Tool tip working on Birds

[Pete Masterson]

It's a good thought... my brother-in-law worked as a maintenance
electrician in several large facilities -- he had a whole set of
screwdrivers made with a plastic sleeve covering the shaft, leaving
just a bit of the tip exposed.

I will say, the man had nerves of steel. An old apartment house my
mom owned required a new service box for one of the units. It had to
be wired hot (to avoid shutting down the other apartments and the
bother of getting the power company out to disconnect/reconnect the
wire at the pole. There was no 'master' switch.). While working on
it, a regular screwdriver brushed against a connector on the conduit
-- an impressive shower of sparks filled the air. My brother-in-law
didn't even flinch. His comment, " I ruined my screwdriver
-- I thought that thing was plastic!"

Pete Masterson
aeonix1@...
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42'
El Sobrante, CA




On May 30, 2007, at 7:25 AM, Ralph L. Fullenwider wrote:

> Good morning everyone:
>
> I don't know about anyone else, but I like working on electrical
> with as
> many worries put aside as possible.
>
> One of the things I do is to screwdrivers. I will cut a length of
> clear
> tubing that is a tight fit on the shaft of the blade and cover all
> but the
> tip of the screwdriver. This helps me to get into close quarters
> and not
> worry about arcing and sparking. I find the clear tubing from
> hospital oxy masks works well. If I don't have any tubing I at
> least wrap
> the shaft with electrical tape, to keep from going to welding
> school.
>
> Just some thoughts,
>
> Safe travels,
>
> Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
> 84FC35
> Duncan, Oklahoma
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