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Default Sheet rock screws: fine vs coarse thread?

On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:30:38 -0400, Wes
wrote:

Stuart Wheaton wrote:

About any screw you might want, and square drive is the ONLY option as
far as I'm concerned!


Robertson screws are pretty good but the ones with torx heads are really awesome. I
re-pitched a roof once with adder trusses held on by torx fasteners that screwed into the
original trusses. Long as they were, they never stripped. Unlike some Robertson screws
I've used in building decks.


I bought a package of Torx head deck screws for erecting pump staging.
It's nice to not have to push on the driver at all when you're up on a
ladder and reaching as far as you can to fasten the pole braces.
Expensive, but much better than Phillips or Robertsons.

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Ned Simmons