The GS screwdriver

[Tin basher]

Ok fellow techies time to own up. What tasks official and unofficial have you undertaken with the trusty old GS?


DT_Xtremez_42:"Allegedly" one may have been used as an emergency towing arm shear pin back in the day.DT_Xtremez_42:

 

[Ex-Splitter and Proud]

Ok fellow techies time to own up. What tasks official and unofficial have you undertaken with the trusty old GS?


DT_Xtremez_42:"Allegedly" one may have been used as an emergency towing arm shear pin back in the day.DT_Xtremez_42:

Only "one"?.... DT_Xtremez_15:

 

[6A1]

Magic piece of kit even for a lecky.
Used them to hold together a string of trolley accs on Friday afternoon return to the battery room.
The larger variety was used as mock sword fights when waiting for a.c to return. We used them for just about every task including piercing of oil cans, levers. technical adjustment tools or knocking sticks to the unwashed. Without it very little would have worked. Still have two large ones which are used whenever nothing else will do the job!!!

 

[propersplitbrainme]

Universal key for just about any RAF supplied locker.

 

[Barch]

Used them to 'chisel' off snap head rivet heads on more than one occasion.

 

[Max Reheat]

Magnets......

 

[Stevienics]

There was a Mod in the Tornado GR 1 gun bay which necessitated gently filing out a small area of block aluminium from the mounting, but there was no room to do it without a complete bay strip.

Grind and temper the GS tip to a sharp edge, wrap the shaft in cloth and lever and scrape away with the GS until you have scalloped away enough metal, and a lovely job done.

 

[harry the df]

a toy that could be used for a range of games from the classic "spin the GS for a kicking" to "flinch" where 2 lineys throw their GS at each others feet and try and get the GS to stick in the ground as close to their opponent and make them move their feet. Finally, any decent liney would always be bouncing their GS off the pan as they walked along (top tip, bounce off the handle and not the metal end)

 

[Flybynight]

a toy that could be used for a range of games from the classic "spin the GS for a kicking" to "flinch" where 2 lineys throw their GS at each others feet and try and get the GS to stick in the ground as close to their opponent and make them move their feet. Finally, any decent liney would always be bouncing their GS off the pan as they walked along (top tip, bounce off the handle and not the metal end)

When I was a nurse we used to play 'flinch' in the club with darts - I nailed someone to the floor once and had to take him to A&E for a tetanus injection.

If you lose your window lock key a Philips will do the job well enough.

 

[John Lloyd]

a toy that could be used for a range of games from the classic "spin the GS for a kicking" to "flinch" where 2 lineys throw their GS at each others feet and try and get the GS to stick in the ground as close to their opponent and make them move their feet. Finally, any decent liney would always be bouncing their GS off the pan as they walked along (top tip, bounce off the handle and not the metal end)

I can still amaze people on jobs with my ability to bounce a GS as I walk

 

[Spearmint]

Finally, any decent liney would always be bouncing their GS off the pan as they walked along (top tip, bounce off the handle and not the metal end)

I actually had a liney do that next to me whilst I had my arm in a fuel tank changing a stack.....I nearly ran the prick through with it for that.......

 

[Rigga]

Wood Screw Driver,
Slotted Bolt Driver
Dzus Key substitute
Seal Breaker
Box opener
Crate opener
Land Rover starter key
Door Key
Rivet Chisel
Wood Chisel
Electrical Connector
Electrical Fuse
Door Wedge
Panel Wedge
Panel destroyer
Bolt removal tool (with Hammer, Heavy, for the use of)
Staple remover
Hole Punch
Scriber
Straight Edge
Measuring Rule
Depth Gauge
Dip-Stick
Fingernail Cleaner
Hole enlarger
Chamfering tool
Screw destroyer....

Added bit:
45 Gallon Drum Cap Opener (with Hammer, Heavy, for the use of)
C Spanner substitute
Oil Cap Opener....

 

[MakkaPakka1]

Don't forget it's use as a rivet block in those hard to reach places.

 

[Flybynight]

Wood Screw Driver,
Slotted Bolt Driver
Dzus Key substitute
Seal Breaker
Box opener
Crate opener
Land Rover starter key
Door Key
Rivet Chisel
Wood Chisel
Electrical Connector
Electrical Fuse
Door Wedge
Panel Wedge
Panel destroyer
Bolt removal tool (with Hammer, Heavy, for the use of)
Staple remover
Hole Punch
Scriber
Straight Edge
Measuring Rule
Depth Gauge
Dip-Stick
Fingernail Cleaner
Hole enlarger
Chamfering tool
Screw destroyer....

Added bit:
45 Gallon Drum Cap Opener (with Hammer, Heavy, for the use of)
C Spanner substitute
Oil Cap Opener....

Razor?
Sideburn trimmer?
Dr Who's Sonic Screwdriver?

 

[Martin Blank]

In the wonderful world of GEF the rules were every job should be capable of completion with just the application of a hammer,gs and adjustable spanner.

ps sometimes a large enough adjustable can be substituted for the hammer........

 

[Gord]

As an apprentice rigger back in the 60's, we had to make one as part of our apprenticeship whilst taking a course in the ancillary trades of blacksmithing, coppersmithing and welding. I too have used mine as a bucking bar in hard to reach places when putting down anything up to a 1/8th rivet also as mentioned used it for a chisel to remove rivet heads and to open a variety of tins of goodies or pry something loose. Damned fine tools, I still have mine 54 years after I made it out of 1/2" hex rod then case hardened it using a furnace and a bucket of water. Not sure I remember what the colour of the metal had to be for the final quenching though blue or yellow seem to ring a bell but of course 54yrs later I could be wrong on that.

I do remember after heating to cherry red, it was a quick dip in the water then out again and watch until the metal went through various colours until it reached the right one then you dunked it back in the water until it was cool, after that you could do just about anything with it and not have it come to any harm as long as you used a file to sharpen it or take off any burrs and not a grindstone or sander which would overheat it and remove the hardness.

 

[mummymonkey]

Perfect for discharging any residual zappy stuff on the HT units of the phantom nose radar.

 

[spike7451]

There was a Mod in the Tornado GR 1 gun bay which necessitated gently filing out a small area of block aluminium from the mounting, but there was no room to do it without a complete bay strip.

Grind and temper the GS tip to a sharp edge, wrap the shaft in cloth and lever and scrape away with the GS until you have scalloped away enough metal, and a lovely job done.

Not to mention cocking in the Mauser Cannon & & tightening bomb suspension lugs...

 

[Ex-Bay]

Wood Screw Driver,
Slotted Bolt Driver
Dzus Key substitute
Seal Breaker
Box opener
Crate opener
Land Rover starter key
Door Key
Rivet Chisel
Wood Chisel
Electrical Connector
Electrical Fuse
Door Wedge
Panel Wedge
Panel destroyer
Bolt removal tool (with Hammer, Heavy, for the use of)
Staple remover
Hole Punch
Scriber
Straight Edge
Measuring Rule
Depth Gauge
Dip-Stick
Fingernail Cleaner
Hole enlarger
Chamfering tool
Screw destroyer....

Added bit:
45 Gallon Drum Cap Opener (with Hammer, Heavy, for the use of)
C Spanner substitute
Oil Cap Opener....

All of the above with added

Paint Can opener.

 

[Rocket_Ronster]

All of the above with added

Paint Can opener.

Paint stirrer.