[Elecraft] Phillips "hold-tite" screwdriver mod

[J. Heide]

If you have a phillips head screw just getting ready to strip out on you, just put a touch of valve lapping compound on your screwdriver. The grit will give a little extra grip to help prevent slippage. Works great, but finding valve lapping compound is a bit hard these days. I drive a Plymouth with a flathead, so it's in my shop.

73
Josh K6ZRX

On Tue, 2008-11-25 at 15:50 -0800, Barbara Maloney wrote:
> > Hello list members,
> > I found a trick for holding small screws on the end of the screwdriver
> > until you can get them into a tight place and started.   A small
> > amount of electrical connector black seal mastic or putty shaped on
> > the end of the driver takes up the gap enough to hold the screw until
> > you get it thru the hole and started.  Once pulled away, the
> > putty stays on the screwdriver. 
> > Great for removing screws also.  Once in a while the mastic needs
> > reshaped to the tip of the screwdriver to hold the screw securely.
> > It beats fingering the tiny screws into close spaces and hoping you
> > dont drop it before you can get the screwdriver head on it. 
> > I was able to complete assembly on my K3/2170 today and didnt drop a
> > single screw in the process, thanks to this method.  
> > Mike, AC5P  
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