On Aug 2, 2010, at 4:46 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote:

The great thing about this list is that I now have multiple options,
thanks to Tom Dugan, you, and the archives, any of which is more
satisfying than coughing up $25 for a screwdriver. Of course, I'll have
to pick up some flat or round stock on the way home from work, and I
don't have anything to heat it with or bash it against.

> There are other factors also, like never having made a screwdriver
> handle. I didn't know you could use brass rod to make a rivet, and I'd
> never seen a Perfect Handle until looking at some of the pictures you
> posted recently. So thanks for that and the articles on wkfinetools!

You don't have to have any means of heating or forging round stock to
make a screwdriver. You can rough shape the end with a hacksaw, then
file it to the desired shape. Start with round stock the same diameter
as the sawnut.

Handles? We have seen handles made of home grown, range fed tree limbs,
and they work just fine. Maybe they aren't as pretty as some, but they
do work. Make a tool! It's habit forming. :>)

Jim Thompson, the old Millrat in Riverside, CA.

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