00:00Hello, and today we're going to have a look at trying to use a quick drive screw gun. Quick
00:17drive is a brand name, but if you've got to put down some plywood sheets say down on a in a house
00:24for a subfloor or you've got to screw down some boards for a deck with this tool you can do
00:33everything standing up makes it a heck of a lot easier and the the deck boards would be easier
00:41to line up because you're standing up in a way you're not down on your hands and knees using
00:45your your drill and particularly even doing the subfloor on a on a house on a new build and you
00:53want to screw down all the boards now the screws are all matched to the size of the head so if
01:01you're going to do one and three-quarter screws as these are for the say the deck boards on your deck
01:07or the or the subfloor wood you would use probably one and three-quarter inch screw and then you would
01:14use a different head if you're going to get down and say some one inch or inch and a quarter screws
01:18maybe serve some thin quarter inch overlay or to put on over top of another floor that's already
01:25there so make sure that you've got in this particular tool the right head for the right
01:30screw also things have changed over the years a bit these used to be a red Robertson then they
01:38changed to a black Robertson and now these ones are torques so you've got to make sure if you're
01:43getting your screws from somewhere where you've had extra screws that they're not too old that
01:48they aren't the same drive is what they are now so this is a torx drive they they fit into the screw
01:55it's a real good positive drive but it's different from what the quick drives used to be your drive if
02:04you buy a new box of screws which is the best you're always going to get the right drive stuck in the top
02:10cover of the of the box now a couple of things to know the head comes off very easily by pushing
02:18this little here knob on the side and as you see there's no bit in the end which is should be the
02:24way that you get it take the proper size bit put it in the end put it down on a piece of wood
02:31you hear it snap in now it's locked inside the driver shaft here it's easy to get out right on
02:41every head there's a little ejection tool comes out you line it up with the slot that's on here and you
02:48just pry it and pop it out okay so that's how you get the bits out of the thing if you end up stripping
02:54them now you shouldn't be stripping them at all if you do use the tool properly use line this up lock
03:03it right back in this little knob on the side here you can move that that allows you to move this thumb
03:10screw here and that's what controls your depth of your screw going in so you want the head just below
03:16the surface of the wood obviously so you adjust this to where this is going to make try a few trial
03:22and error and get the right depth for you okay one thing that's important that's a lot of times
03:27forgotten people getting get busy they get going too fast these strips as you see here are like an
03:36arrow you see the point at one end the tail at the other end if you put them in reverse you're gonna jam
03:43the screws you must put them in with the arrow first and then it'll go in easily just goes in
03:50locks in easy to pull it out if you have to drop it out you just push this little lever here on the
03:58side and it drops out but make sure you put the screws in properly and make sure you use the proper
04:05length screws and a proper drive screws for the head that you have there are several heads some are
04:12one and a half I think one and a half to three inch screws for bigger longer screws this is just for
04:18one inch this one will do the this size screw of course but make sure you've got the right size
04:24head just don't think you've got if you pick it up or certainly pick up screws or an actual tool from
04:31from someone and nobody said anything to you then you better check it out first before you get started
04:37or you're just gonna waste your screws now you'll plug it in heavy extension cord if you need one snap your
04:46screws in and then really all you're doing is having the thing go full speed you'll notice that I kept
04:58it going full speed don't try and use it like a variable speed drill and start off slowly and go
05:04fast when you got this thing going you have at full speed drive down drive down drive it down don't baby it
05:11because that's when you're going to run into trouble and that's when you're going to strip your screws
05:15and strip the head in the driver now usually there's a couple in the box but if you shouldn't
05:23need another one if you do it properly and keep driving them down hard and you'll be the strip will
05:30pop out at the end put another one in and you just keep going and believe me this makes a job that's
05:36pretty tedious with if you were just using your hand drill or your battery operated drill a lot
05:41quicker and easier and usually you can stand up and you can line your screws up better and actually
05:47put more down it doesn't take long to put put in a box of a couple thousand screws so this is a tool
05:53that I'm sure you're going to thank me one day and for doing this project or your deck and it'll make
06:00it a lot quicker and easier and good luck with that project and we'll hope you subscribe
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