Sculpy Triwing screwdriver hack? (UNTESTED)

[Yoshilime M.R.]

i just came up with this way to get into a nintendo systems witout buying a triwing, here it is:

1. get some oven bake sculpy 3
2. take out a small chunk, a tiny ball enough to cover the top of the screw.
3. press it into the screw, and carfully peel it off. on the backside, you will see a perfect screwdriver head of that screw
4. follow the instructions on the clay packaging and bake your clay screwdriver head
5. somehow stick it onto a stick or grip or screwdriver handle (hotglue?)

Bam, a triwing screwdriver (untested)

 

[J.D]

You can do that to any screw. It's not really a "hack", and half the time it doesn't work. Just pay 89 cents for a Triwing screwdriver at Deal Extreme. Free shipping too, so if you want one there's really no excuse.

 

[Yoshilime M.R.]

i know it works on any screw, but it seems easier than the bic pen thing.

 

[XCVG]

I don't think it'll work. Sculpey isn't that tough, it'll disintegrate when you try to remove a screw.

 

[AfroLH]

There's a reason screwdriver heads are metal....

 

[themadhacker]

if you want a really esily made one just make a mold and pour aluminum into it. It would still be crap, but it would be cheap.

 

[bentomo]

There's also the fact that clay shrinks when it's cured.

 

[J.D]

I know icarus has tried to make Gamebit and Triwing screwheads, and they all failed to get the screws out.

I hope he isn't dead or anything. He hasn't been here for a long time.

 

[Yoshilime M.R.]

HE logged in awile back and he said he met a girl, so..DOTHEMATH. He obviously is the star of a sitcom now.

 

[Jewjo]

Or just use a small flathead screwdriver. Mine works better than my triwing.

 

[Jidan]

Borrowed from Kasar's guide on BH

That's what I do, but I have a triwing just in case

 

[XCVG]

Borrowed from Kasar's guide on BH

That's what I do, but I have a triwing just in case

I could not get that to work. It just damages the screw when I try it.

 

[Jidan]

Well, you have to have an EXTREMELY small flathead to do it....I got it to work fine, but obviously don't strip the screws...

 

[Mako321]

I got it to work, but also got it with one of those tiny torx screwdrivers used for psp's, making it much easier.(tiny torx: better than flathead)

 

[ShockSlayer]

Or just use a small flathead screwdriver. Mine works better than my triwing.

This.

Using flathead screwdrivers to get out triwings get's the SS Seal of Approval and Quality.

SS

 

[robm]

Using flathead screwdrivers to get out triwings get's the SS Seal of Approval and Quality.

24 days later

 

[ShockSlayer]

F'ING BRAN FLAKES

 

[ShockSlayer]

*stamps*

SS

 

[XCVG]

How do you get it out with a flathead? I've only managed to almost strip several screws. Maybe I don't have the right size?

 

[robm]

That is probably the case. You need a VERY small head, like what comes in eyeglass repair kits. Or a good electronics set. Go too small, though, and it won't grab. I just tore apart and repaired a DS with this method, I've decided that an actual triwing driver is a waste of money - gave me no problems at all using a flathead.