RUSTY SCREWS.
Screws which refuse to "start" owing to rust or to their having been done up extra tight may sometimes be freed readily by a very simple, method. The screwdriver, which should have a properly ground blade, is engaged with the slot in the ordinary way, and whilst a steady turning effort is applied by means of the left hand several sharp taps are given to the end of the handle with a hammer. For this purpose a screwdriver of the type having a metal handle with wooden cheeks must be used, as, apart from the risk of splitting an ordinary wooden handle, the handle, the power of the hammer blows is absorbed by the wood instead of being transmitted as a series of sharp impacts to the screw.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXV, Issue 3262, 3 February 1931, Page 2
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130RUSTY SCREWS. King Country Chronicle, Volume XXV, Issue 3262, 3 February 1931, Page 2
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