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Standard flat blade screwdriver sizes.
Some screwdrivers are designed particularly for portable device repairing cell phones smartphones mp3 players etc.
Most of the common screwdriver types such as flat blade and cross recess have an extremely wide range of applications.
Flathead screwdrivers range in size from mere millimeters up to bigger fractions of an inch.
With slot head screwdrivers it s even simpler the blades are measured in fractions of an inch.
The most common sizes are 2 and 1 2 for standard screw sizes 1 for miniature.
The slots in flat head screws don t just require a wider tip as the size of the screw increases it also needs to be.
The length of the shaft and the width of the head.
There are flat head screwdrivers in many sizes so choose the one in your toolbox which most closely matches the job you need to do with it meaning the one whose blade best fits the screw slot.
Examples of flat head screwdriver sizes in inches include 3 32 by 1 1 2 3 16 by 1 1 2 1 8 by 4 3 16 by 4 and 1 4 by 4.
Then there are the jeweler size screws.
For screws with one straight diametral slot cut across the head standard screwdrivers with flat blade tips and in a variety of sizes are used.
Special screws with cross shaped slots in their heads require a special screwdriver with a blade tip that fits the slots.
Additionally it is unique compared to other common drives due to it being straightforward to manufacture the slot head and.
Standard 22 show more tip size.
Flat head screwdriver sizes commonly referred to as a slotted screwdriver these have the wedge shaped blade that any child immediately recognizes.
Slot screw drives have a single horizontal indentation the slot in the fastener head and is driven by a common blade or flat bladed screwdriver this form was the first type of screw drive to be developed and for centuries it was the simplest and cheapest to make.
Stanley screwdrivers screwdriver sets nut driver hand tools are modeled with quality designs for ultimate comfort precision.
This last usage can be confusing because the term flat head also describes a screw with a flat top designed to install in a countersunk hole.
You can often use a slotted screwdriver to work heads with a slightly bigger slot or even phillips or other cruciform style heads in a pinch.
Correct use as a screwdriver.
However the less common types are more or less typical for a certain field.
Two measurements are noted for each screwdriver.