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Poll: best type of screw driver head

FoBoT

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No Lifer
Which is the superior screw head?

i of course voted for Square/Robertson , as any good woodworker would 😀
 
slotted, since you can usually use anything to open them, like a screwdriver, knife, random thin piece of metal, etc. Or hex, since you can use pliers
 
I'm a socket head man myself, for grunt work though I'll take a hex. Slotted screws are worthless (boo)
 


<< It's not "slotted" it's "standard" >>




Says who?

You should add drilled spanner head to your list just for kicks, also that screw head they use in the bathroom stalls all the time.
 
I didn't see the Vodka and Orange juice choice...so I didn't vote 😉
 


<< Isn't hex and Allen the same thing??

How about Reed and Prince?
How about Bristo?
Pozidriv? >>


Allen = stick a hex inside a hole, turn. Hex = big screw with a hex at the end of it, which you can take off with wrench or socket, i believe.
 


<<

<< Isn't hex and Allen the same thing??

How about Reed and Prince?
How about Bristo?
Pozidriv? >>


Allen = stick a hex inside a hole, turn. Hex = big screw with a hex at the end of it, which you can take off with wrench or socket, i believe. >>

I know what you mean, but he did say 'screw driver head'.
We always used the terms Allen wrenches and hex keys interchangeably.
 
haha slotted....think about this:
try screwing in a slotted screw, and NOT have it slip....now that screw is on your precious mobo...slit AH &*%@&%!
Most other types of screws:
yay, the screw went in perfectly....
just a hypothetical situation, but a realistic one none-the-less 😉
 


<<
Allen = stick a hex inside a hole, turn. Hex = big screw with a hex at the end of it, which you can take off with wrench or socket, i believe. >>



thank you PsychoAndy
i was trying how to explain it without a picture
rolleye.gif
 
You forgot a few.

The big one is the unsripable new one that is a cross between a #3 philips and a square drive. Used mostly for decking now.

And I work at Home Depot so you can bet I know what a Robertson is 😛
 
Definitely Robertson. I have stripped torx in the past (damn thing was in there good!) and have yet to see a Robertson strip.
 


<< Hex = big screw with a hex at the end of it, which you can take off with wrench or socket, i believe. >>



Er, that would be a bolt, not a screw.. In fact, the "screws" with Allen heads are also bolts, I believe.
 
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