[OT - Crescent Wrench] - Re: 8.10b - first impression and questions

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 10 October 2008, Thorny wrote:
>On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:47:09 -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
>> A New Jersey man bought the house next door, which has a mysterious second
>> story door into space, and since he was renting it out he needed to secure
>> the door so that renters wouldn't kill themselves.  He showed us how his
>> carpenter had installed "special security screws" fastening the door into
>> the jamb.  We laughed ourselves silly before telling him that those were
>> Robertson screws, with drivers available at every local hardware store :-)
>
>Chuckle! Yes, I know a few people from the USA who have never seen a
>Robertson screw. It does make them a bit like a security screw in those
>instances, if one doesn't have a Robertson screwdriver or the correct size
>square bar stock to turn it. Jamming a slotted screwdriver, or a Phillips
>with a lot of force sometimes works but not always. They sure stay on a
>bit well for power driving though, doesn't even have to be magnetic, I
>love them, eh?

I have at least 3 sizes of 'square drive' bits, and several vendors are now 
selling construction screws in that pattern for various purposes, locally 
Kreg and McFeeley, but this is the first time I've actually heard them 
called "Robertson" screws.  Having used quite a few of both recently, I 
believe I like the star drive, aka 'Torx' the best.

Thanks, I have a new trivia fact now.

-- 
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