Recommendation for a precision/jewelers screwdriver set

[EddiePJ]

Could anyone recommend a decent quality precision/jewelers screwdriver set?

They aren't something that I use very often, but have just discovered that some of the tips are spinning within the holding shaft of my existing set of unknown brand. I've had the set years, and have stupidly lent them out time and time again, so someone at some stage as kindly misused them and not told me.

 

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/60in1-Precision-Magnetic-Phllips-Torx-Kit-Screwdriver-Set-Repair-Tool-PC-Laptop/122432455351?_trksid=p2060778.c100290.m3507&_trkparms=aid=111001&algo=REC.SEED&ao=1&asc=20160727114228&meid=d37210bf9f654be0a92bdf5ce3c3b0b0&pid=100290&rk=4&rkt=4&sd=152524174827

i was just looking at these lol

 

[EddiePJ]

Don't just look at them, buy a set and let me know what they are like.

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i just use these for real small stuff. anything bigger i just use my screwdriver bits
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Draper-Small-Mini-Precision-Screwdriver-Set-Jewellers-Glasses-Phone-Repair-11-Pc/400319127338?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid=222007&algo=SIC.MBE&ao=2&asc=20140122125356&meid=2c7100218221457fb44346dea05e031f&pid=100005&rk=6&rkt=6&mehot=pp&sd=272465608323

 

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Aldi sometimes have sets of them in.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

These don't spin:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/9-in-1-pen-screwdriver-n16qn?cmpid=ppc:diy:pla:google&gclid=Cj0KEQjwuZvIBRD-8Z6B2M2Sy68BEiQAtjYS3I-MBDLE-gLUluzv2bt1tYxmALUySAkkSTAJgfJaztcaArxd8P8HAQ

 

[EddiePJ]

Very nice and neat. Thanks.

 

[Nealh]

These don't spin:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/9-in-1-pen-screwdriver-n16qn?cmpid=ppc:diyla:google&gclid=Cj0KEQjwuZvIBRD-8Z6B2M2Sy68BEiQAtjYS3I-MBDLE-gLUluzv2bt1tYxmALUySAkkSTAJgfJaztcaArxd8P8HAQ

£1 did I read that right ?

 

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/9-in-1-Pen-Screwdriver-Pocket-sized-CRV-bits-Anodized-Aluminium-Handle-Brand-New-/201631304354?hash=item2ef2298aa2:g:pnQAAOSwSv1XljMr

id go in and get one

 

[Deleted member 4366]

£1 did I read that right ?

That's right. They normally have them at the counter where you pay, and they try and force them on you. That's how I got mine plus a couple of the 4-way double reversible electrical screwdrivers, which were also £1.

 

[Nealh]

That's right. They normally have them at the counter where you pay, and they try and force them on you. That's how I got mine plus a couple of the 4-way double reversible electrical screwdrivers, which were also £1.

In that case then I had better nip in too town in 9 or 10hrs time and get me one as like Eddies mime also spin in the handle piece.
A recommend by d8veh is usually not to be sniffed at.

 

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I bought a set from Screwfix. (Forge Steel precision screwdriver set 32 pieces) £14.99. I had several sets of el cheapo ones, but I had an action cam with a leaking waterproof case. It was leaking through the joint between the lens cover & the main body. None of the cheap screwdrivers would remove the screws holding the two parts together. I bought the Screwfix set & removed the screws easily. Straightened the gasket which had been badly fitted & put it back together & hey presto two days submerged in a water butt & bone dry. That first job more than covered the £14.99 outlay. The bits in the cheapo sets weren't spinning in the handle, the bits just would not grip in the screw head.

Steve

 

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https://eustore.ifixit.com/en/Tools/Toolkits/Pro-Tech-Toolkit.html

its not cheap but the best i have found