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Author: normancult
Date: 2020-05-14 22:47
Hello everybody
I am currently on the market for a set of good screwdrivers to repair my clarinets (a pair of buffet festivals and a 1193 bass). Do you have any recommendations?
Thank you very much.
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Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2020-05-15 03:39
Also check Music Medic as they have some very nice screwdrivers as well (Felo is the brand). With your bass, you may need one of their longer shaft screwdrivers.
HRL
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Author: BobW
Date: 2020-05-15 17:28
check out J. L. Smiths Website
http://www.jlsmithco.com/
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Author: m1964
Date: 2020-05-16 06:33
I have a couple of Wera and a couple of Wiha screwdrivers- I like Wiha, they have smaller handke and are easier to carry in my case.
Wera, on the other hand, may have wide selection of blade lenghts and thicknesses.
Unless you need something very specific that only one brand offers, any of the three (Wera,Wiha, Felo) will be fine.
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2020-05-16 14:38
All of the ones mentioned are fine. Smith are the most common replacement for the no-longer-made Kraus screwdriver, but compared with them, people on repair groups say they break occasionally. However I think Smith has a warranty and will replace broken blades (ask to be sure).
Wera, Wiha and Felo are all pretty good and fine as regular screwdrivers.
I have several from all of these except Smith.
Felo tend to be a bit softer and bend more easily than the others. I use some of their hollow ground blade screwdrivers for when the slot is very thin.
For regular screws that are not stuck at all, the feel of the handle is probably most important since all of these would be fine. In that sense, I like Wiha best, Wera is pretty good, and I'd say Felo are less comfortable.
I would just get the sizes you need, not a set. For pivot and rod screws only, I'd get 1.8mm, 2.0mm and 2.5mm (with some clarinets, 2.0mm is just barely too wide). I don't think the bass has anything that is better with a 3.0mm.
For regular work short blades are more comfortable in most cases, but worth also getting long ones. I'd get short (60mm to 80mm) ones in the 1.8mm and 2.0mm sizes and long (around 100mm to120mm) at least for the 2.0mm size. For 2.5mm short (say around 80mm) and long (120mm to 150mm, preferably the latter).
Some companies have regular (tapered) and hollow ground blades. Regular ones are better in general, but sometimes screws have annoyingly thin slot that require the hollow ground blades. I'd get regular ones and add hollow ground ones if you need them (or grind them yourself, vise versa isn't really possible).
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Author: kilo
Date: 2020-05-16 18:25
I've been using this source; huge selection, good prices, free shipping:
https://hausoftools.com/collections/precision-screwdrivers
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2020-05-16 20:14
kilo wrote:
> I've been using this source; huge selection, good prices, free
> shipping
Only the USA comes up on the country list ![[frown]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie2.gif)
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Author: kilo
Date: 2020-05-16 20:58
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Only the USA comes up on the country list
That's odd; they have an international phone number — (310) 870-3746, they list six different international currencies, and the site says, "Lastly, we'll practically ship to any country in the world!"
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Author: normancult
Date: 2020-05-17 06:40
Thank you all for such detailed suggestions.
They are extremely appreciated.
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