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Ultra thin screwdriver
Christopher Tidy writes:
The blade needs to be at least 3/16" long, but no more than 25/1000" thick. The feeler gage sets from the auto parts store have a nice hard feel to them. Maybe a bit of the 0.025" leaf cut and ground, held in an Exacto knife handle, would be just the thing, and renewable. For that matter, I just checked an Exacto knife blade, and guess what: 0.025" thick! |
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Ultra thin screwdriver
Richard J Kinch writes:
Exacto Correction, properly named X-Acto here in the USA. |
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Ultra thin screwdriver
Richard J Kinch wrote:
Christopher Tidy writes: The blade needs to be at least 3/16" long, but no more than 25/1000" thick. The feeler gage sets from the auto parts store have a nice hard feel to them. Maybe a bit of the 0.025" leaf cut and ground, held in an Exacto knife handle, would be just the thing, and renewable. For that matter, I just checked an Exacto knife blade, and guess what: 0.025" thick! I think an X-Acto blade would be too brittle. They aren't made for torsional stress. |
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Ultra thin screwdriver
RB writes:
I think an X-Acto blade would be too brittle. They aren't made for torsional stress. I expect they are knife stock which is hardened and tempered, which is about what you want for a miniature screwdriver. I don't think "brittle" is the relevant material property. |
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