Most likely 5/16" nut driver drill attachment. If you buy one of those sets of drill attachments, it'll be in there - usually less than $20, and well worth it. Karl Wolz > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > BenT Syncro > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 10:37 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: what tool am i looking for? Limited vanagon content ... > > On 7/12/06, Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@mts.net> wrote: > > First of all let me say that I am so pumped that I was able to fit > > four 12 foot by 2 foot Suntuf corrugated plastic panels in my > > Westfalia I could just spit. The sales guy at the lumber yard > > couldn't believe it when I popped the trunk and loaded it in. > > Neither could I. The panels are for a shed I'm building, my first > > (and potentially last) project depending on my success. > > > > Can somebody tell me what tool I'm looking for? The panels come with > > these special screws, roofing screws that have a rubber washer > > attached. The head of the screw is hex shaped but instead of > > inverted like an Allen key it is extroverted (ha, is that the right > > word?) like a typical bolt. I can screw them in by hand with a > > socket but there must be some sort of attachment I could use to drill > > it in. What the heck do I ask the guy at the hardware store for? > > > > Thanks as always > > Jeff > > The manual ones are just called nut drivers, Jeff. They come in different > sizes so bring your screws. The fasteners you are describing are simply > hex-head screws. They sell bit kits which has a hex or square drive that you > put on your drill and the sockets are interchangeable for different sizes. > > Here's a sample of one particualrly elaborate kit. This obviously has more > sizes sizes than you need. This will give you an idea of what you are > looking for though. > > http://www.allproducts.com/tool/tui/d15-drot004aja.jpg > > > BenT |
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