[GreenKeys] RE: Screw guiding screwdriver

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And 11 times out of 10, the technique doesn't work, anyway.  Either you'll 
cross-thread the screw or you'll break a corner off of the screw, or you'll lose 
the screw.  $15.00 is about two cheap hamburgers.  And a lot cheaper than a 
ruined PL-55 or PL-68.

In a message dated 2/4/2006 7:37:21 PM Central Standard Time, 
drhouse at nadcomm.com writes: 
> So true, however when you are old and shaky like me and you drop the 
> screw you will never find it again.
> 
> Don
> K9TTY
> 
> On Feb 4, 2006, at 7:28 PM, w7ksg at juno.com wrote:
> 
> >Gentlemen:  An easy way to install those little screws with the hole in
> >the middle is to open up  a large
> >paper clip and use one end and insert in the hole.  Then simply start 
> >the
> >screw remove the paper clip and
> >tighten with a screw driver.  A lot cheaper than $15.00
> 

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