Counter-torque driver tool

An apparatus that applies torque to a target tool and counter torque to stabilize the apparatus with regard to a target base, comprising:

• a shaft comprising a distal end;
• a selectably removable target tool disposed on the shaft at the distal end, wherein the shaft operably rotates in order to rotate the target tool, and wherein the target tool is configured to engage with, and apply torque to, a target component that is operably engaged with a target base;
• a power input that operably provides power to the rotating shaft;
• a counter-torque component comprising a body that is shaped to selectably, fixedly engage with the target base, to apply counter-torque to the target base during operable engagement with the target component.

A hand-operated device that applies both torque and counter-torque, comprising:

• a housing configured to be operably held by a hand of an operator, the housing comprising a proximal end and distal end;
• a rotating shaft disposed at the distal end of the housing, the shaft rotating relative to the housing to operably rotate a target tool selectably disposed at the distal end of the shaft, wherein the target tool is shaped to operably engage with a target component that is engaged with a target base;
• a power input coupled with and disposed at the proximal end of the housing that operably provides power to the device to rotate the shaft;
• and
• a counter-torque component engaged with, and disposed at, the distal end of the housing, and comprising a body that is shaped to selectably, fixedly engage with the target base to apply counter-torque to the target base to mitigate counter-rotation of the housing relative to the rotation of the shaft.