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Bert Hyman wrote:
In t Stan Brown
wrote:

On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:45:49 -0600, Gary Heston wrote:


Buy a set of driver bits, and use your drill to drive the screws.
You'll find it's a lot easier and smoother than turning them by
hand. (This assumes your drill is variable speed and allows good
low-speed control; if not, buy an inexpensive drill-driver.)

Thanks, Gary. I had done that in the past and ended up stripping
most of the heads. Maybe it was a bad (cheap) set of driver bits,
because the drill was definitely variable speed.

Cheap driver bits usually strip themselves or break. I've had good luck
with major brands; Irwin, DeWalt, even Black and Decker. Any of these
would be good:


http://www.lowes.com/pd_241486-70-DW2176_5003697__?productId=1238387&Ntt=driver+bit+ set&pl=1&currentURL=%2Fpl_15%2B25_5003697__s%3FNtt %3Ddriver%2Bbit%2Bset&facetInfo=$15%20-%20$25

http://www.lowes.com/pd_296670-70-DW2504_5003697__?productId=3031274&Ntt=driver+bit+ set&pl=1&currentURL=%2Fpl_15%2B25_5003697__s%3FNtt %3Ddriver%2Bbit%2Bset&facetInfo=$15%20-%20$25

http://www.lowes.com/pd_217891-353-T4047_5003697__?productId=1235227&Ntt=driver+bit+s et&pl=1&currentURL=%2Fpl_15%2B25_5003697__s%3FNtt% 3Ddriver%2Bbit%2Bset%26page%3D2&facetInfo=$15%20-%20$25

There's also a chance that the screws you're buying aren't any good. A
lot of the stuff that you find in chain hardware stores is real crap.

That can be an issue, too. I've had some wallboard screws that about one
in ten would snap off half way into a pine 2x4.

Hardened screws would help with that.


Gary