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Multi screwdriver set: tips impossible to remove from tray

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Bud:
Better yet, buy quality tools.

Nusa:

--- Quote from: eti on November 27, 2021, 01:07:58 am ---This is something I’ve seen before. A very generous friend has given me an 115-in-1 toolset, with so many useful security bits. Brill.

What I can say is this - whoever designs these things must have fingers the width of cocktail sticks - the tips sit upright in their carrier tray… and do you think I can get my fingertips in the gaps to grab one? Haha!!

Any suggestions, bar me growing magnetic fingertips? Thanks.

--- End quote ---

There's a reason your friend gave them to you. I'd ignore the problem until you need a specialty bit you have nowhere else. Then use some needle-nose pliers to grab what you need.

jpanhalt:
Soak the whole thing in chloroform or carbon tetrachloride.  That will swell the plastic enough so the bits will fall out.  The make a new holder out of a fine-grained wood like birch or maple.

Alternatively, use a hydraulic press to push them out from the top or put them in the oven, 450°F for 1 hour, to melt the plastic .  Then make a new holder. :)

Siwastaja:
This is clearly an X-Y problem. You have decided you won't grow magnetic fingertips.

In reality, growing magnetic fingertips would be the best solution. Just do it.

Nusa:

--- Quote from: jpanhalt on November 27, 2021, 07:03:34 pm ---... chloroform or carbon tetrachloride ... 

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Both of those create extremely dangerous vapor hazards. Avoid them if you don't have relevant safety training with those chemicals. I'd never suggest using those to a novice, ever!

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