On Mar 6, 7:26*pm, Cydrome Leader wrote:
Wes wrote:
Earlier this week I had to get a cam follower out of a machine. *The follower was sticking
at times causing the machine that rotates a part and inserts a stud to fail on the last
hole. *

The sticking and failing on the last hole was a matter of geometry and physics. *Sure
drove me nuts for a while. *Can't go into since it is a manufacturing process.

Anyway, I needed to get this McGee cam follower out. *It had a screwdriver slot but I
couldn't unscrew it. *So I ground a screwdriver to fit the slot, used a arbor press and a
fellow tech to force the screw driver into the slot while I used a crecent wrench on the
square shaft of the screw driver (sears craftsman) to break it loose. *I learned that
threadlocker was involved in this. *Likely the blue stuff.

It's interesting you meantion the use of the square shafted craftsman
screwdriver with a wrench. That's pretty common move over here.

Does anybody know of any other companies that even sell square shafted
screwdrivers? For as much slack as sears is getting for generally lower
grade tools, those and pretty handy as well as the really large flat
drivers that are really just prybars in real life.

Grace Screwdrivers.

I've used them for years. Wood handle, means they're less likely to
slip with oily hands. Excellent tools... and Brownell's still sells
them.
_kevin