:27:34 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=29924#comment-1023878 The basic retractable flex extension design is a fairly common tool, every one from Asia as far as I can tell. Durapro makes one that looks as good as any: http://www.durapro.com/durapro/hand_tools/02_103.html . The basic retractable flex extension design is a fairly common tool, every one from Asia as far as I can tell. Durapro makes one that looks as good as any: http://www.durapro.com/durapro/hand_tools/02_103.html .

]]> By: Toolmonger » Blog Archive » A Good Read: One Good Turn http://toolmonger.com/2009/08/19/dealmonger-duragear-flexible-shaft-screwdriver-for-8/#comment-1022918 Toolmonger » Blog Archive » A Good Read: One Good Turn Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:04:33 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=29924#comment-1022918 [...] researching the DuraGear Flexible Shaft Screwdriver, I saw a reference to this book by Witold Rybczyski and wound up getting a copy through [...] [...] researching the DuraGear Flexible Shaft Screwdriver, I saw a reference to this book by Witold Rybczyski and wound up getting a copy through [...]

]]> By: Jaxx http://toolmonger.com/2009/08/19/dealmonger-duragear-flexible-shaft-screwdriver-for-8/#comment-1019130 Jaxx Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:05:08 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=29924#comment-1019130 I got this as a gift from a well meaning relative at christmas, it is as cheap and as plastic as you would expect, but fairly robust and usefull as a screwdriver with lots of handy bits in the base. However the flexishaft has got stuck in the extended position, and as with the case with all of this type of thing there is no way you can get enough torque when its extended and lodged in a hard to reach spot, as you still need to keep two fingers at the head to stop the shaft flexing too much, you are better off putting together as many socket extensions and knuckles as you can. Not really worth it for that one hard to reach screw. I got this as a gift from a well meaning relative at christmas, it is as cheap and as plastic as you would expect, but fairly robust and usefull as a screwdriver with lots of handy bits in the base.

However the flexishaft has got stuck in the extended position, and as with the case with all of this type of thing there is no way you can get enough torque when its extended and lodged in a hard to reach spot, as you still need to keep two fingers at the head to stop the shaft flexing too much, you are better off putting together as many socket extensions and knuckles as you can.

Not really worth it for that one hard to reach screw.

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