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I was wrong, see pictures
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Hollow shaft?
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Yes. The total length of bolt that can fit inside is close to 1-1/4″ on the 1/2″ driver
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KnarlyCarl wrote:
52 minutes ago, KnarlyCarl said:Yes. The total length of bolt that can fit inside is close to 1-1/4″ on the 1/2″ driver
That is suprising, I wonder if other brands of hollow shaft such as Milwaukee are deeper allowing more of the bolt to be inside of the tool.
Klein’s nut drivers have full length hollow shaft (3″) except for the smallest one
unclebud wrote:
1 hour ago, unclebud said:That is suprising, I wonder if other brands of hollow shaft such as Milwaukee are deeper allowing more of the bolt to be inside of the tool.
Some milwaukee ones are entirely hollow so you can run it entirely up threaded rod. They’re pricey though.
Pretty sweet, never thought about hollowed shafts
Jimbo
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Wow, yeah that’s definitely better than the Craftsman. Thanks for the post and pics! I’ll try to get pics of the Craftsman, they’re at work and hopefully I’ll be able to return to work next week.
Was in town today. Crescent nut drivers and tool shop from Menard’s are also hollow shafts to give you more options.
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I’ve never noticed if my craftsman set is hollow shaft never really was an issue that I would have paid attention to
Jimbo
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While I appreciate their function and heritage, I can honestly say nut drivers are a tool I never use. I understand why some people do, but the do nothing for me personally.
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Klein’s nut drivers have full length hollow shaft (3″) except for the smallest one
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Conductor562 wrote:
While I appreciate their function and heritage, I can honestly say nut drivers are a tool I never use. I understand why some people do, but the do nothing for me personally.
I had the same thought at first for the longest time, but decided to get a pair, as admittedly I had bummed a driver here and there from co-workers. The very next day, I needed to tighten a worm drive clamp underwater, and I wasn’t about to attempt that with either a ratchet, and most certainly not my impact driver.
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Yup, very situational tools…and if you find yourself in that situation, you’ll be happy you have them. This is my aversion to paying a fair bit to replace my shallow Craftsman nut drivers, because they don’t get used a lot.