We wrote about the Skewdriver last year, and we’ll admit that we broke down and bought one. If you haven’t tried one out, think of it as a screwdriver version of Husky/Stanley/Proto’s rotator ratchet — when you rotate the handle, the bit rotates, too.
We’ve found it quite useful — especially for removing difficult-to-reach screws underneath auto dashes — but we’d like to know what you think. Let us know in comments.
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6 Responses to Hot or Not? The Skewdriver
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Love this thing!! used to install car stereos professionally – this thing did wonders, you wouldnt believe how many screws were extreamly hard if not impossiable to get our without this baby!! HOT!
Hot. You can also pop it into your drill driver for inside of cabinets and such.
HOT… HOT… HOT… I have had mine for about 10 years and I have lost everything but the actual head…
this item is worth its wieght in gold i install car audio and this is a great put it on a drill and take anything out.
Oh, old post, but still: Definitely hot. I don’t use it that often, but when I do, it’s amazing.
Case in point: Tightening the steering box on my Astro. It uses a set nut and an allen-head screw, right up against the radiator. Other people have talked about removing the radiator and other extreme measures. I was able to get the skewdriver, with the appropriate allen bit in it, into the screw. I loosened the set nut and rotated the skewdriver. Perfect. It turned a 2+ hour job into a 10-minute job, no exaggeration. Even if that was the only time I used it, it would’ve been worth it. But I’ve used it a bunch of other times. (Ahh, like tightening the screws holding up my pedestal sink!!)
Definitely HOT. I’m surprised it is even questioned here. In power amplifier (or receiver) repairs I always use one to unscrew power transistors from the heatsink for replacement. Tiny space with minimum wiggle room. No other tool would manage. Milwaukee makes them too:
http://www.amazon.com/Milwaukee-Offset-Screwdriver-Right-Angle/dp/B000WCHZ86