Clever Screwdriver Turns the Force of a Hammer Blow Into Extra Torque to Dislodge Stuck Screws

Screws are a safe approach to maintain two objects collectively and can do their jobs so nicely that over time, as they rust and corrode, they grow to be virtually inconceivable to take away. There’s no scarcity of instruments and lubricants that promise to dislodge a hopelessly caught screw, however none appear as satisfying to make use of as these screwdrivers that only work while you smash them with a hammer.

Most folks will go at a cussed screw with a can of WD-40 in an try to ‘grease the wheels’ by saturating the issue in lubricant. It’s a very good begin, however provided that the WD-40 can work its means down into the threads which can be holding the screw securely in place—more often than not it cannot. The only resolution, sadly, is to make use of a drill bit to fully destroy the screw and clear out the outlet solely as a result of producing sufficient torque with a screwdriver (or a pair of pliers) to interrupt the maintain that rust or corrosion has created is all however inconceivable together with your naked fingers.

After spending an hour making an attempt to dislodge a caught screw you’ll in all probability already be within the temper to seize a hammer and smash every little thing in sight, so Crescent Tools has created the Screw Biter Impact Extraction Screwdrivers that channel that rage-fuelled vitality into an answer that seems to be far much less messy than lubricants and drill bits, and presumably far simpler.

If you may swing a hammer, the Screw Biter sounds simple sufficient to make use of. When the screwdriver is aligned with the problematic screw, all it is advisable do is strike its metal endcap with a hammer. The pressure of the blow prompts the Screw Biter’s inside mechanism with turns the shank 12-degrees with extra torque than might ever be produced by turning the screwdriver by hand. It’s a small quantity of rotation, however with an amazing quantity of pressure that must be greater than sufficient to interrupt a screw free, permitting it to then be simply unscrewed the remainder of the best way by hand.

Pricing and availability particulars aren’t identified but, however the Screw Biter will are available in each Phillips #2 and quarter-inch slotted types, and due to a spring contained in the deal with the turning mechanism is simply activated by the pressure of a hammer blow. The remainder of the time the Screw Biters will work as common outdated screwdrivers letting you additionally set up the screws that may probably sooner or later be a ache to take away.