Frequently Asked
Questions
1. What is the combine Driver and what makes it different from regular screwdrivers?
• A 2-in-1 screwdriver that combines a ratchet and torque limiter in one compact tool that is designed for reliability, repairability and long-term use.
• Built with precision tolerances for smooth function.
• A high load bearing ratchet that has less than 6 degrees of backlash.
• Includes a torque limiter with an operating range from 1Nm to 8Nm to prevent over-tightening and under-tightening fastners.
• Repairable by design, with no glues or permanent joints or toxic surface treatments.
• Comes with a modular and compact Bit Stack to keep everything organized and your workspace tidy.
• Built with precision tolerances for smooth function.
• A high load bearing ratchet that has less than 6 degrees of backlash.
• Includes a torque limiter with an operating range from 1Nm to 8Nm to prevent over-tightening and under-tightening fastners.
• Repairable by design, with no glues or permanent joints or toxic surface treatments.
• Comes with a modular and compact Bit Stack to keep everything organized and your workspace tidy.
2. What’s the Combine Driver Stack?
It is a modular bits holder system that keeps your bits compact and accessible.
Instead of being neglected in a drawer or table top, your driver bits live in a neat, stackable module that’s easy to organise, access and expand.
Instead of being neglected in a drawer or table top, your driver bits live in a neat, stackable module that’s easy to organise, access and expand.
3. Who is the Combine Driver for?
• We made The Combine Driver for makers, tinkerers, hobbyists and repair enthusiast who’d rather keep repairability within arm’s reach than buried in a toolbox.
• It’s for design lovers who care about how precision feels as much as the looks of it.
• Most importantly it’s for anyone who believes that repairability is their Right.
• It’s for design lovers who care about how precision feels as much as the looks of it.
• Most importantly it’s for anyone who believes that repairability is their Right.
4. When and where can I buy it?
We’re launching the Combine Driver on Kickstarter first.
This lets us raise the initial capital required for large scale manufacturing and to build a community of early adopters who believe in our vision while providing critical user feedback.
Once funded, we’ll move toward wider availability.
This lets us raise the initial capital required for large scale manufacturing and to build a community of early adopters who believe in our vision while providing critical user feedback.
Once funded, we’ll move toward wider availability.
5. Why Kickstarter?
Because it’s more than funding, it’s collaboration.
Kickstarter lets us launch with transparency, validate our design with real users, and build WowFactories alongside a community that values the same principles as we do.
Kickstarter lets us launch with transparency, validate our design with real users, and build WowFactories alongside a community that values the same principles as we do.
6. What happens if something breaks in the Combine Driver?
No tool should be disposable, not even ours.
We design with repairability in mind, meaning you’ll be able to replace or fix parts instead of being forced to buy a new one.
Once funded, you’ll be able to access repair instructions and order replacement parts through our website in case your Combine Driver retires or wears-out.
In addition to creating a fully user repairable tool, we also provide a standard lifetime part replacement towards manufacturing defects.
We design with repairability in mind, meaning you’ll be able to replace or fix parts instead of being forced to buy a new one.
Once funded, you’ll be able to access repair instructions and order replacement parts through our website in case your Combine Driver retires or wears-out.
In addition to creating a fully user repairable tool, we also provide a standard lifetime part replacement towards manufacturing defects.
7. Is the Combine Driver sustainable?
No glue, No lock-tight, No toxic surface treatments, No over moulding and No permanent welds. Just the freedom to repair and make.
While we would not call the Combine Driver fully sustainable, we are taking deliberate steps towards being fully sustainable.
• Our supplier runs on 96% renewable energy sourced from solar and wind.
• Every component in The Combine Driver is mono-material, fully separable and 100% recyclable.
• The Combine Driver is designed from the ground up to be user-repairable reducing carbon footprint through out it’s lifecycle.
While we would not call the Combine Driver fully sustainable, we are taking deliberate steps towards being fully sustainable.
• Our supplier runs on 96% renewable energy sourced from solar and wind.
• Every component in The Combine Driver is mono-material, fully separable and 100% recyclable.
• The Combine Driver is designed from the ground up to be user-repairable reducing carbon footprint through out it’s lifecycle.
8. Why focus on repairability?
Because repair is your right and freedom.
A tool that can be opened, fixed, and trusted doesn’t just extend its own life, and the life of everything it helps repair, it also extends your agency.
We designed the Combine Driver so maintenance isn’t hidden or complicated, but built-in and inevitable.
Repairability isn’t just a feature; it’s the foundation of longevity and sustainability.
A tool that can be opened, fixed, and trusted doesn’t just extend its own life, and the life of everything it helps repair, it also extends your agency.
We designed the Combine Driver so maintenance isn’t hidden or complicated, but built-in and inevitable.
Repairability isn’t just a feature; it’s the foundation of longevity and sustainability.
9. What’s next after the Combine Driver?
Our ambition goes beyond one screwdriver.
We’re building a family of tools that make making fun, intuitive and inevitable.
The Combine Driver is just the first step to celebrating makers and making.
We’re building a family of tools that make making fun, intuitive and inevitable.
The Combine Driver is just the first step to celebrating makers and making.