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QUESTION OF THE MONTH: What type of screwdriver head do you prefer?

vijeth_ds
vijeth_ds over 1 year ago

e14 Question of the Month

There are many types of fasteners available in the marketplace. Selecting the right type of fastener often depends on the job to be accomplished. Each type of fastener often has a matched screwdriver head type.

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  • rsc
    rsc over 1 year ago in reply to cstanton

    Always keep a dremel in the toolbox.

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  • rsc
    rsc over 1 year ago

    The better question is what screw head do you hate the most.  Vaisala puts tamper-resistant bolts on all their cabinets and all the center pins get broken off in the field when someone needs to work on one and doesn't have a key.  Once you break off the center pin, a flat screwdriver works fine.  

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  • electronicbiker
    electronicbiker over 1 year ago

    This looks interesting! It says in the intro from the Inbox that "A new forum thread has been created", i have yet to see a Forum thread on any screw although it is stated a bit lower down that "You can view this thread online". Am I missing something?

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  • Workshopshed
    Workshopshed over 1 year ago

    I use pozidriv for most things and hex, slot or square when going for a particular effect.

    But I also like the slotless round screws you get for rack equipment.

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  • anniel747
    anniel747 over 1 year ago in reply to cstanton

    Doesn't JIS always have a dot? It's also more rounded.

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  • cstanton
    cstanton over 1 year ago in reply to dougw
    dougw said:
    What do you call this screwhead?

    Cursed.

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  • cstanton
    cstanton over 1 year ago

    Having had to deal with many screw heads that simply churn up into mush from being torx, hex, star, Philips, JIS, pozidriv, etc.

    Flathead.

    Every time, flathead.

    The other types become flatheads when I have to dremel a slot into them to get them out of the device.

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  • cstanton
    cstanton over 1 year ago in reply to beacon_dave

    The eye-balling moment of "is it JIS or is it Philips?"

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  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 1 year ago in reply to electronicbiker

    Indeed. My experience is from assembling semi trucks Slight smile

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  • electronicbiker
    electronicbiker over 1 year ago in reply to Jan Cumps

    Sometimes a magnetic screwdriver is not the right tool to use, e.g. when aligning the record/play heads on vintage tape recorders. A small blob of Blu-Tack usually does the job.

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