On Sun, 2 Jan 2011 11:49:48 -0500, Stan Brown wrote:

It seems like every time I have to drive a Philips-head screw, say
for putting up window blinds or (today) a towel rack, I end up
mangling the slots in the head so that I either can't finish driving
it at all, or at best it takes a lot more effort than it should.

I'm sure there's something really basic that I'm doing wrong. Can
anyone tell me what it is?

Philips head screws will strip easily with too much drill torque. Either
drill pilot holes (a little smaller than the screw sizes) or use slotted
wood screws, which allow higher torque to be applied without stripping the
heads.

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1/2/2011 4:16:15 PM