Tim W wrote:
Reading an old book on boatbuilding, the writer says the _best_ tool
for removing old corroded screws, or any tricky screwing operation is
a screwdriver bit in an old brace (brace & bit cranked hand drill
thing). Sounds like just what I need, but a quick search reveals no
source. Were these items once manufactured? Are they still available?
Posi also? in the uk? with the old square section tapered shank for
locking into the chuck of the brace? Or can the brace be adapted to
take a hexagonal shanked bit?

You *don't* want a cranked hand drill for that, you want a brace.
Screwdriver bits for same can be found at most any marine supplier such
as Jamestown Distributors. Wouldn't surprise me if Vermont American
and/or Irwin still makes them, should find things made by them at most
any hardware store which should be able to order. No real need though,
you can chuck most any shape in a brace.

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