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Schoolhouse Electric & Supply Co's Multi-Hammer

By Rain Noe - March 16, 2012

in Hand Tools

You won't be using it to drive framing nails into dimensional lumber, but for hanging photos and tightening the occasional drawer pull, this Hammer Screwdriver Combination Tool provides a dainty kitchen-drawer-dwelling alternative.

Sold by Schoolhouse Electric & Supply Co. (whose light fixtures we raved about here) and manufactured in Pennsylvania, the diminutive 8-inch hammer holds a Phillips-head and two flat-head screwdrivers in the handle. Just don't let your contractor buddy see you hanging this thing from your belt.

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Thomas

12 years ago

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Yeah, they still sell these things at Aubuchon hardware for $6. Sometimes they're printed with godawful floral patterns that look perfect in my elderly mother's weird little box of semi-useless tools (you know, for when she needs to try fixing something before she calls me or my brother in law). Schoolhouse? Really?
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Eric

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Keith, I agree, it did nothing well, a novelty, and complete waste of resources, products like this should be illegal. Why was this posted on core......can't figure that out unless its purpose was to expose bad design, hopefully that was the case.

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Keith F

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I was given one of these as a kid. It's a horrible design that does nothing well. The hammer head loosens and twists when trying to use it hammer, even for small nails, and the handles on the screwdrivers are too narrow to provide any torque to tighten or remove screws. My poor experience with this tool was probably one of the catalysts that led me to become a product designer.
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