For tinkering with appliances and machinery, invest in a set of socket wrenches containing 3/8-inch-drive and 1/4-inch-drive wrenches, extension bars, a ratchet handle and a nut driver.

A nut driver is a tool for tightening nuts and bolts.

This allows one to use a single handle with a number of sizes instead of having a separate nut driver for each size.

Hex tips or hex-like wings are commonly molded into higher-quality connectors that allow them to be installed with a common nut driver.

It is currently owned by Apex Tool Group and markets screwdrivers, nut drivers, pliers, and various specialized electronics tools.

The Klein Tools corporate headquarters, which also includes a manufacturing facility, producing multiple product lines of screwdrivers, nut drivers, and hex keys.

Also invest in a modest set of socket wrenches containing quarter-inch and three-eighth-inch drive sockets, extension bars, a ratchet handle and a nut driver.

The wings seemed absurdly long and thin, but as Peter tightened their struts with a nut driver, they became convincingly tough and rigid.

Typically nut drivers are not called socket wrenches.