As said, I lost my second one which is more like my fourth or fifth one I have owned - having lost them a lot over the years. Not the slide over version with a shaft that slides over the
bit and screw in supporting it, this version used the magnet to hold the screw and the lock to hold the
bit. With such a version you could easily
switch between hex
base drill
bit, counter sink and Phillips
bit by way of it locking into the
adaptor - yet still see what you were working on.
Same as the Black & Decker version if they still make it but reverse direction of quick
release. The last Black & Decker version I still have but it either lost it’s magnet or never had one.
In practice or description, it’s a normal magnetic
bit holder. Has the 1/4" hex
adaptor area with locking recess at the bottom of the 2" hex shape, than a say 3/8" shaft that has internal magnet about 2" long that accepts the bits with a magnet at the bottom. In the case of a normal
bit adaptor, there is the C-Shaped locking ring that does not work well with 2"
power bits having the recesses in them getting stuck.
The old Black & Decker and
current APEX tool - can’t find it on the website if it is the correct website. Nor is it easy if at all on the Black & Decker website.
So what for the most part looks like a normal magnetic
bit holder has at it’s tip a ½" dia by ½" long locking ring that replaces the C-Shaped one on the just magnetic versions. These use ball bearings of something similar to lock into the 2"
bit recess at it’s bottom. Push or pull up or down on this ring - dependant upon the brand and your
bit is released from the locking ring.
No frills, lots of similar locking products on the market, just that this one has a much smaller O.D. than normal but slightly longer length than say what DeWalt offers in their own quick
release bit adaptor. Much larger the DeWalt version and harder to see around.
Amazed, as with
circuit breaker panels and
neutral bus bars that are very limited, McMaster seems to be limited in offering this. Suppose that I just have to wake up early enough one weekend to make it to Berlands'
House of Tools. This or take an anfternoon off work.