Interesting reading. Here's my decades-old trick that always works well.
I used a small piece of electrical or masking tape. I place the
screw/other hardware into the tip of the screwdriver and do a wrap of
tape so that the edge of the tape just grabs onto the head/washer.
The rest wraps around the screwdriver shaft.
All you need to do is to START the screen until it catches for a turn
or two. Then a slight up-pull on the screwdriver allows you to remove
the tape (which is now stuck to the screwdriver and not the hardware)
while keeping the hardware in place. Then just go back with the
screwdriver with finish tightening her up.
I must admit, that I use this method for really hard to get to places
where I need a long (often very long) screwdriver shaft. But it also
works quite nicely for very tight places. No worries about the
magnetized tip doing any damage.
Just be sure to withdraw the screwdriver BEFORE you make the screw too
tight or the tape will get "left behind" when you withdraw the
screwdriver.
de Doug KR2Q
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