Are you using the right screwdriver?

[Shadow1]

Yet annother reason the engineers should be required to work on machines for at least a year before they're allowed to design anything - Pan head screws in fuser units - I'm of the opinion that ALL screws in a machine should 5.5mm (or some size of hex head or allen key where necessary) ESPECIALLY in the fuser. I've had to break out the vice-grips too many times...

[category_five]

Bleh, correction; the sockets I use are Wera, not Wiha. I always confuse the two.

[FRIDGEMAGNET]

I have always found Katun the best for 5.5 drivers.
Products: Service Accessories - Katun

Narrow end means it fits most holes.

[copytec]

Ok the next is ONLY for tool-aholic guys!
MY Top 5 :
Screwdrivers:
1. HOZAN Welcome to HOZAN TOOL INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. // HAND TOOLS for Professional.
2. PB PB SWISS TOOLS: PB Swiss Tools
3. BELZER (BAHCO)
4. Snap-on / KATUN Products: Service Accessories - Katun
5. Wiha

Pliers/cutters :
1. HOZAN
2. EREM Welcome to Erem
3. SANDVIK - BELZER (BAHCO)
4. Snap-on Snap-on Hand Tools, Automotive Service Tools
5. KNIPEX KNIPEX - The Pliers Company. - Home - (http://www.pliers-online.com)

[Lagonda]

Ok the next is ONLY for tool-aholic guys!

Thats pure tech-porn! I'll go blind!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jummamaster]

I am using Philips screw driver without any trouble.

[iMind]

[iMind]

[DallasTech]

I think it's the tech as well. I use Snap-On screw drivers for all my phillips screws and never once had a problem stripping one out.

[blackcat4866]

For me it's the fuser screws that seize, especially on Canon. It must have something to do with all that heating/cooling/heating/cooling.

That, and my internal torque wrench seems to be set at 140 ft/lbs. It takes a conscious effort on my part to avoid over-torquing the cover screws into plastic, or any screws for that matter. "Easy now! It's not a nuclear reactor!"

=^..^=

[KopyKat]

Ok the next is ONLY for tool-aholic guys!
MY Top 5 :
Screwdrivers:
1. HOZAN Welcome to HOZAN TOOL INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. // HAND TOOLS for Professional.
2. PB PB SWISS TOOLS: PB Swiss Tools
3. BELZER (BAHCO)
4. Snap-on / KATUN Products: Service Accessories - Katun
5. Wiha

Pliers/cutters :
1. HOZAN
2. EREM Welcome to Erem
3. SANDVIK - BELZER (BAHCO)
4. Snap-on Snap-on Hand Tools, Automotive Service Tools
5. KNIPEX KNIPEX - The Pliers Company. - Home - (http://www.pliers-online.com)

OOOOH!! I need a cigarette now! (Tool-Aholic Woman)

[mrwho]

Well, that's new to me. I've noticed those dots for a long time now, but I always thought they were to help you on those rare ocasions where you needed to "turn the screw x times clockwise" - it helped me to count how many turns I've done.

[category_five]

well, I received my Hozan JIS phillips #2. It's a nice screwdriver but it has more play than my good old Home Depot notched edged titanium drywall bits. Looks nice though!

[Scott_Lewis]

For all of my field work, I use only Snap On screwdrivers, as there is no play in the screw head and they work great. For the Ricoh boxes and other manufacturers that they work on, the 5.5 mm drivers come in very handy.

I'm a fairly recent convert to the 5.5mm long Ames drivers. It is now the first thing out of the bag when I'm in front of a Ricoh. As for Snap On, that is the dominant brand in my field bag. First thing out of the bag and the last thing back in was always my ~12" #2 phillips driver. That is the best screwdriver I've ever come across. It holds a magnetic charge, fits the screwheads well enough to pull them out or put them back into the hole without dropping off. OTOH, the same size #2 bit on the ~6" shaft isn't worth a nickel. I've swapped and exchanged shafts numerous times. There is something different about my long shaft driver vs. the shorter versions.

[Shadow1]

There is something different about my long shaft driver vs. the shorter versions.

There's a joke in there somewhere, but right now I'm too braindead to find it.