In this short video tutorial, blogger Serega Otvertka told how to make a screwdriver from a simple nail. For making this simple but necessary tool, with your own hands you will need a small wooden block and a 150 millimeter nail. The length of the bar is approximately 10 centimeters.
On the sides of the wooden blanks, you need to make marks along which rounding will be made. Measure 1 cm at the back and 1.5 cm at the front.

On the back side, you need to round the edges well with a file, on the other hand, make hollows. For a comfortable hold in your hands, it will be necessary to make small notches with a chisel, as is usually done on factory screwdrivers.

When the workpiece is ready, you need to do the nail. He needs to cut off his hat and flatten one end. This can be done with a hammer and anvil. You need to drill a hole in the handle, insert a nail there and fix it with epoxy.

As it is convenient to use a vice. We heat the nail and tap it with a hammer, giving the necessary shape. Naturally, all this will need to be processed with a metal file. That is, you need to align the edges and make a small tip of the sting.

The sting of the nail must be treated with sandpaper and hardened in. The sting is heated red-hot and lowered into cold sunflower or machine oil. The result is hardening with a slight blue tint. After a hole is drilled in the wooden handle, we insert the sting inside to a depth of about 5 centimeters. The side of the nail that will be inserted into the piece of wood must be wrapped with a bandage, smeared with epoxy and pressed into the handle.

After the epoxy has dried, clean everything with sandpaper and cover the handle with a colorless varnish. Before this, you can make a small decorative firing of the handle.

A hand-made screwdriver does its job perfectly. Advantages this method in that you can make screwdrivers of the right size, the right configuration, you can vary the length of the handle and tip. And, most importantly, it's creativity!

Primitive nail screwdriver

If there is no money and time to run to the store for a screwdriver, but there is a nail, then this simple method, which is shown in one photo, will help out any home craftsman or engineer of a large enterprise. Make such a squiggle, after sharpening the end of the carnation. And if desired, you can harden it on gas and oil.

Cocktail "Screwdriver" is one of the simplest, most famous and favorite alcoholic drinks. Quite often it can be found under the name Orange or just vodka with fresh.

Finding the ingredients for the traditional way of execution is not a lot of work and money. The classic recipe for this cocktail was prepared back in the 50s of the XX century, and it contains vodka and orange juice in a ratio of 1 to 2. Serve with ice!

Myth No. 1 about the creation of a cocktail says that the Screwdriver got its name thanks to American oil workers from Oklahoma, who sat in a bar after work and drank this drink, stirring it with screwdrivers.

Myth No. 2 - the same engineers, but working in Saudi Arabia where there is a ban on alcohol. To hide the presence of alcohol, they came up with the idea of ​​hiding it behind citrus juice.

Myth No. 3 - as if by chance, in a newspaper article about Turkish intelligence agents, the same oil workers drink this drink with them.

In fact, this is most likely an excellent PR campaign by John Martin, who at that time was starting his own business selling vodka. Within a year of its launch, the recipe was in most US bars.

The reverse cocktail was drunk by Kevin Costner's character in The Bodyguard. There are numerous variations of the classic drink with different flavors and the addition of liquors.

Classic variant

This traditional recipe. You can also do a "Reverse Screwdriver" if you swap the proportions.

Servings: 1 drink.

Difficulty: easy.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Ingredients:

• vodka - 50 g;
• freshly squeezed orange juice - 100 g;

Take a large glass with ice, add and stir the alcohol and the orange.

Cocktail additions

Italian variant

Delicious recipe from Italy with citrus vodka, orange juice, grapefruit juice, and ginger ale. Belongs to the subcategory of long drinks.

Ingredients:

• 50 g of citrus vodka;
• 100 g fresh orange;
• 60 g fresh grapefruit;
• 1 teaspoon Ginger Ale.

Pour all ingredients into a sugar-rimmed glass of parfait. Garnish with a lime wedge and serve.

Energy value:

Variant of "Screwdriver" with Bacardi and Tropicana

Another delicious recipe with Bacardi Rum Gold, orange Tropicana, and ice.

Ingredients:

• 3 parts BACARDI Gold rum;
• 1 part orange Tropicana;

Add ice, then orange juice and rum. Mix.

The last recipe will especially appeal to fans of the Doctor Who series. A variant called "Sonic Screwdriver" is also sometimes seen, in which vodka is mixed with Monin Blue Curacao liqueur.

This popular alcoholic drink originates in America, gained high-profile fame after the publication of a cocktail recipe called "Screwdriver" in the Time newspaper in October of the distant 1949. Specifically, in this article, it was about the communication between American engineers and representatives of Turkish intelligence, however, the article made a spectacular advertisement for this new drink.

It is worth saying that, after this involuntary promotion, the Screwdriver cocktail gained wild popularity and worldwide recognition, the Screwdriver cocktail recipe gained the fame it deserved!

Screwdriver - composition:

1. Vodka;
2. Orange juice;
3. Chipped ice.

By right, this bright and fresh drink can be called the king of all parties and happy holidays. Initially, the Screwdriver was not prepared in fashionable and respectable bars, restaurants, Screwdriver is one of the few homemade alcoholic cocktails that, at the peak of its popularity, migrated to fashionable bars. In just a few months, an unremarkable, at first glance, alcoholic cocktail appeared on the cocktail cards of all American bars, consisting of just a few simple ingredients - vodka, orange juice or fresh juice and ice.

The closest relative of this alcoholic cocktail is the Gimlet, it is made from gin and lime juice with ice. Interestingly, the proportions are the same as those of the Screwdriver.

It is worth noting that there is no way to establish the specific author of this wonderful drink, even the name of this cocktail comes from the Iranian legend about the violation of dry law, according to it. American oilmen, who worked in Iran in the 50s of the XX century, in order to disguise alcohol, they poured orange juice into glasses, and the resulting mixture was stirred with nothing more than a screwdriver. There is a high probability that this legend is not fiction, but the truth, because thanks to the addition of orange juice, vodka is leveled and there is no need to even have a snack.

There is also another hypothesis about the origin of the name of this drink, because the name of the screwdriver in English is “Screwdriver” is composite and includes two professional terms of all bartenders - “screw” and “driver”, then it is translated, in turn, as orange juice and vodka, but the legend with the oilmen is just a good publicity stunt and nothing more.

And also, in this version of the origin of the Screwdriver, its alleged creator appears - John Matrin, a man who was the most famous distributor of Russian Smirnoff vodka throughout America, he also distributed packaged orange juice from Florida.

In any case, despite the confrontation between the two versions, by the 70s of the XX century, the Screwdriver was one of the most popular cocktails in bars, it was ordered by both ordinary workers and bohemians. By the 1990s, the Screwdriver had become so in demand and popular that in America even adjusted industrial production for the release of a ready-made cocktail in cans, in the same time period, the drink was honored to be included in the official list of the International Bartenders Association. Today, many people do not even think about the fact that they are preparing the legendary drink of the 20th century when they mix vodka and orange juice.

There are many varieties and recipes of this seemingly simple cocktail. Surprisingly, many readers may have legitimate questions about how to make a Screwdriver cocktail and what options can there be if only 3 basic components are given - vodka, juice and ice? Well, let's start studying the ingredients included in the drink.

Option one is the classic "Screwdriver":

• 1 part vodka, Smirnoff is best
• 2 parts orange juice.

Variant of the second cocktail Screwdriver:

Classic variant driver screwer:

The proportions of this cocktail are as follows: 1 part juice and 2 parts vodka, or 3 parts juice and 7 parts vodka, so from the composition you can understand that this is a so-called reverse screwdriver.

If you want to experiment with cocktails at home, then different variations of this cocktail are perfect for this.

Sonic screwdriver

This version is dedicated to the famous Doctor Who series, its composition is as follows:

• Vodka - 1 part;
• Blue Curacao liqueur - 1 part.

Anita Briant

This direct relative of the Screwdriver appeared as a result of the fact that representatives of sexual minorities, for some reason they didn’t like orange juice and replaced it with apple juice, everyone liked this composition, and it was named after the famous singer of the 60s of the XX century, who actively supported the LGBT.

impudent monkey

This version of the drink is in many ways similar to the classic Screwdriver, the proportions are completely repeated, in order to make it the main component - vodka, it is necessary to replace it with dark rum.

Kuban screwdriver

In order to make a homemade version of this alcoholic cocktail, you will need everything the same as in the previous version, however, the trick is that dark rum is replaced with light.

screw-up

The classic base remains unchanged, as do the proportions, only the orange juice is replaced by a fizzy and refreshing 7-UP.

Black screwdriver

If you want to make this version of the famous cocktail at home, then you will need to purchase Blavod Black Vodka, because it is only with this brand that you can make a real Black Screwdriver.

hi-fi

An interestingly changed composition of the cocktail can please not only with non-typical ingredients, but also delicious taste, in order to prepare it, it is necessary to observe the traditional proportions of the Screwdriver, as well as to replace vodka with whiskey and orange juice with Fanta.

There are many options in which the traditional orange juice is replaced with grapefruit, citrus. Also, it is worth noting that nowadays more and more recipes just vaguely resemble the classic Screwdriver, although in fact from this cocktail there is only such an ingredient as vodka. Some of the most popular drinks of this nature include:

Samerreto - consists of vodka, orange juice, as well as a delicious almond liqueur "Amaretto".

Fuzzy Screv - vodka and orange juice with the addition of fragrant peach liqueur create a divine drink that ladies will really like.

Electric Screwdriver - for fans of unusual, blood-stirring cocktails, this option will be ideal, because the composition, in addition to vodka and traditional orange fresh juice, includes energy drink and white tequila.

Interesting fact, acting on the body, this alcoholic cocktail prevents the development of cirrhosis of the liver, and this happens due to vitamin C.

It is also worth noting that it is not difficult to make the above cocktail recipes and this does not require special bartender skills.

To decorate the home version of the Screwdriver, you will need:

• A special glass that bears the name - Highball;
• Straw;
• Thin circles of orange, which you need to decorate the edge of the glass.

And also, if you want to cook a Screwdriver at home, then a cocktail can be prepared in advance, while proportionally increase the amount of ingredients, after this cocktail is recommended to be sent to the refrigerator. Ice is added just before serving.