A possibly useful tip?

[Greybeard]

I just saw this comment on a website and thought; yeh that sounds like a good idea; I'll share it.

Airframe Power plant mechanics use valve grinding compound on the end of screw/Philips driver to help tip from moving off head of screw.

[muskrat]

I've always used a dab of thick grease or magnetize the screw driver.
Cheers

[Greybeard]

I've always used a dab of thick grease or magnetize the screw driver.
Cheers

Yes, me too when starting the thread. I think the grinding paste is for when the screw is being tightened to stop the tool slipping out.

[a10gf]

Am guessing the increase in grip is due to the compound containing 'a million' minute particles which embed in metal of both screwdriver and screw, 'locking' them together when force is applied.

[bsa-bill]

You can get them dipped in diamond particles

[Greybeard]

You can get them dipped in diamond particles

Screwdrivers?

[a10gf]

Screwdrivers and bits http://www.powertoolsdirect.com/wera-bit-check-torsion-diamond-set-of-10-sl-ph-pz

[Greybeard]

Screwdrivers and bits http://www.powertoolsdirect.com/wera-bit-check-torsion-diamond-set-of-10-sl-ph-pz

Wow! Not very expensive either.

[bsa-bill]

I should of added I got mine from a shopping channel in a deal with a set of left hand drills, can't recall the price of both but even allowing for the addictiveness of those programs I would not allow cash to pass through my part Scots hands lightly.
The drills I've used and I'm pleased with (make sure the drills going the right way) the bits that I've used performed aright for the time I used them, like any bits do use the correct one for the correct screw ( I got one wrong and it chewed up as you would expect )

[Joolstacho]

Cor! Fantastic, just what we need... traces of carborundum paste floating around in our engines.
(Just plain grease does the job fine, WTF would you use grinding past?)

[bsa-bill]

just what we need... traces of carborundum paste floating around in our engines.

where did I say I use them on an engine ??

[Joolstacho]

I just saw this comment on a website and thought; yeh that sounds like a good idea; I'll share it.

Airframe Power plant mechanics use valve grinding compound on the end of screw/Philips driver to help tip from moving off head of screw.

Well, I saw "Power plant mechanics" on the original post that's all.
(Power plant... that's a donk ain't it?)

[a10gf]

Am 100% sure aircraft techs always use lots of grinding coumpound on their tools when servicing jet engines 

With great results https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS1YAX70edc

[RichardL]

Well, that's encouraging.

[RichardL]

Cor! Fantastic, just what we need... traces of carborundum paste floating around in our engines.
(Just plain grease does the job fine, WTF would you use grinding past?)

I bet there there is an explanation here for why grease, a lubricant, prevents screwdriver tips from slipping in their recesses, but I am ignorant of it. Can someone please explain?

Richard L.