On Sun, 10 Jan 2016 18:34:02 -0000, David Lang wrote:

On 10/01/2016 17:33, Mr Macaw wrote:
On Sun, 10 Jan 2016 17:15:35 -0000, Tim Watts wrote:

On 10/01/16 16:30, Mr Macaw wrote:
On Sun, 10 Jan 2016 16:23:02 -0000, Tim Watts
wrote:

On 10/01/16 16:11, Bob Minchin wrote:
Bod wrote:
Are there any luddites in here still preferring the old fashioned
slotted screws?
Furniture restorers love em and will usually buy up old stock. The
rest
of us realise the poziheads are generally superior to use especially
where they won't be seen.

Personally, I prefer torx

I was thinking that, but pozidrive has the advantage that the
screwdriver bit falls into place itself as you start turning.


True - the only problem is it tends to fall out again!

It's not really that much of a problem unless a) it's a very hard
substrate; b) you need them in and out a lot. But as a "vs" thing, I
don't know quite how we got stuck with posi OR phillips, given that both
are inferior (in our world) to robertson, hex and torx. Of the last 3 I
suspect torx may be the most robust, but I have no links to prove it

I don't get pozidrive falling out. As long as the screwdriver is
perpendicular, and you're applying a downward force on it. I guess torx
are tougher, but I'd think you could put in more pozis a minute.

I don't understand Philips still existing at all. Pozidrive is
basically Phillips.1.

Almost everything that needs fixing to a wall includes Phillips screws.
They drive me mad, first thing I do is to throw them away.

Trouble is you have to look closely to spot they're Philips. Pick up a straight one and you'll go EUGH! without remembering to check.

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We used to mock the Americans' litigiousness, political correctness, health & safety obsessions and the like.
Now Britain is full of lazy lard buckets who'll sue for everything they can get if they even stub their toe on something.
I need to find a new country to live in.