Gents

Hey everyone,

Yet another question from me, looking into a set of nut drivers just woundering if i should get 3 inch or 6 inch shaft? what do you all use and how do you like it?

Thanks,
Gents

MDShunk

I think most people have the 3" shaft version. I have the 1/2" and 9/16" in the long version for a couple special things, but the 3" will do 99% of what you need.

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elecapp79

I disagree....I have the 6" magnetic Kleins and I wouldn't trade them for anything. The 3" handle makes the nut driver feel like a little toy. Your whole hand almost covers the shank...... 6" all the way

MDShunk

Huh? We talking about the same thing? The 3" shank nutdrivers are about 8" long, overall. Maybe I'm nuts, but rarely do I see guys using the long version of the nutdrivers.

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Peter D

You're definitely nuts, but quite correct that the long version of the nutdrivers are rare indeed.

cdnelectrician

I carry both...I have a 1/4" and a 5/16" 6" shaft that reside in my pouch along with a 4" shaft 3/8" nut driver. The other ones reside in my toolbag. I find the longer shafts handy when working in control cabinets and on RTU's. The problem is you cannot over torque the longer shaft drivers or you will break them due to the length of the hollow shaft. I have some really old "Klein and sons" nut drivers that dont have a full length hollow shaft. They are tough as nails and are probably older than me.

Frasbee

I like having the shorter ones because I'm more often in tight spaces when I need them.

MDShunk

That's true. I twisted the end off my long 9/16" one. I took it back to the supply house to get a new one and they swore they weren't made. I was standing there, holding it in my hand to show them, and they were telling me it didn't exist. They got me a new one, somehow, some way, about a week later. The 9/16" is fluorescent orange on the end, if anyone was wondering.

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cdnelectrician

The old ones were machined out of one piece of steel, the new ones seem to have a socket joined to the steel shaft somehow and they usually break at the joint. The Ideal nut drivers are still made out of one piece of steel, I'm starting to buy Ideal screwdrivers as I can't STAND the new rubber that Klein is using on the grips of their new screwdrivers. It feels weird in my hand! You may want to check out Ideals nutdrivers!

Chicagoguy

I have the 3" hollow shafts and they do 99% of the things I need done!

Charlie K

Had this discussion with my apprentice awhile back. He bought the 3" shank drivers. I have the long ones. We did a pumping station and he borrowed my long drivers all the time. The fixtures required a long 1/4" to install the diffusers, 6" deep NEMA 4X mounted with 1/4" hardware, adding relays etc in panels that were deep, and the list goes on. I think it depends on the type of work that you do. I find the 6" a better choice for me.

Charlie

480sparky

Buy the shorties first, then get the long shafts when you get the money. You can never have enough tools.

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crazyboy

Good suggestion.

randomkiller

I carry a full set of the standard length nut drivers and the long and the stubby magnetic 1/4" and 5/16". As stated you can never have enough tools.

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MDShunk

the stubby are nice for cans.

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randomkiller

Yes they are, I think it's funny that they don't put the magnetic stubby in the can kit with the stubby and spring tool.

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Bkessler

On a side note I use the corresponding color electrical tape from the nut drivers, blue- 3/8, yellow 5/16 orange 9/16 and gave a wrap of it on my sockets and tips for my screw gun... I carry my sockets in a klein zipper bag so this makes em real easy to find, I save several seconds every time I reach for a socket or screw gun bit.

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william1978

I like the 6" magnatic nut drivers myself.

MDShunk

I think it's Rack-a-Tiers that makes nut drivers for your screw gun that are already color coded like that. Good idea.

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Bkessler

I get the real common size sockets and open end wrench's we use on a daily basis from flea markets and garage sales, throw a few wraps of the corresponding tape and throw them into one of two klein bags, full of sockets and wrenches, probly three or four of each size socket and open end in each bag of different varieties. And it's obvious to tell the difference between 1/2 and 1/4 inch. White is all my 5/8ths Black is all my socket adapters and extentions. And there is some purple and green in there too. On a side note does anyone want to buy the klein 11/32 nut driver or some casablanca stubby phillips? I have extra of each.

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