BEST uses for Broken Old Screwdrivers VOTED #1

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REPURPOSE USES: VOTED #1 best uses(by me)
-Handles for Files
-New handles for Tools
-Picks/Hooks and scratch awls
-Tire spoons
-Grind the tips to make them all into square Robertsons(this one's for my CANADIAN viewers)
VIEWER IDEAS
-Put side notch towards tip to help install springs(drum brakes etc)
-Grind notch strait into tip to make tire valve core remover
-Handles/knobs for shop machinery (lathes, mills, drill presses etc)
-Bend 1" from tip 15 degrees to make a nice pry bar
-Throwing darts(just like knives)
-Handle for your Toothbrush
-Handles for all kitchen tools
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[@southbound1969]

My favorite steak knife is getting ready to get a Stanley handle

[@sixtyfiveford]

That would be a site.

[@NikoBellaKhouf]

😂😂😂

[@drfrankenbass]

lol

[@jasonsnyder9662]

LOL😂😂😅👍👌

[@Toolingabout]

Stanley has a lifetime warranty

[@tbag-2224]

I'm going to put a screwdriver handle on my toothbrush

[@sixtyfiveford]

I'm down with that!

[@talon0863]

lol : ]

[@BklynTechNyc]

🤣🤣

[@jjyemg2397]

Yo tbag...I can't stop laughing.............

[@sfitzpatrick88]

Lol that would be awesome!!!!!

[@vennic]

Chain pulls for the shop ceiling fan!

[@dethmaul]

I LIKE this one!

[@vennic]

@@dethmaul I'm telling you, I'm embarrassed to say the pulls in my shop are for normal ceiling fans, just thought of this watching this vid

[@patrickthomas6170]

I use large inverted wire nuts with a drill hole to knot the string

[@sixtyfiveford]

Chains pull.... I like it.

[@bumpkinrocks]

All of a sudden old screw drivers on ebay are like gold🤣

[@sixtyfiveford]

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.

[@dosdont]

You can file a *|V|* shape into the end of flat head screwdriver and sharpen it a little and it makes a good upholstery staple remover.

[@sixtyfiveford]

Great idea

[@jackk8422]

Also cut a groove in the side of the flat blade on a screwdriver....now its a spring puller

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

Heat it and bend it some to make it a better staple puller.

[@deme7063]

I always thought that the square wooden handled screw drivers were pretty good. Seems all the old guys had them. Even cheap stuff from back in the day was better than some "good" stuff now.

[@sixtyfiveford]

I have tons of screwdrivers so if they don't have a brand name I generally assume the steel is pretty cheap and just toss them into the junk screwdriver box. The good Stanley (and others) wood handled ones engrave the brand name on the metal collar. I would choose these cheaper wood handled ones or even acetate handles over the cheap abs plastic handled ones.

[@LD9user]

I think as long as you dont go crazy and start hammering on the end or prying too much, the wooden handle drivers work exceedingly well. I was gifted a set when I was 16. That was 42 years ago and I still have most of them (broke a couple over the years).

[@bettytherussiantortoise2808]

I have a few wooden handle ones that are junk mild steel tip but the other ones are really good.

[@aitf99]

I've got a wood handle Mac that was my grandfathers and looks just like that one. Also some gunsmith screwdrivers look just like that and they're awesome quality as well : www.graceusatools.com/item-details.php?item_id=31&category_id=2

[@jackk8422]

Use a modern snap on screw driver. You will be impressed

[@jeffmays3608]

i do pool table repairs for a living. They sale staple pullers that cost 25 bucks or more but I been using the same screw driver I ground and reshaped the tip on for 20 years now.

[@tblbaby]

That's a cool idea. Put a pool in your table, man. Then get a bunch of little nets and clean the pool tables for people. invention of a dumb thing and a job about the dumb thing. Genius like government!

[@tblbaby]

I was just foolin around with your brain waves man :))

[@ulbuilder]

When building my airplane I used staples to hold plywood gussets in place while the epoxy dried. Did the same thing, ground and slightly curved the tip of a junk screwdriver making a very effective staple puller.

[@patcb829]

A couple great ideas, keep em coming because I am physically/ mentally unable to throw tools out. Yes, I am that cheap.

[@thersten]

Same.

[@sixtyfiveford]

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.

[@tt600pch]

Sounds like a brotherhood of pack rats. Sadly I claim to be a pack rat with a bad memory. I do had one drawer full of broken, dull, screwdrivers that will be sorted today!

[@thersten]

@@tt600pch most descent brands will give you a free replacement for damaged hands tools. His channel has a video on the subject.

[@mohabatkhanmalak1161]

A man who throws away a tool is like a man who leaves a good woman.

[@talon0863]

Use em for cabinet door handles (in the garage), throwing weapons, put them on 1/4" and 3/8" socket extensions to make nut drivers.

[@sixtyfiveford]

I have a collection of 1/4 nut drivers that are just a 6" extension through a handle. I don't have a 3/8" one though.

[@billlink7116]

Good thinking Cornelius 🙂

[@dennisr.levesque2320]

With a Dremel rotary tool, you could re-grind a Phillips into an E-clip remover; and a flat blade into an E-clip installer. Those 4-in-1 screwdrivers are good for that (Small and Large in one tool). Sure beats using the wrong tool for the wrong job. If you magnetize it, it's even better. You could also cut threads onto the shank and use the handle as a drawer-pull, or accessory to some other tool. When all else fails, You could always cut off the flat blade and use it as a wedge to tighten hammer-handles.

[@gsftom]

Always love to hear ideas on how to repurpose things instead of throwing them away. Thanks for another excellent video!

[@halojump123]

I recently worked on a movie set for a big Hollywood production. After filming was finished, 100 dumpsters we’re ordered to haul away full pallets of plywood, plexiglass, furniture etc. Im currently working on a construction site in a major city on a 26 story building, With 4 to 6 large dumpsters a day being hauled off to the city dump. Not all but most are filled with recyclable wastes..... wiring, plumbing, wood, and so on. The rules for U and I are different from Hollywood or large corporations “ Do as I say, not as I do “. I stopped recycling years ago after working in the entertainment business and seeing this first hand.

[@sixtyfiveford]

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. I used to pull a lot of building materials out of construction dumpsters/building sites. So much waste.

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

@@halojump123 WHY would you stop your own recycling just because those companies are _~bleeping bleepety bleeps?~_ That makes zero sense at all. None. Zip, zilch, nada. I don't *care* what some other entity does! *I will do the right thing!*

[@oldbridgemaker2094]

Great video! Little tip: since it's often so easy to get the shaft out of the handle - if I'm making an awl from a screwdriver, I like to take the shaft out and chuck it in a drill to grind the point. You gat a perfectly centered point pretty quick. Almost like a little portable lathe. (Also a great way to polish any round stock including screws and bolts).

[@Mandalore06]

Do you use a file with this method?

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

@@Mandalore06 a file? Why would you use a file? Use a grinder, like he does in the video! I mean, if the files are all you have, I guess you could stick the file into a vise and clamp it down really good, then run the drill with the screwdriver shift in it, and hold it against the file. Maybe?

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

This won't work with some of them, as they have little tabs on the end that may be so far down you can't put enough of the shaft into the drill chuck for safety. Well, won't work unless you grind off those tabs, anyway. I prefer not to do that, as (assuming they have a plastic handle, as any I've seen have tabs do) they can be heated up and the handle put back onto the red-hot shaft with the tabs a different place than the were before. Then again, you'd have to heat that steel up quite a bit in the first place to melt the handle enough to knock it off of the shaft. So, that style might not be such a great candidate for this, after all. So, I'm back to this won't work for that kind, LOL!

[@not2fast4u2c]

I like your O-ring pick Idea ..My favorite screwdriver redo is the one I made into a shifter knob on my automatic column shifter in the pickup

[@sixtyfiveford]

I need to do that to my 78

[@mrinbetween6697]

That reminds me. I had the snap on handle on my truck before I made it into a forward AR grip.

[@bruceaskin9645]

Had a column shift manual once, ( Australian Holden torana) which broke in the column. For an immediate temporary fix, I drilled two holes in the floor hump and brought the cut off linkages up through the holes. One stick for 1st and reverse and the other for 2nd and 3rd. The column never did get fixed, just got used to using two sticks.

[@christophersz]

I read this without my glasses. Lol! You can probably guess what a blurry “Shifter knob” read like. Lol! It wasn’t until I got to the following line that I got the “Snap-On” toilet out of my head. Thanks for the laugh. I’ve got my glasses on now. Stay safe, & God bless.

[@DereksWorkshopAndProjects]

Probably too simple but as a former service plumber, I have a “digging screw driver” which is used for what it sounds like. It’s a flat head that helped me dig around pipe so I could just get the job done instead of shoveling out a bigger hole so I can use the shovel underneath the pipe. I just chip the dirt away with the screw driver after I have gone as far as I can with my shovel and expose the pipe all the way around to sweat or glue on a repair.

[@sixtyfiveford]

Great idea. I have a digging screwdriver and old large kitchen knife just for this. The knife is generally for sod cutting before sprinkler repair.

[@Eyes0penNoFear]

When I was a kid my dad used a nice kitchen knife for his sod knife once. Once.

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

@@Eyes0penNoFear you have to know how to use a knife, LOL! For example, never _ever, ever_ push the sharp edge *towards* you, using any method! 😄

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

I've got a couple of implements of destruction for things like this! One is for loosening soil to drop seeds into in my large gardening pots and raised beds. One is for digging down around a specific invasive weeds' exceedingly loooooong taproot. Things like that are really good ways of reusing old screwdrivers, prybars, even tire tools!

[@tomnekuda3818]

Good ideas as usual. I"ve been doing this for years and the uses are endless. I hadn't thought about using the handles on files. That is one good dog!

[@sixtyfiveford]

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. Ginger is a good sport about doing these tricks.

[@CredibleHulk10]

What are some of the endless uses you've found?

[@JohnDoe-jc3cl]

Tip: put some J B Weld in the handle to keep the handle from coming off. Especially wood chisels.

[@sixtyfiveford]

Good idea

[@JohnDoe-jc3cl]

@@sixtyfiveford JB Weld is very tenacious. Can withstand impact AND will glue handle up. ( within reason. Don’t try to kill your glued chistles with a Plumb hammer) My refurbished chistle handles ( 3 of them) have lasted 20 years. But I have to glue them up again because they have become loose. ❌ tip: JBWeld also works great on eyeglass frames. I’ve got a pair of glasses from 1990 that I’ve glued up 6 times. Still going. Like the energizer bunny.

[@wayneo7307]

JB Weld is Good on Metal and Plastic . From A Somewhat ( old) guy .

[@graciebonsai7272]

Caulk gun tube nozzle puncture, seal and clean out tool. Plug tool for fuel and vacuum lines. Insert and affix 5/16" or 7/16" threaded rod into the screwdriver handles to replace the adjusting screws on locking pliers to improve the grip and adjustment torque. Wall-mount coat rack posts for the shop. Cheers!

[@rualacafe9206]

I really like this , I was looking at getting the snap on radiator hose pick but now this is not only cheaper but I’m cheap and it’ll make me feel good for saving money 😂

[@sixtyfiveford]

Thanks Man

[@msy3586]

Folded the tip over on a flathead to just past 90, as sort of a flat wide pick. Use it all the time for cleaning out grooves, pulling out valve spools etc. Usually use it with a crescent wrench as a mini slide hammer puller.

[@alsouthern7190]

Never get tired of watching Ginger play. Awesome dog!

[@sixtyfiveford]

Thanks, she's a good sport about these things.

[@gcarson19]

JB weld a good countersink bit into a handle for a hand operated model to deburr holes and such.

[@sixtyfiveford]

That's a good idea.

[@gregoryhalye8907]

.... had a deburring/countersink bit. Turned a piece of wood from my back yard on my lathe into a wooden handle and drilled the end to just undersized for the bit... added some epoxy into the hole and jammed the bit in. Works great! Did the same for multiple drill bits of various sizes for depth drilling on my lathe. I just turn the lathe on, put the bit up to the center and hold it steady as it drills perfectly in the middle to my marked depth. Could do this with an old screwdriver handle, but in even cheaper thas n you guys... a branch from my back yard is good enough. Mesquite is a beautiful hardwood, by the way!

[@BucketList22]

I saw the JC Penny brand, I actually bought my first toolkit from them in the early 80s. Their tools had a lifetime warranty. Never tried to use the warranty though. I actually still have some of the sockets.

[@unclejohnbulleit2671]

Ya know, there are some days I HATE YT, and others I find something really useful. Today was a good day, something very useful! Thanks for posting this vid.

[@sixtyfiveford]

Hey Thanks.

[@RobbsHomemadeLife]

One of my favorite tools that I have lost was a large beat up flat head screw driver that was useless for screws but got used as a punch, lever, pry bar, scraper, stirrer, scribe, and tack hammer.

[@sixtyfiveford]

I have a completely worn out one that's my go to for destructive projects.

[@Eyes0penNoFear]

Probably could have worked as a back scratcher too!

[@bluskytoo]

lol , i have one too , it was old when i got it 40 years ago

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

I've got a couple of those, one for larger destructive stuff, and another for smaller destruction, LOL!

[@SteveRobReviews]

Good thinking as a junk screwdriver can be unjunked 🤣

[@sixtyfiveford]

How to Unjunk a screwdriver! Love it.

[@lhock9998]

Homemade 12volt test light!! Drill into the top of the handle down to the shaft- slide a spring and an old car dome light bulb in, piece of wire with a alligator clip and hot glue to hold the wire and bulb in..... Quik test light in a pinch. 👍👍

[@sixtyfiveford]

Good idea

[@didierlereverend7489]

I love your funny & clever doggy !

[@sixtyfiveford]

Hey Thanks.

[@michaelslivensky8741]

That would have been even more awesome if when you asked Ginger for a screw driver, if she returned with a bottle of vodka and a bottle of OJ.

[@sixtyfiveford]

That would have been a good trick!

[@WilliamTythas]

depend on what was REALLY in that gatorade bottle .. maybe Ginger was telling the viewers something

[@c.blakerockhart1128]

@@WilliamTythas 🤔🤔😎

[@redneckerson8906]

Great video!!!! Love your channel--one of the very few I have subscribed to. Some other uses: (1) Hammer a hex bit holder (like for a drill) into the handle and presto--a new driver for all hex bits. Can do long or stubby. May need to enlarge the hole, but leave it tight so it won't turn in the handle. Can also heat an old nail and use it to soften the he hole in the handle a little first, or put in some epoxy first; (2) hammer an allen wrench (hex key) into a small handle for often used sizes, such as set screws in tools, electrical connectors (also provides insulation as added bonus), or even the handle on the storm door that keeps getting lose; (3) cut off the end of the free paint can openers from the box stores and hammer either end into the handle to make either a paint can opener or a bottle opener; Hammer an often used drill bit into the handle to make a hand drill. The uses are endless.

[@sixtyfiveford]

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. Great ideas.

[@autumn5592]

I had not actually thought about doing drills. I've done countersinks, and hex bits, which are good.

[@samthompson1270]

Great idea. Now if I can remember to do that when I get back out in the shop. LOL Thanks for sharing, love your channel and Happy New Year.

[@brianphillippe1694]

genius! file handles

[@junkyardwizard9092]

Not all heroes wear capes... *tips hat in your direction*

[@JDLarge]

I’ve awl-ways done this. 😉✌🏼

[@sixtyfiveford]

Awesome..

[@matthewmax]

great ideas as always! love the shop tips. one of my favorites is getting a smaller Philips cutting it down and giving it a blunt point with a 45* bend to use as a radiator hose pick, made one after seeing one used at a radiator repair shop. thank you for sharing your knowledge

[@codyswilley]

I like taking the small pocket flathead screwdrivers and making little pry bars. I carry one in my pocket every day. It's great for unplugging those little pesky electrical connections or prying off fuel line. I also make punches out of the Phillips screwdrivers after they break. I have one with a metal end on the handle that's made to be hit with a hammer. I have a few homemade tools. I just made a crankshaft holder today out of a piece of 1/4 aluminum flat bar. It worked great. Love your videos. I'm a Big FORD guy too

[@CantKillMe]

cool video. My dad been doing that for a long time its nice to see other people doing it to love to see what other things you can come up with

[@wrdjr10gmail]

grind a groove in the center of a flat tip and it works great to compress ford drum brake hold down springs

[@sixtyfiveford]

I'm going to make one! I have a technique with needle nose pliers, but this sounds better.

[@jerrysoutherland662]

Use a groove screw driver, like you said to install the brake spring on a chainsaw.

[@Everythings_Adjustable]

Nice video, my old phillips drivers become flat head screwdrivers or awls, never thought of making picks or removing the handles 🥃 👍 😊

[@sixtyfiveford]

Awesome. Thanks

[@TheEwponkala]

Very cool - I'm going to add some handles to every file I have and save the rest of my old screwdrivers and create tools as I need them.

[@moniquejeffery4516]

Outstanding! I needed this!

[@grizzrider2684]

GREAT IDEA! out to the garage to make some picks.

[@sixtyfiveford]

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.

[@mrmerhtin3625]

“Tool Manufacturers Hate Him!”

[@sixtyfiveford]

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.

[@marcrj8111]

Always great ideas with live hands on easy to understand DIY demonstrations!

[@paynenass3698]

Very cool ideas. Never would have thought to repurpose them like that. I have a few dozen old screw drivers i collected from here and there just taking up room in the tool box. Been needing some small picks and file handels.

[@robertoswalt319]

Great idea about file handles.

[@sixtyfiveford]

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.

[@charlespratt8663]

If you chip the tip of a Phillips bit grind the tip down a bit on the side of a bench grinder wheel and you will find it fits well as a JIS bit. Japanese Industrial Standard. Common on motorcycles and electronics.

[@sixtyfiveford]

Interesting. I pretty much only use JIS on everything now. It fits so much better in Phillips and JIS.

[@dionwolfinbarger9908]

Love all his videos!!! He seems like a pretty cool guy that you can just hang out with.

[@frankchandler8005]

What a good little friend to have.

[@TrojanHorse1959]

Great video and ideas Moe, thank you! I keep junk screwdrivers for the same purpose. Cheap junk wrenches I use to make those oddball bent wrenches you sometimes need. It looks like Ginger is convinced that you need a drink more than a screwdriver. Lol! My boy Taz used to bring me tools whenever I was under the house or a car working on something. I would tell my wife or helper what I needed and they would give it to him and he'd bring it to me. He was very helpful doing things like that. One time I had to go up on the roof to install a new antenna. After I was up there for a bit I turned around and there he was! He had climbed the ladder all by himself, thankfully he did not fall. I carried him back down to ensure he didn't try to climb down himself, I was afraid that would be too hard for him to do alone and he may have gotten hurt. I really miss him.

[@sixtyfiveford]

Climbing a ladder! That's impressive. Not everyone gets lucky enough to have a great dog/pal.

[@Eyes0penNoFear]

When I was a kid we taught the dog how to climb the ladder into our treehouse. My uncle had to rescue her because we couldn't figure out how to teach her to go back down.

[@butler386]

Hmm pup is smarter than I am. Love the save the handle idea and making picks etc. Happy New Year to you and family. Thanks for the video

[@sixtyfiveford]

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.

[@DXT61]

I have a ton of these lying around. Never occurred to me to do these things. I have files that need handles and can always use picks. I like your channel.

[@r777v]

Loving Ginger’s enthusiasm, she is the highlight of many of your videos. Not saying your part in the video isn’t great but she is dedicated to her task!

[@sixtyfiveford]

Hey Thanks.

[@flashgordon6238]

That Tri-lobe handle style on the JC Penny #4 is my favorite tool handle. Sears made sets in the 1990s and I've been collecting those. Stanley had the same design and I think they were first to produce it. The Sears handles are a bit larger than the Stanley units.

[@cilli5866]

I’m with you! I love those, and older craftsman professional screwdrivers. They both have deep rounded scallops that feel good in hand and lend themselves well to increasing leverage

[@DoingItCheap]

Thanks Moe ! Happy New Year to you and Ginger !!

[@sixtyfiveford]

Hey thanks

[@Fuinksty]

A resourceful man and true problem solver.

[@ZeroEntropy.]

I have made countless (I can never find where I put anything) schrader valve removal tools out of them. Thanks for the great ideas!

[@Fireship1]

This is a great idea. Reminds me of how I was taught years ago how to make small seal and o ring pics out of brazing rods. The seal pics out of screwdrivers is a great tip.

[@sixtyfiveford]

Brazing rod. That's a good idea.

[@gregoryhalye8907]

@@sixtyfiveford yeah... a nonferrous one for working around fuel lines might be smart! Brass bar stock!

[@AtimatikArmy]

My jaw just about dropped! I use my old screwdrivers for the very two same EXACT things you mentioned, honestly!!! Maybe your style has rubbed off on me or maybe good minds think alike! Nice curved pick you made BTW! :-)

[@sixtyfiveford]

Awesome.

[@doylerabjohn3435]

Great ideas, I have a bunch old screwdrivers. Never thought of making a pick set. Thanks

[@Comm0ut]

A superbly handy use for a #1 and #2 round shanked driver is to grind it like a hollow ground gunsmith bit but like this )( viewed from the side. That will grab the inside of brass carb jets without smearing them. I learned that trick from my now-deceased Vincent-restoring mentor who said it dates before WWII. It works better than any other jet screw design (and of course NEVER use a tapered style common screwdriver on brass or really on anything you care about except as a pry bar).

[@samiam247]

I made and still have a customized screwdriver for a specific task, it's much like a mini crowbar, bent and filed just right to remove motorcycle fork seals, it's come in handy for loads of other things too, excellent video Moe, good dog Ginger !

[@sixtyfiveford]

Awesome idea. Thanks Man!

[@Mandalore06]

Any chance you could upload a quick video of that? I'd like to see it.

[@wtbm123]

Pretty Cool . Everyone has a bunch of old junk screwdrivers .

[@sixtyfiveford]

Thanks Man

[@larrynelson734]

Been using for file handles for many years .👍❤...

[@HEAVYMETALJSTYLES]

I like cutting a notch in my old flat tips for doing spring removal and reinstall. Also I make Crevicing tools for gold mining.

[@paulortiz9246]

I use the bigger flat heads and cut them down to the thicker part of the blade so they will fit the brass needle seat of an edelbrock carburetor.

[@jjparody8257]

Harbor Freight often gives away a cheap screwdriver set. I took one of the flats & ground off the angled edges to make a jet removal tool for small engine carbs. "Official" Briggs jet tool costs $15-20.

[@1970chevelle396]

I like the file handle idea. Never thought of using old screwdrivers for that before.

[@sixtyfiveford]

Thanks Man

[@ronolsen1863]

Great video! Simple but yet i hadn't thought of these ideas, i have several junk ones to do this with thanks for the great ideas.

[@sixtyfiveford]

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.

[@johnpossum556]

I've ground one flat blade into a thinner wedge shape and over the years it has been really handy.

[@sixtyfiveford]

Great idea.

[@stevehill4615]

Great idea, gives me an idea what to do with the worn/broken screwdrivers I've got at work (farm machinery), i'm thinking if I put a thread on a thinnish long screwdriver it would make a good inner tube valve locator/puller.

[@sixtyfiveford]

That's a great idea.

[@JD-zl2ec]

Lovin the buzz cut

[@doalex2085]

Nicely executed!!!

[@sixtyfiveford]

Thanks Man!

[@1crazypj]

I've ground them like lathe tools then heated and bent ends 90 degrees to get into internal features. Really handy for cleaning o-ring grooves in motorcycle brake calipers (end ground flat with relief angles then bent at 90) and also cleaning out larger threads in alloy components (when ground at 60 degree angle) Often much easier than buying special sized taps or dies when threads are 'almost good' just a bit rusty or oxidised

[@sixtyfiveford]

Awesome

[@TheTimutube]

What a gorgeous dog matey

[@sixtyfiveford]

Hey Thanks.

[@shanesmaineshop]

Great video, I have done this many times with old screwdrivers.

[@sixtyfiveford]

Right on

[@unclemarksdiyauto]

Thanks for the good ideas. For sure I have some files that will be getting some handles!

[@sixtyfiveford]

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.

[@xlfive]

great video pal.i use the handles to make Awls and picks,also i use broken or blunt SDS masonry bits, and lets say its a cheap n nasty chinesium screwdriver well the steel is usual crap ,take out the steel and grind down the SDS bit to make a Awl,also as the SDS is fluted to fit the chuck you can get some epoxy in there too

[@sixtyfiveford]

Good idea.

[@bctruck]

I got a bunch of files that are fixin to get handles!

[@alancummings5008]

Same here!

[@sixtyfiveford]

They make really nice handles. Sometimes you have to lick the handle with the torch for a second and it locks in much nicer to the file tang.

[@zerolingping7047]

Probably too simple but as a former service plumber, I have a “digging screw driver” which is used for what it sounds like. It’s a flat head that helped me dig around pipe so I could just get the job done instead of shoveling out a bigger hole so I can use the shovel underneath the pipe. I just chip the dirt away with the screw driver after I have gone as far as I can with my shovel and expose the pipe all the way around to sweat or glue on a repair.

[@bengurin6942]

this is awesome! Drill an undersized hole into a golf ball to press file tang into also works well!

[@rodneybrand8521]

Well there you go again ... giving great advice ..i have a special box for all of my bad screw drivers..now i know what i can do with them..thanks Buddy.. HAPPY NEW YEAR to you and your family Cheers friend 🍻🍻🍻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@stewartbruce2409]

Your videos are always a pleasure and treasure to watch. Not only do you explain procedures well, but you reply to most of the questions and comments. I recently ground and shaped an old screwdriver to a one pound propane bottle valve remover tool. I repaired leaking propane valves by removing, greasing and re inserting them. Thank you for all I have learned from you in the youtube classroom. Happy New Year from New Rochelle N.Y.

[@rochrich1223]

These handles take drilling and tapping ok. So opens an easy way to attach a handle to things. Especially useful where you need gloves on.

[@spinb]

chisels, punches, paint stirrers, and voltage testers

[@robertoswalt319]

I like the voltage tester idea. Shove it in an outlet and if you see sparks, it had voltage. Also a great way to determine which circuit breaker is associated with an outlet too.

[@sixtyfiveford]

Wait.... I use my good screwdrivers as Chisel, Punches, Paint stirrers and Voltage testers. Maybe I need to rethink this.

[@BigDmike24]

Screwdriver used as Voltage tester/ arc welder always gets me excited. Makes my blood flow better 😂☺️

[@JDeWittDIY]

Also 1000A fuses.

[@CubasAutomotive]

Excellent ideas!! Thank you! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@sixtyfiveford]

Glad you like them!

[@johnanthony2545]

I’ve done the handle swap on my files. Works great. 👍

[@chadhelmer3835]

Did you break into my toolbox? Your junk screwdrivers stash is almost identical to mine. Even the JCP one. Nice vid, as always!

[@sixtyfiveford]

Thanks Man. I toolbox isn't complete without some JCPenney tools

[@ironhead65]

Scrapers to pull gunk out of the cracks in cement floors and more

[@sixtyfiveford]

Great idea

[@edgrant233]

Great video! Really enjoyed your shop helper at the end.

[@sixtyfiveford]

Thanks, She's a good sport.

[@AdelJeffreyJeffreysAuto]

Guys likes you who really have the least environmental impact on earth! who repurpose and repair and save it not to be sent to the landfill. The likes of you are the environmental saviors! I salute you!

[@stevendouglas3860]

Use it to open tin of paint or stir .

[@sixtyfiveford]

I use my good ones for that. But maybe I should set aside a long one or two just for this.

[@dethmaul]

@@sixtyfiveford But then you won't be able to find them when you need them!

[@zedtony8110]

I cut the end straight and turn it into a punch

[@BacktotheBasics101]

Awesome video, I made a video on making things out of screwdrivers but I never thought of making handles for my files, which I will do. Thank you

[@sixtyfiveford]

Hey Thanks. Hope you've been well.

[@nitrous07me]

Great video 👏

[@reeb9016]

Handles for levers in a time machine. 😎

[@sixtyfiveford]

I'm coming over to your garage to see what you're working on....

[@reeb9016]

@@sixtyfiveford 😄👌

[@censusgary]

I’ve seen videos on how to remove rust, but this is the first where someone poured liquid rust onto tools.

[@sixtyfiveford]

How to add rust.....

[@matthewcuccia7671]

Gotta have that new patina on a new old tool

[@gregoryhalye8907]

@@sixtyfiveford I gotta say, I cringed when you dribbled that rusty crud over your vice... dont get your vice screw rusty! That's tool abuse! Do it put in the driveway or over the sink or some old paint bucket or something... Tool abuse! Omg!

[@claytoningram1333]

Love this hack! Use it all the time!!

[@sixtyfiveford]

Awesome.

[@seanpatterson1609]

Innovative uses. Thanks for sharing

[@RyeOnHam]

I would like to see a full Ginger-centric episode. Maybe a compilation? Does she have her own instagram?

[@sixtyfiveford]

I was debating doing a compilation for new years but didn't get around to it. Ginger would probably do well on Instagram

[@vennic]

Sharpen them for a tiny cheap chisel or heat and pound a few together for a long shank

[@sixtyfiveford]

Good idea

[@Iaapwm]

Brilliant idea, Thanks from Lismore NSW Australia

[@sixtyfiveford]

Hey Thanks!

[@theondebray]

Loads of good ideas, thanks. I was just thinking about buying a set of scrapers, no need now.

[@sixtyfiveford]

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.