What is this tool?

BeepBeepRR said:

I got cha... I always put all ceiling fans together with screw drivers.. I only use a drill to install switches and receptacles.. Those 6/32 screws in these new plastic blue boxes suck. The old fiber boxes were easy to use and install switches.. I used to install them with just a whirlybird screw driver.. Just incase you dont know what a whirlybird is... Here ya go.. The only use for this screw driver now is plates..


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I really like Klein screwdrivers.

When it comes to the flathead I prefer the square shank over the smooth one. But I tend to use the hell out of my tools. I bet I’ve had 100 new screw drivers through the years. City electric supply will give you a new set of Klein pliers even if you smoke them due to being stupid. They say the Klein rep that comes by would rather their name be out there on new tools than have a guy using worn tools. I swapped in 2 pairs. But I did smoke a set but it was sort of my fault. But I did use one of those voltage sticks you can put near the wire and it will tell you if it’s hot. Well it lied and I cut through a hot 12-2 romex and poof blew out a chunk.

I did all the grunt wire routing/pulling in new my house under the direction of a retired master, old friend of my father-in-law. My father-in-law did the CB and most of the switch connections (being well versed on this) and I installed the tough to get to ceiling boxes/fixtures having two cathedral ceilings to contend with. Neither of these gent's were giddy about height working anymore...25 years later, I understand! I used the old master's aged 90-degree monster drill...what a treat that was and yeah some pinched fingers and hands along the way. Got into a testy debate on the 2nd floor with an HVAC guy telling me where I was installing a box is where a duct was to go...I said no think I'm correct...he said no I'm not...lol. Can't recall who was right anymore; but 25 years later every time I see that outlet I still grin. It was a fantastic learning experience and some nice memories working with them as they've since departed the world. I see why electrician's earn their money..

Ron H said:

I did all the grunt wire routing/pulling in new my house under the direction of a retired master, old friend of my father-in-law. My father-in-law did the CB and most of the switch connections (being well versed on this) and I installed the tough to get to ceiling boxes/fixtures having two cathedral ceilings to contend with. Neither of these gent's were giddy about height working anymore...25 years later, I understand! I used the old master's aged 90-degree monster drill...what a treat that was and yeah some pinched fingers and hands along the way. Got into a testy debate on the 2nd floor with an HVAC guy telling me where I was installing a box is where a duct was to go...I said no think I'm correct...he said no I'm not...lol. Can't recall who was right anymore; but 25 years later every time I see that outlet I still grin. It was a fantastic learning experience and some nice memories working with them as they've since departed the world. I see why electrician's earn their money..

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Honestly to me residential was always hard work.. I choose to do commercial because its "to me easier" I hated drilling all those holes and then pulling the wires through them. I prefer conduit and rolls of wire. Hell I dont even mind digging ditches for service's There isn't too much I wont do in a commercial application but some home owners think you can put an outlet in some weird places. Like you said a vaulted ceiling... Umm Sorry unless you want to do some sheetrock repair or have wiremold ran exposed its not going to happen.. Towards the end of my company we were traveling all over doing LED retrofits in lots of sheet rock supply places. Here they are known as Capitol Materials other places have different names but still the same company. Also we did LED changeouts in some huge *** apartment complexes.. That sucked bad. Also we did solar panel work in south Georgia and that work sucked. Out in the middle of an old cotton field no shade for miles.. I did like the work but the heat sucked.

But being short I could stand flat footed and drill rafters with these.. These still work and still function but they are relics of the past.. Not sure what people use now but these saved a **** ton of ladder work.

Richard Cranium said:

I really like Klein screwdrivers.

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This is the only Klein I carry around....

Old enough to remember a church key was a common must have on the key ring!