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[โ€“] [email protected] 42 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Screwdrivers are not actually pry bars.

[โ€“] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Says you. I have a set of old, cheap screwdrivers specifically for use as tiny prybars.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

A screwdriver and a hammer together make a great tiny wedge.

And you can use a flathead on Phillips heads, if you have enough gumption.

Multi-tools psh. The flathead is a multitool.

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You'll have to pry it from my cold dead hands!

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

โ€œYour offer is accepted!โ€

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

But combined with a torch, they make quick and dirty soldering irons.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Well, big flathead screwdrivers aren't for screwing things in. Small ones have a place for decorative screws, like on light switch covers, but big flathead screws should never be used.

So big flathead screwdrivers are better as pry bars than as screwdrivers.