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The Texar Prism 'Green Screwdriver'

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If memory serves me correctly, when originally supplied, the Prisms came with a small green Xcelite
brand screwdriver for adjusting the presets behind the front cover.

If someone has one of these they don't want I'm happy to purchase it from you.
Yes, I know I can use any old driver to do the job but I'm wanting one of the original factory-supplied
ones.

Otherwise, if someone can tell me the part number on this driver I'd also be appreciative.
 
Sidebar: Many years ago, the Xcelites were made in a small manufacturing facility in East Aurora, NY just outside Buffalo. Production guys (like me) and engineers in our market used these like pencils, so plentiful and trustworthy were they. At just about every radio station, the "greenies" were called an LGS (Little Green Screwdriver), there also was an LRS and for a spell, the LBS.
 
LRS, slot screwdriver, bigger blade than the "greenie".
LBS, phillips screwdriver.

Got them all.

As another side note, the quality of the LGS blade isn't as good as it once was. Softer steel. The blade bends very easily.
 
At one place I worked the supervisor dumped a whole gross (144 of 'em) on a table - they didn't even last 10 seconds! They're like gold to those who use them.
 
Bill DeFelice said:
At one place I worked the supervisor dumped a whole gross (144 of 'em) on a table - they didn't even last 10 seconds! They're like gold to those who use them.
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When you need one you really need one. I remember being in a situation a few years ago with another engineer known to many as "Macgyver." We desperately needed a greenie but all we had was an adjustable wrench and a handful of resistors. He took one of the resistors and banged the crap out of the end of one of the leads with the wrench. Instant greenie. Brilliant.
 
Back in the 60"s when I was in the Air Force, they were known as a 5 level screwdriver, since reputedly only those who had acheived the 5 level (an advanced skill level) in their specialty were allowed to use them. I was an Electronics Intelligence instructor, and although I had passed the 5 level skill, never got above a 4 level grade, Sgt. in those days. Nevertheless we all had the 5 level screwdriver hidden somewhere in our classroom from the time we were merely E3's. Today I have greenies hidden all over the place at my transmitter and studio sites and even carry one in the visor of my truck.
 
Well, this is just ridiculous!

All-spec.com have a minimum order of $25, as do most of the other sites I found that list this tool. For a $2 tool, I'd have to buy a dozen of them to meet that, or pay a mark-up fee.

Some of the sellers won't ship outside the US, some want me to sign up before I can buy them, one of them wanted $36!! to ship two of them here.

I've checked Ebay and no one is selling them on there.
 
Can someone help me out with 2 or half a dozen of these from a supplier there? Or if you have spares you can part with?

The majority of suppliers have them for around $2.11 each. I'm more than happy to pay that, plus a *reasonable* amount
for posting them here.
 
If greenies were traded on the NY Stock Exchange, by the looks of everything in this thread the price would be going up. CNBC recommends "Buy greenies (symbol: LGS) and hold."
 
I favor the slightly wider yellow Vaco pocket straight blade. Length is more useful than greenie. I have quite a number of them,
all lost evenly throughout my realm of influence, plus the one in my pocket, so I'm never more than a step or two from
a little screwdriver. Somehow the grip design in greenie doesn't do it for me.
 
spinjector said:
BSW should start dropping greenies in all their orders instead of Almond Roca. =-)
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I really liked the BSW digital blend coffee they were shipping out for a while before the almond roca ;D
 
So, you buy a dozen, and put the extras on eBay for enough to cover your own screwdriver(s). Problem solved!
 
Element9 said:
If greenies were traded on the NY Stock Exchange, by the looks of everything in this thread the price would be going up. CNBC recommends "Buy greenies (symbol: LGS) and hold."
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lol@"lgs"
 
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