What can I use in place of a tiny screwdriver?

What can I use in place of a tiny screwdriver?

What to Use if You Don’t Have a Screwdriver

• Flathead screwdriver.
• Coin.
• Butter knife.
• Hacksaw.
• Toothbrush.
• Old CD.
• Pliers.
• Thumbnail.

What can I use if I don’t have a small Phillips head screwdriver?

6 Household Substitutes for a Phillips Head Screwdriver

1. Flathead Screwdriver. Order a cheap Phillips head screwdriver on Amazon.
2. Metal Vegetable Peeler. Whenever you find yourself without a Phillips screwdriver, you may want to look in your kitchen drawers.
3. Butter Knife.
4. Loose Coins.
5. Washers.
6. Pliers.

How do you screw a screw without a screwdriver?

How to Unscrew a Screw without a Screwdriver

1. A kitchen knife.
2. A coin — preferably a dime, which is thin enough to fit in most screw slots.
3. A credit card.
4. A rubber band.
5. A chisel, which does an even better job of turning single-slot screws than a flat-head screwdriver.

How do you unscrew a star screw without a screwdriver?

Try a plastic toothbrush. Take a plastic toothbrush and lightly melt the end using a lighter or other source of heat. Once the plastic is soft you can insert it in the head of the screw and allow the plastic to harden once more. Once it is hard try to turn the screw counterclockwise to unscrew it.

How do you unscrew a small screw without a screwdriver?

Grasp the nail with a pair of pliers to turn it. You can even try using a hammer to tap the nail into the tiny screws, improving the grip. You could also try working with a drill and drill bit. Take the same hammer you used for the nail and tap the drill bit into the screw.

What does a flat head screwdriver do?

A “slotted flat blade screwdriver” is a long standard hand-tool dating back to the 1500s. It has a flat-bladed tip used to turn, fasten or loosen screws and bolts.