Where the drill will not fit
The screw is right there. The drill is too long to reach it.
Inside a cabinet, between two joists, behind a drawer runner — the screw is in reach of your hand but not of a drill pointing straight at it. This goes in the chuck and turns the drive around the corner: the drill stays pointing along the panel, and the bit comes out of the side of a small head at 105°, straight into the screw.
105° head
Turns the drive around the corner
1/4 in hex
Standard bits in, standard chuck out
Magnetic socket
The bit stays put when you aim upside down
60 mm or 140 mm
Short for tight gaps, long for deep ones
What it actually does
Gears in the head, a socket on the side
The hex shank goes into your drill like any bit. Inside the head, a pair of gears carries the rotation round the bend, and the output is a 1/4 in hex socket facing sideways. The whole head is about 30 × 20 mm, so it slips into gaps a drill body never will.
Why 105° and not a square 90°? With the bit square to the screw, the shaft leans about 15° away from the surface — which is the room your knuckles and the drill body need so they are not dragging along the panel.
Magnetic socket
Any 1/4 in hex bit, held by a magnet
The socket takes the same 1/4 in (6.35 mm) hex bits as your drill — Phillips, Pozi, Torx, square, nut drivers. It is about 12 mm deep with a magnet at the bottom, so a bit does not fall out when you are working overhead or reaching up under a worktop.
Use a magnetic bit and the screw hangs on the tip too. That matters more here than on a straight drill, because in the places this goes you usually cannot get a second hand in to hold the screw.
The part nobody tells you
Hold the head, or it will try to spin
Every right-angle head does this and hardly any listing mentions it. When the bit meets resistance, the body of the head wants to turn the opposite way around the drill shaft. Let go of it and it swings round, the bit cams out, and the screw head gets chewed.
So hold the body still with your free hand while the drill does the turning. On the short version that means pinching the collar. The extended version comes with a removable grip clipped along the shaft — something to hold that is out of the way of the head, and it lifts off when the gap is too tight for it.
Start slow, with the clutch set low. The maker describes it as not for high-torque work and recommends it for woodworking — cabinet screws, hinges, drawer runners, brackets — not for lag bolts or deck screws driven flat out.
Three options
Short, extended, or both
Same head, same socket, same magnet. The difference is how far the head sits from the chuck — and that decides which gaps you can reach.
Short · 60 mm
The compact one. Keeps the drill close, so it has the most control — right for a gap that is narrow but shallow: between two cabinet sides, a hinge in a corner unit.
Extended · 140 mm
A long thin shaft puts the head deep inside while the drill stays outside — the back of a base unit, between joists, down beside an appliance. Comes with the removable grip.
Set · short + extended
Both in one order. If you fit kitchens or build flat-pack regularly, you will want the reach of one and the control of the other — often on the same job.
Straight answers
Three things we would rather you knew now
Plan on using your own bits. The maker's box shots show the attachments only, with no bits alongside. The bits in the photos are there to show the socket in use. Any standard 1/4 in hex bit fits.
Keep it off the impact driver. The maker rates it for light, woodworking torque. An impact driver hammers the gears in the head far harder than a drill on a low clutch, and that is the quickest way to strip them.
Some of the maker's figures do not agree. The head measures 20 mm across in one of their drawings and 22 mm in another, and the weights (90 g short, 150 g extended) are theirs, not ours. We print the numbers as supplied and say so, rather than pick the flattering one.
The specifics
Sizes and fit
Angle
105° between the input shaft and the bit
Input
1/4 in (6.35 mm) hex shank — fits drill chucks and quick-release hex holders
Output
1/4 in hex socket, magnetic, about 12 mm (0.47 in) deep
Head
About 30 × 20 mm (1.2 × 0.8 in); one maker drawing gives 22 mm
Length
Short 60 mm (2.4 in) · Extended 140 mm (5.5 in)
Weight
Short 90 g (3.2 oz) · Extended 150 g (5.3 oz), maker's figures
Material
Steel, bright polished finish
Grip
Removable grip on the extended version only
Use with
Drill/drivers and cordless drills on a low clutch setting; by hand for light screws. Not for impact drivers.
In the box
One short, one extended, or one of each — depending on the option. Bits not shown as included.
Questions people ask
Before you order
Will it fit my drill?
If your drill has a normal three-jaw chuck or a 1/4 in hex quick-release, yes. The shank is a standard 1/4 in hex, the same as a driver bit.
Can I use it on an impact driver?
We would not. The maker says it is not for high-torque work, and the hammering action of an impact driver is exactly what wears out the small gears in the head. A drill/driver on a low clutch setting is the right partner for it.
Does it come with bits?
Plan on no. The maker's photos of what ships show the attachments on their own. Your existing 1/4 in hex driver bits will fit the socket.
Why does the head keep trying to turn?
That is torque reaction, and every right-angle head has it. Hold the body of the head — or the grip on the extended version — with your free hand while the drill turns the bit. Start slowly and it is easy to control.
Can I drill holes with it?
The maker only talks about driving screws, so treat drilling as a light extra: a small pilot hole in softwood with a 1/4 in hex-shank bit, at low speed. Large bits, hardwood and metal ask far more of the gears than it is built for.
Can I use it without a drill?
For light wood screws, yes — turn the shank by hand, or with a hex screwdriver handle. It is slower, but useful for the last half-turn when you do not want to over-tighten a hinge.
Which option should I buy?
Short if your gap is narrow but shallow and you want the most control. Extended if you need to reach deep into a cabinet or between joists. The set if you fit kitchens, wardrobes or flat-pack regularly — you will use both.
Shipping & returns
Delivery in 7–15 business days from the time you order — that window already includes the 1–2 business days we take to process. Tracking is emailed as soon as the carrier scans the parcel. Shipping & Delivery.
30-day returns. Items must be unused and in their original packaging. Email support@nexuratool.com to start a return.
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