Date:         Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:54:59 -0700
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
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From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Subject:      Re: what tool am i looking for? Limited vanagon content ...
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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