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Although not as "numerically precise" as a real torque wrench, general-purpose hand-held power drills (which you can use as a powered screw driver, of course) usually have a torque-sensitive limited-slip clutch (don't know the correct term!), which will prevent you from over-tightening wood screws. I have a battery-powered DeWalt, which is very nifty as a screwdriver, too.

That sounds dangerous to me. My power drill will usually chew up the screw head, strip the threads, or break the screw before it stalls.

...or, perhaps, one slip and perforate the cone/dome! LOL

But it doesn't if you are careful enough and use it only at VERY low speed -- battery-powered ones are especially good at very low-speed operation.

Sushi, i have a friend who did that once.

Whoops! Screwdriver through the ole midrange cone. Sh**! it was a paper cone though so he was able to repair it.

Been there, done that. It's really, really irritating. Of course, both (all three?) times were with a regular screwdriver.

Alan going off-topic?! What have we done?