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From: josh@topaz.ARPA (J Storrs Hall)
Newsgroups: net.rec.wood
Subject: Re: Tool recommendations
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Date: Wed, 19-Jun-85 16:07:42 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 19 16:07:42 1985
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> I am disappointed in the quality of the steel 
> used in Craftsman screwdrivers, ...

I'm not.  I recently had occasion to pry up what I thought was a
nail which turned out to be a sort of screw with a flat head, intended
to be hammered in (and never come out).  I was using a Craftsman
screwdriver as a prybar--a very small one since I had to get the tip
under the nailhead.  Jam a fulcrum under the screwdriver and lean on it.
It sliced right through nailhead, a clean cut as if I'd been using a 
chisel, cutting through steel three times as thick as the screwdriver
blade itself.  There was absolutely no deformation of the screwdriver--
I was amazed.

--JoSH