58mm driver question?

[gene stoner]

This one is for all the Rambler and Mini Champ users.
How often well screws that fit the Phillips driver also safely with out buggering up the screw be turned with the SD file\ruler tip? Is it common for both drivers to work on the same Phillips head screw?

Thinking about getting a Rambler or MC.

[GoatDragon]

I find the 58mm phillips tool works well on screws that are too small for the nail file SD tip. It also allows you to put a bit more torque on the same screws that the nail file SD tip might fit in.

[jaya_man]

I find the 58mm phillips tool works well on screws that are too small for the nail file SD tip. It also allows you to put a bit more torque on the same screws that the nail file SD tip might fit in.

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[smiller43147]

If you want a "real" driver on a keychain SAK, find yourself a (discontinued) Wenger Pocket Tool Chest and mod the eyeglass driver like this.

[El Corkscrew]

It's held up REALLY well for me. I don't prefer the bottle opener but it works.   I the Phillips driver quite a bit for pedals/guitars/appliances and even some heavier tasks and it has held up surprisingly well.  The magnetism wears off after a while but you can just leave it on a magnet over night every once in a while then you're awl good. 

[GoatDragon]

It's held up REALLY well for me. I don't prefer the bottle opener but it works.   I the Phillips driver quite a bit for pedals/guitars/appliances and even some heavier tasks and it has held up surprisingly well.  The magnetism wears off after a while but you can just leave it on a magnet over night every once in a while then you're awl good. 

Yeah lol the bottle opener on the Rambler/Manager is pretty terrible. It will get a bottle cap off, eventually, but I can't give it any higher praise than that.

Btw El C, I just realized that your avatar is a SAK corkscrew head on. It all makes sense now! 

[El Corkscrew]

Awlso, it's pretty darn thick.  Here it is beside the cap lifter on a 93mm Soldier

[El Corkscrew]

Btw El C, I just realized that your avatar is a SAK corkscrew head on. It all makes sense now! 

 
Yeah, it kinda ended up looking a bit like alien poo.. Or a weird eye.. But I'm like.. It's awl good. 😀

[gene stoner]

Thanks for the responses everyone. El C the pic helps thanks.
Let me give you guys a better idea of my needs. Currently I carry a pocket tool chest and have for years and have never felt a need for the 3D phillips. But with the PTC discontinued I may be forced to carry a 58mm. I personally get more use with a 2D driver. It makes a great pry bar\scrapper  and works on both Phillips and standard screwdriver.
The PTC driver is about the same size as the 58mm SD tip so screws to small for the SD tip gives me a better idea of what I'm looking at if I'm forced  to go 58.


Thanks again for the help everyone.

[Don Pablo]

Btw El C, I just realized that your avatar is a SAK corkscrew head on. It all makes sense now! 

 
Yeah, it kinda ended up looking a bit like alien poo.. Or a weird eye.. But I'm like.. It's awl good. 😀

I never realised that it was a corkscrew. 

[AimlessWanderer]

If you want a "real" driver on a keychain SAK, find yourself a (discontinued) Wenger Pocket Tool Chest and mod the eyeglass driver like this.

 

Thanks for the responses everyone. El C the pic helps thanks.
Let me give you guys a better idea of my needs. Currently I carry a pocket tool chest and have for years and have never felt a need for the 3D phillips. But with the PTC discontinued I may be forced to carry a 58mm. I personally get more use with a 2D driver. It makes a great pry bar\scrapper  and works on both Phillips and standard screwdriver.
The PTC driver is about the same size as the 58mm SD tip so screws to small for the SD tip gives me a better idea of what I'm looking at if I'm forced  to go 58.


Thanks again for the help everyone.

The Manager/Rambler Phillips is excellent, and covers an obscenely wide range of cross head screws. It doesn't cover the eyeglass use, though the 58mm tweezers can be used if desperate (not great, but better than nothing). The SD tip on the file is very good too. Between these two, there are many options covered. I see the PTC as the next logical step up from the Rambler as the Minichamp has a lot of questionable content, but carried a Manager for many years on my car keys, and used every tool on it many many times. Well worth getting - it's really just a matter of whether you want a pen or second removable scale tool

[4everYoung]

I find that 3D Phillips driver works well on kids toys and electronics with recessed screws which the sd on the nail file could reach.
Personally the rambler is my favorite SAK. I feel it punches way outside its weight class.

[Don Pablo]

I find that 3D Phillips driver works well on kids toys and electronics with recessed screws which the sd on the nail file could reach.
Personally the rambler is my favorite SAK. I feel it punches way outside its weight class.