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Power drill usage for screws in awkward positions – fixing screw to drill using a bit of silicone tubing (arm amputee tricks)

Wolf Schweitzer 03/06/2016

I found that using a bit of silicone tubing to fix a screw to my power drill worked wonders for akward / hard to reach positions.

Here is how the assembly looks:

Fixing the wooden board to the L-bar then is a piece of cake:

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Wolf Schweitzer: swisswuff.ch - Power drill usage for screws in awkward positions – fixing screw to drill using a bit of silicone tubing (arm amputee tricks); published 03/06/2016, 18:55; URL: https://www.swisswuff.ch/tech/?p=6123.

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BibTeX 2: @MISC{schweitzer_wolf_1745985944, author = {Wolf Schweitzer}, title = {{Power drill usage for screws in awkward positions – fixing screw to drill using a bit of silicone tubing (arm amputee tricks)}}, howpublished = {Technical Below Elbow Amputee Issues}, month = {June}, year = {2016}, url = {https://www.swisswuff.ch/tech/?p=6123} }