Most clever, most useful, most indispensable...
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How many of these tools do you have?
What other tools should be in this list?
Most clever, most useful, most indispensable...
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How many of these tools do you have?
What other tools should be in this list?
Small metric nut driver...
Now that I am older and have arthritic fingers I find that I can't handle the small M2 and M2.5 nuts and hardware that is used to mount small boards and sensors without using a nut driver. Would not be able to build most of my projects without one.

I find that the short 'Tommy bar' lever comes in handy with these.
My set is over 40 years old now. No longer have the plastic cases they came in though.
Take 5 Tommy. I got this.
anniel747 Because as beacon_dave says...
Allows you to quick-change the nut driver after shearing its end off every time you use it.
I have a 'pocket' drill/driver (ok, so big pockets!) with a hex drive from Bosch which has been quite handy to have around:
https://www.boschtools.com/us/en/products/ps21-2a-060199291G
There is a chuck based version as well:
https://www.boschtools.com/us/en/products/ps31-2a-060186811M
and also one for those who are more of an indecisive nature...
https://www.boschtools.com/us/en/products/gsr12v-140fcb22-06019F6010
Small and light enough to easily handle but enough torque to be useful for those overtightened fasteners.
I've mainly used it for removing equipment side panels of the type that have around 12 overlength screws per panel (1mm panel, 40mm screw, 'are we nearly there yet...?') but have also used it for careful drilling in Perspex/Plexiglass panels with the torque limiter set low.
Some of the electric precision screwdrivers with motion control are pretty impressive these days.
I have a 'pocket' drill/driver (ok, so big pockets!) with a hex drive from Bosch which has been quite handy to have around:
https://www.boschtools.com/us/en/products/ps21-2a-060199291G
There is a chuck based version as well:
https://www.boschtools.com/us/en/products/ps31-2a-060186811M
and also one for those who are more of an indecisive nature...
https://www.boschtools.com/us/en/products/gsr12v-140fcb22-06019F6010
Small and light enough to easily handle but enough torque to be useful for those overtightened fasteners.
I've mainly used it for removing equipment side panels of the type that have around 12 overlength screws per panel (1mm panel, 40mm screw, 'are we nearly there yet...?') but have also used it for careful drilling in Perspex/Plexiglass panels with the torque limiter set low.
Some of the electric precision screwdrivers with motion control are pretty impressive these days.