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Default looking for source of cheap square drive screws
On 1/18/2012 10:02 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:36:25 +0000 (UTC), (Edward A.
Falk) wrote:

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Or -- has square drive just become obsolete? Do I need to get out
more?

Au contraire; square drive is the future, IMHO.

Fun trivia fact: the Phillips head is *designed* to cam out when you
tighten them. It's to keep you from over-torquing them.

I'd like someone to come up with a CREDIBLE cite on that.
It appears to fall into the "urban legend" realm.



http://www.marfas.com/phillips.shtml
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