No, Phillbo! Not that, the mechanical fastener!
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No, Phillbo! Not that, the mechanical fastener!
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That was very informative on one of my bugaboos — the relative merits between square-head screws (Robertson Screws) and the evil Phillips Head Screws. I originated a post here some years ago in which I railed against Phillips Head screws, but I can’t seem to find it in a search.
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For the benefit of us hearing impaired folks, did the video also mention that the threaded shaft is based on the principle of the inclined plane as used by the Egyptians to haul stone up to each layer of their pyramids?......Ben
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I remember that post!Originally Posted by wacojoe
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I will wait in the bilge for the True History of the Screw to be presented.
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Sorry Ben---the Egyptians didn't make the cut
Mike, thanks for posting that---very interesting.
The one place the Roberston screw has (or had) developed a great market share in the US is in RVs.
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Damned racist historians...Sorry Ben---the Egyptians didn't make the cut...Ben
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I have always had good luck getting my assortments of square-drive screws from McFeelys. Never be without them. Lowe’s & Home Depot have numerous sizes of deck screws with square-drive, but those seem to be going increasingly to Star-drive now.
https://www.mcfeelys.com/mcfeely-s-d...with-bins.html
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I also remember it.
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when I rebuilt the 4500 linear foot redwood deck at my old house we used over 5000 star head deck screws, no nails. My camper has a couple of hundred square head screws on the roof gutters, seam strip covers and hatch covers. I hate flat head and phillips head screws
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Just a little tidbit I discovered this last summer. A torque head is the same as a Allen head. Needed to remove an Allen and the torque worked great.
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