X-Google-Thread: f996b,18ecde017daacf8c,start X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gid13235db79e,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Received: by 10.68.199.73 with SMTP id ji9mr606129pbc.5.1327524242607; Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:44:02 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Path: lh20ni223596pbb.0!nntp.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!transit3.readnews.com!news-out.readnews.com!news-xxxfer.readnews.com!panix!qz!not-for-mail From: Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: jeweler's screwdriver (picture) Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:44:02 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Some absurd concept Lines: 66 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: panix5.panix.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1327524242 22257 166.84.1.5 (25 Jan 2012 20:44:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:44:02 +0000 (UTC) X-Liz: It's actually happened, the entire Internet is a massive game of Redcode X-Motto: "Erosion of rights never seems to reverse itself." -- kenny@panix X-US-Congress: Moronic Fucks. X-Attribution: EtB Encrypted: double rot-13 User-Agent: Vectrex rn 2.1 (beta) X-Comments: "(Welcome to the desert of the real.)" -- eck@panix "... terrorism is open-source war ..." -- srini@unamerican (Drawn for a article in another group, and posted here since it needs the traffic.) In the 80's I got a jeweler's driver set from RS which had a hole in every handle and a pin to slip in and provide leverage. Unfortunately I've lost or broken most of them since. ASCII art diagrams for better explanation. Just the driver: head ---> p~~~~~~~~~q \--| |--/ | | | | hole in handle -> |.-.| |`-'| | | | | // // // // | | '. .' | | | | / / / / | | | | tip -> '+' Driver with the pin: head ---> p~~~~~~~~~q \--| |--/ | | | | _________________ pin in the -> ===| |==E_________________| hold in handle | | | | | | // // // // | | '. .' frequent break -> | | point | | / / / / | | | | tip -> '+' When I lost the pin, I used one of the smaller screwdrivers as a replacement. That started me down the line of breaking the screwdrivers. Elijah ------ now has a chinese made set with interchangable bits and a large handle