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Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to use the Kadee five-prong gripper to test screws on your freight cars.
How to use the Kadee Gripper to work on model train cars
By Angela Cotey | November 20, 2011
| Last updated on December 8, 2020
sure helps, my old fengers ain't what they once were!!!!!THANKS
I have seen this tool in hobby shops, and never bothered to buy one. Oh, how many times have I had to scrounge to find a lost screw under the truck and start the procedure over again!!
On my next trip to the hobbv shop, I will definitely pick up one of these!
Thanks.
Cody, I have one and can't tell you how much time it saves me!
Oh! what a time saver, i'll be sure to pick one up. Thanks ever so much. I am new to HO scale modeling and will gratefully use whatever i can learn from these comments. A great way to outsource imfomation.—–Don Wohlgemuth
Handy tool. While in the Navy I used such a tool with great success. Various sizes for all applications are time savers. Wouldn't be w/o this tool.
Thanks. This is much better than a magnetic screwdriver that attracts everything else nearby.
looks handy not like watching the screws go flying out of tweezers
i have one great tool,at a recent yard sale we stopped at had a set of model railroad magazine screw driver set{4} the lady told us her father/brother owned a ho large set. filled up 12x16ft room.we bought alot of items.after about 12 years she decided to sell. she lost both in accident,also now widowed.my 3 friends are in ho they had a ball.thks cody crt
Works on large or small screws. Great tool and small price. Not a screwdriver but will sure make your work easier.
Will have to get one for body mounting my N scale couplers.