advice on screw bits

[mattkime]

heh heh....screw....

[bazookaman]

[quote mattkime]heh heh....screw....
Same here. I was amazed this thread got THIS far w/o one "screw" comment.

[OWC Jamie]

The right screw
the right bit

drill driver should be on low speed and clutch on minimum (just like you would if using an air tool)
pre-drill holes where required.

[tenders]

BigGuynRusty said:
> Buy Robertson "Square Drive" screws and bits.

Oh brother. Another rabid square-drive evangelist, right here among us on the MRP forum. I know where we're headed: "All users of traditional screws are going straight to hell." "There's a conspiracy afoot from the powerful flathead lobby to keep the square drive out of Home Depots, Lowes, and Tru-Values and away from all American citizens." "Philips drives are a time bomb introduced by the Communists during the beginnings of the Cold War to cause the capitalist infrastructure to strip and eventually crumble." Yadda yadda yadda.

If you have a mailbox and a toolbox, sooner or later it will be impossible NOT to be overwhelmed by the pseudo-Irish down-hominess of square-drive screws. That's because McFeelys will track you down and never get out of your house. Their catalogs, that is.
http://www.mcfeelys.com/

I ask you: if square drive screws are so great, then why does McDonald's use TRIANGLE drive screws in all their Happy Meal toys, hmmmm?

[BigGuynRusty]

[quote tenders]BigGuynRusty said:
> Buy Robertson "Square Drive" screws and bits.

Oh brother. Another rabid square-drive evangelist, right here among us on the MRP forum. I know where we're headed: "All users of traditional screws are going straight to hell." "There's a conspiracy afoot from the powerful flathead lobby to keep the square drive out of Home Depots, Lowes, and Tru-Values and away from all American citizens." "Philips drives are a time bomb introduced by the Communists during the beginnings of the Cold War to cause the capitalist infrastructure to strip and eventually crumble." Yadda yadda yadda.

If you have a mailbox and a toolbox, sooner or later it will be impossible NOT to be overwhelmed by the pseudo-Irish down-hominess of square-drive screws. That's because McFeelys will track you down and never get out of your house. Their catalogs, that is.
http://www.mcfeelys.com/

I ask you: if square drive screws are so great, then why does McDonald's use TRIANGLE drive screws in all their Happy Meal toys, hmmmm? Okay Forumites, a fine example of why "Crack" smoking is bad for you!!
I am not Irish, but what is your hatred toward them?

BGnR

[bazookaman]

I don't see why they even make slotted screws anymore.

[OWC Jamie]

It is sometimes handy when a panel/enclosure opens with a coin, in a pinch.

[tenders]

As I said, the pseudo-Irish down-hominess of square drive religion is due to the fact that McFeely's is an Irish-sounding name. It had nothing to do with anyone's ethnicity besides, possibly, the catalog producer's, and for the record, I'm a quarter Irish myself and Guinness is one of my favorite brews.

If you were to click on the link and go through their catalog you'd think there was nothing else but square drive out there; it is very much a "drinking the kool-ade" experience.

I've used square drive screws a few times and never stripped one, but most of my construction efforts are marine projects (in addition to being pretty lame), and having the right size square drive screws in stainless and bronze is very difficult.

Edit: Guinness has two "n"s.

PS: You ignored my question about the triangle drive in the Happy Meals.

[Cary]

The triangle drive screws are used as security screws - not many triangle screwdrivers around, don't have to worry about anyone opening the shell and ingesting the small parts - no recalls, no bad press...

Cary

[BigGuynRusty]

[quote tenders]PS: You ignored my question about the triangle drive in the Happy Meals. http://www.tamperproof.com/index.cfm?fus...n=products
Having actually worked with my hands for decades being a mechanic, and a computer specialist, I have come to hate Cross Point (Phillips) Head screws, they were created in a time when assembly line tools were crude and didn't have good "torque limiting" ability, so the the screw is designed to "Cam Out" very easily.

BGnR