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Default Holding thin round stuff


"Gerald Miller" wrote in message
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On Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:23:18 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
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Gerald Miller wrote:

OTOH, Robertson drive fasteners are automatically held in place by the
tapered mating surfaces of the driver.



Not the ones I've seen and had to remove. Every damn one of them was
sloppy, and I burnt up a bit about every six screws because they would
wear down the corners till they just spun in the screw heads..

You must have been using a No. ! bit in a No. 2 fastener.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada


We see good and bad examples of square drive bits and screws. I have a box
of #2 square stainless screws that strip more easily than Phillips. T27 for
me!

jsw