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05-22-2014, 10:41 AM
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Need an attachment for a drill
I drive tiny eyelet screws into wood. Here is a generic example of an eyelet screw:
 I’m doing this by hand but would like to find an attachment for a power drill to would permit the drill to grip and drive this type of screw. I also drill a small hole before driving the screw. I found the idea at the link below and will give it a try but wanted to know if others knew of better ways. A Faster Way to Install Eye Screws - Fine Homebuilding TIA 
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05-22-2014, 11:15 AM
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The hook method, with due diligence (and your pilot holes), would seem to be the easiest way to do it in quantity.
With smaller eyelets and a hand-chuck, I've just clamped them into the chuck directly. Certainly more time consuming to chuck and unchuck each one, though, and that's assuming they're small enough to get a grip on.
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05-22-2014, 11:21 AM
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05-22-2014, 11:25 AM
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^I love the web!
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_(engineering) they are called “jaws” which are a type of “dog” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_(engineering)
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05-22-2014, 11:29 AM
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05-22-2014, 11:43 AM
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Just chuck in an small allen wrench and you are good to go.
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05-22-2014, 12:36 PM
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A Faster Way to Install Eye Screws - Fine Homebuilding
There are also "cup hook" driver bits. http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/cuphookdriver.aspx
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05-22-2014, 04:13 PM
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Bigger hammer?
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05-22-2014, 07:21 PM
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05-22-2014, 08:24 PM
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A friend of mine makes and sells a drill gadget for installing fence stays that may very well work perfectly. I can't remember the name, but google "fences stay installation tool" and you'll probably come up with it.
Okay, his website is "staytwist.com". Take a look.
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05-23-2014, 08:31 AM
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The way I have always thought to do it is this:
Put a drill bit backwards into you drill. Or if the eye screws are larger, a piece of round metal stock Cut a notch in the end, which will go over the head of the screw. Then run the drill and zip the screw right in. I think Lee Valley Tools (Canada) used to sell such a tool pretty cheap. But not hard to make one. Basically the head of the screw goes into the notch, and then the round stock spins the head right into the material.
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