Screw holding question
 

What are some good ways to make a Phillips screw stick to the end of a screw driver so you can thread it in to a hard to reach spot?

Magnetize the screwdriver...
A dab of heavy grease...
Masking tape...
Or get a screw starter. Google it. Very few seem to have ever heard of such a thing, but it was something every IBM, Jensen and Techni-Tool computer field service engineer's tool kit had - back when big blue dinosaurs roamed the Earth.

+1 for the screw-starter tool. They're available at the big box stores, or online: http://www.toolsource.com/phillips-s...p-p-71158.html

Solder
 

Add solder to the many tools or methods to start a screw in a hard to reach spot. Wrap it around the screw, get it started and then pull out the solder. Its soft enough to unravel without breaking off. Assembled many a radar set this way.

Screw starters on line
 

Had the same issue ---- got mine through Amazon --- be sure to get ones for both straight slot and Phillips head!

Fuel lube works very well in place of heavy grease. Plus it also makes a decent lubricant for the threads.

Screwdriver
 

Short piece of plastic tubing. Tubing has to be a snug fit on the screw head and the tip of the screwdriver. From recent Sport Aviation.

Working on electronics back in my early Navy days, we kept a wax ring that you would use to install a toilet... Quick jab in the wax and the screw would stick to the end.

Cheap and effective.

Super glue. When the screw gets started, move sideways to break the bond. I've super glued lots of washers on nuts too.

Yep, that was my hint to home builders March 2014.