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> I don't understand why hex bits for drills are not a thing.
It took me a while but I have created a good set for assembling ikea furniture:
dewalt gyroscopic screwdriver: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00DL7QDS2
This screwdriver is KEY to assembling ikea furniture. Not only does it have a clutch, but the twist action gives you the finesse to tighten without spinning the screw and stripping the soft ikea woodlike substances.
I think it preserves your "mechanics feel"[1] you normally only get from hand tools.
allen bits: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B085986848
allen ball-end bit: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B000E7ZPUE
drivers: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/product/B08RS29QVS
favorite phillips bits: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B003X4YSDU (don't seem to slip as easily)
[1] "zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance"
"There’s what’s called “mechanic’s feel,” which is very obvious to those who know what it is, but hard to describe to those who don’t; and when you see someone working on a machine who doesn’t have it, you tend to suffer with the machine.
The mechanic’s feel comes from a deep inner kinesthetic feeling for the elasticity of materials." ... [read the book for more]