That's it. Armored by Kirk's tacit assurance that opening the hnadle wouldn's
sent fifty million watch parts spraying all over the room, never to be recovered
or put back together again, I opened up my new 30A and looked at the spring.
Then I opened a 131A and looked at the spring of that. The new screwdriver's
spring is the right diameter, but its only about half the length it should be,
and it lacks the "spring plug." Apparently someone did the best conversion he
could with the materials at hand. It shouldn't be that hard to find a spring
that will do a better job, just as soon as I find a spring store in my
neighborhood. And that's something I will certainly do, just as soon as I get a
round tooit.

 Yep, it'll get done soon. Well, it'll get done. Someday.

Thanks, Kirk,

Tom Conroy
Berkeley


Kirk Eppler wrote:
>
>The parts list for the 30A and 130A are identical, except the 130A includes a
#24 Spring in Handle, and  #8 Spring Plug (collared at the far end, then
cylindrical, then a tapered tip toward where the spring goes). This sits in the
tail end of the handle, and keeps the spring in line?
>
>
>I just took my 130A apart (Div of Stanley Works), and the spring is about 7"
long...
>
>Since the spring was available as a spare, maybe someone added it.  Do you have
the plug noted above?  Maybe its the right spring without the plug, or maybe the
wrong spring.