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| Thread ID: 59873 | 2005-07-15 03:33:00 | Are you good at screwing? | FoxyMX (5) | Press F1 |
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| 372321 | 2005-07-15 03:33:00 | Having just spent a good half an hour rearranging the insides of my beastie and doing battle trying to get fiddly little screws to come out and then go back in almost inaccessible holes without dropping them into equally inaccessible cracks and crannies, I was wondering what secret tricks you guys have for your screwing? I sometimes find it quite hard holding the tricky little things along with the screwdriver in one hand and the hard drive/CD drive or whatever with the other hand so I have no idea how people with fat fingers get on, trying to keep a grip on them . Wrapping a bit of sellotape around the end of the screwdriver is one trick I know but that is almost as fiddly as without, especially with the very short screws . Besides that, it takes forever to set up each screw . BlueTac or chewing gum might be another option but I haven't tried them . One thing I have found effective is increasing the level of profanities uttered during the task in accordance to its difficulty but I can only use that trick when I don't have an audience, unfortunately . So . . . what tips can you share for easier screwing when working on your beast? :) |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 372322 | 2005-07-15 03:38:00 | I use magnetic screwdrivers for awkward places :) But it may be a good idea to keep them away from floppy disks. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 372323 | 2005-07-15 03:42:00 | A little trick I learnt a while back is having a bit of BLU TAC at the end of the screw driver... needless to say that this is more effective with a PHILIPS HEAD screw driver rather the the flat headed one. cheers chiefnz |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 372324 | 2005-07-15 03:45:00 | Magnetic Screwdrivers. | Metla (12) | ||
| 372325 | 2005-07-15 03:47:00 | Um had no complaints so far :p If you have an old hard drive thats broken, rip the magnet out of it. Very good strong magnet I have seen a small tool where you can stick your screwdriver into it to magnetise it, it also has another hole to stick the screwdriver in to demagnetise it |
Myth (110) | ||
| 372326 | 2005-07-15 03:53:00 | Blue Tac works well . You can get "proper" screwdrivers with little clips which hold the screw -- probably not worth bothering with, because they are really meant for "standard" wood screws . Magnetised screwdrivers are also Good Things . Practice is the main thing, as in any skill . Being ambidextrous helps too . ;) |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 372327 | 2005-07-15 03:58:00 | My preference is getting someone in to do it because I'm usually too tired and grumpy... and 'the beast' (BWSBO) doesn't respond well to me hurling profanities at it. :( If you can I find inserting the screw into the hole of the part you are trying to fit then holding it in place with the screwdriver inserted into the head of the screw as you guide the screw/part into place sometimes works... actually I think I've got a headache or really need to watch this program on TV works |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 372328 | 2005-07-15 04:05:00 | magnets or blue-tack is definitely the best option. else lean the computer at a slight angle and place the screw in. |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 372329 | 2005-07-15 04:47:00 | I use magnetic screwdrivers for awkward places :) But it may be a good idea to keep them away from floppy disks. I think the hard drives qualify as their own isolation container...exempt from all but the strongest magnetic fields...me thinks so anyway! |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 372330 | 2005-07-15 04:48:00 | Get an old speaker magnet or any other powerful convenient magnet. Stroke it lengthways with a steady, sliding motion from the handle to the tip along the screwdriver shaft you are going to use, lifting off and away at the tip and returning to the handle start. Do this a number of times (10). Insert into screw slot. Screw away. | zqwerty (97) | ||
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