Where To Find LARGE Screwdriver for Lower Unit Plugs? -- Follow-Up
 

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=46978

I have received this screw driver. But it doesn't have a 1/2" blade.
Seem like the description in the web doesn't quite match the
description on the box. I guess my search for a 1/2" blade screw
driver is not over.

Oh well...

Jay Chan

Where To Find LARGE Screwdriver for Lower Unit Plugs? -- Follow-Up
 

On 12 Jan 2006 17:42:21 -0800, "
wrote:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=46978

I have received this screw driver. But it doesn't have a 1/2" blade.
Seem like the description in the web doesn't quite match the
description on the box. I guess my search for a 1/2" blade screw
driver is not over.

1/2" is approximately 12 mm.

As long as you are close, it is more important that the thickness of
the blade match the slot, rather than the length.

The nice thing about the impact hammer is that it minimizes slipping
and will break corrosion to a certain extent.

Where To Find LARGE Screwdriver for Lower Unit Plugs? -- Follow-Up
 

wrote:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=46978

I have received this screw driver. But it doesn't have a 1/2" blade.
Seem like the description in the web doesn't quite match the
description on the box. I guess my search for a 1/2" blade screw
driver is not over.

Oh well...

Jay Chan

Have you tried to remove the plug with just an ordinary screwdriver
yet? If you are careful, using the right size screwdriver (matching
thickness of screwdriver with width of the slot), and keeping it
perpendicular to the screw, you should be okay. If you feel it
beginning to slip, stop.

Where To Find LARGE Screwdriver for Lower Unit Plugs? -- Follow-Up
 

wrote:
wrote:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=46978

I have received this screw driver. But it doesn't have a 1/2" blade.
Seem like the description in the web doesn't quite match the
description on the box. I guess my search for a 1/2" blade screw
driver is not over.

Oh well...

Jay Chan

Have you tried to remove the plug with just an ordinary screwdriver
yet? If you are careful, using the right size screwdriver (matching
thickness of screwdriver with width of the slot), and keeping it
perpendicular to the screw, you should be okay. If you feel it
beginning to slip, stop.

Yes, I have already done this using a 3/8" blade. It kind of works;
but I must be very careful.

Seem like I will continue searching for the right one.

Jay Chan

Where To Find LARGE Screwdriver for Lower Unit Plugs? -- Follow-Up
 

wrote:
wrote:
wrote:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=46978

I have received this screw driver. But it doesn't have a 1/2" blade.
Seem like the description in the web doesn't quite match the
description on the box. I guess my search for a 1/2" blade screw
driver is not over.

Oh well...

Jay Chan

Have you tried to remove the plug with just an ordinary screwdriver
yet? If you are careful, using the right size screwdriver (matching
thickness of screwdriver with width of the slot), and keeping it
perpendicular to the screw, you should be okay. If you feel it
beginning to slip, stop.

Yes, I have already done this using a 3/8" blade. It kind of works;
but I must be very careful.

Seem like I will continue searching for the right one.

Jay Chan

If the screw is chewed up at all, get a new one, they're cheap (as far
as boat parts go!)

Where To Find LARGE Screwdriver for Lower Unit Plugs? -- Follow-Up
 

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On 13 Jan 2006 07:57:07 -0800, "
wrote:

Yes, I have already done this using a 3/8" blade. It kind of works;
but I must be very careful.

Seem like I will continue searching for the right one.

Jay Chan

Got a grinder? I made one that is a perfect fit.



I was thinking the same thing........start up the old grinding wheel and
make it yourself.

Where To Find LARGE Screwdriver for Lower Unit Plugs? -- Follow-Up
 

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
wrote in message
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On 13 Jan 2006 07:57:07 -0800, "
wrote:

Yes, I have already done this using a 3/8" blade. It kind of works;
but I must be very careful.

Seem like I will continue searching for the right one.

Jay Chan
Got a grinder? I made one that is a perfect fit.



I was thinking the same thing........start up the old grinding wheel and
make it yourself.


"I've ground this here screwdriver down four times and it is still too
damned small."


Well you should have started with a 1/4" blade to make that 1/2" blade. ;-)

Where To Find LARGE Screwdriver for Lower Unit Plugs? -- Follow-Up
 

Harry Krause wrote:
JimH wrote:

wrote in message
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On 13 Jan 2006 07:57:07 -0800, "
wrote:

Yes, I have already done this using a 3/8" blade. It kind of works;
but I must be very careful.

Seem like I will continue searching for the right one.

Jay Chan

Got a grinder? I made one that is a perfect fit.




I was thinking the same thing........start up the old grinding wheel
and make it yourself.



"I've ground this here screwdriver down four times and it is still too
damned small."


Try once more!

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On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 14:18:13 -0500, " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT
comREMOVETHIS wrote:


wrote in message
.. .
On 13 Jan 2006 07:57:07 -0800, "
wrote:

Yes, I have already done this using a 3/8" blade. It kind of works;
but I must be very careful.

Seem like I will continue searching for the right one.

Jay Chan

Got a grinder? I made one that is a perfect fit.



I was thinking the same thing........start up the old grinding wheel and
make it yourself.


Just make sure when you're grinding to go slow. If you really heat
the blade up, it will lose some temper and bend. Grind a little at a
time and let it cool some. If it starts to get red it's too late.

Jack

Where To Find LARGE Screwdriver for Lower Unit Plugs? -- Follow-Up
 

wrote:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=46978

I have received this screw driver. But it doesn't have a 1/2" blade.
Seem like the description in the web doesn't quite match the
description on the box. I guess my search for a 1/2" blade screw
driver is not over.

Oh well...

Jay Chan

These are common, only not in typical screwdriver form.

you can get 3/8" or 1/2 " drive made for an impact tool or rachet
wrench quite easily at about any good hardware or Auto Parts store.

Where To Find LARGE Screwdriver for Lower Unit Plugs? -- Follow-Up
 

On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 03:08:31 GMT, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On 14 Jan 2006 17:51:54 -0800 in rec.boats, penned
the following thoughts:


wrote:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=46978

I have received this screw driver. But it doesn't have a 1/2" blade.
Seem like the description in the web doesn't quite match the
description on the box. I guess my search for a 1/2" blade screw
driver is not over.

Oh well...

Jay Chan

These are common, only not in typical screwdriver form.

you can get 3/8" or 1/2 " drive made for an impact tool or rachet
wrench quite easily at about any good hardware or Auto Parts store.

True, but 'ya gotta be a little careful. I bought some big
screwdrivers from Harbor Freight to remove a brass pipe plug from a
Yamaha engine.

Believe it or not, I actually bent the crap out of the steel
screwdriver without budging the brass plug. (It took heat, patience,
and a rivet gun and screw knocker to budge the damn thing!)

Drain plugs, however, shouldn't be such a challenge.....

.... shouldn't be.......

Chinese steel a little inferior?
--
John H

******Have a spectacular day!******

Where To Find LARGE Screwdriver for Lower Unit Plugs? -- Follow-Up
 

Gene Kearns wrote:


Chinese steel a little inferior?

That's what *I* mean! I also have a Harbor Freight 3/4" wrench that
fits.... we'll... nothing that I know!

Good 'ol Harbor Freight!

When I look though thieir catalogue, I notice great words like
"Rugged construction" and "Heavy duty" and "For the toughest jobs..."

Then I wonder to myself... "If thats "Rugged" and "Heavy Duty" ,
I wonder what the cheap stuff is like...LOL!

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On 16 Jan 2006 13:59:49 -0800, wrote:


Jack Goff wrote:

Just make sure when you're grinding to go slow. If you really heat
the blade up, it will lose some temper and bend. Grind a little at a
time and let it cool some. If it starts to get red it's too late.


More than likely you'll temper the steel more....and make it too
brittle.

Nope... grinding it to red hot and letting it cool will anneal the
blade. Check out the following:

"Tempering refers to heating steel above a critical temperature, then
cooling it rapidly to freeze it in a very hard state followed by
rewarming it to an intermediate temperature to give a hardness
suitable for the job intended. There are several technical points to
grasp;

Heating the metal above a critical temperature (usually red hot and
non-magnetic) causes this iron carbide to mix uniformly with the iron
in a non-crystalline form (called austenite). Slow cooling at this
point (eg buried in wood ash or lime) results in a soft layered
crystalline structure and is referred to as annealing."

So grinding to red hot, then simply air cooling will result in
annealing the blade, not tempering it.

Hope that helps!

Jack