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06/06/2006, 02:55 PM
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Screwing around
Why do they still make slotted screws? Isn't the phillips head design better in every single way? Can you name one advantage of straight over slotted? And I mean the real narrow straight-- not the wider type meant to work with a dime.
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06/06/2006, 03:19 PM
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Pete they exist for the same reason as square drive, allen head and torx head fasteners. The reason is to force us to buy tools.
I will agree that the standard slot head is the most inferior of them all.
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06/06/2006, 03:22 PM
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it keeps someone employed. i guess. then you have to buy a different screwdriver. someone is making more money. then you have to buy a bigger toolbox to house all those useless tools. more money being made.
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06/06/2006, 03:23 PM
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I hate the Phillips screws. Seems to be the only one I can Bugger the head up on so i eitehr can't get it all the way in or out.
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06/06/2006, 03:38 PM
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The slotted head is definitely harder to strip, however, its do-able. The clear advantage is if you strip the slotted head, it remains unstripped in the other direction, so it can be removed and replaced, whereas the phillips head, once stripped only gets worse until it needs to be drilled out. Personally, I prefer the square drive as the best, just seems to hold up better to the screw gun, but it too is like the phillips in that once it is stripped, forget it. Just my opinion based on experience, not any hard facts.
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06/06/2006, 03:53 PM
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good reasons for slotted screws:
butter knife works when your screwdriver is further than the kitchen if your in the middle of the field, you can use your pocket knife and the best reason---stitches!
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06/06/2006, 04:23 PM
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The slotted screw is common in woodworking applications, but is not often seen in applications where a power driver would be used, due to the tendency of a power driver to slip out of the head and potentially damage the surrounding material.
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06/06/2006, 04:46 PM
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Screws have pointy ends and fasten directly to the material Bolts have flat ends and hold with either at threaded fastener, a nut, or fit into a threaded hole in the material.
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06/06/2006, 04:55 PM
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Quote:
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06/06/2006, 05:00 PM
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I guess that's a NY thing. It's like a softball, a grounder, a gimme. It's what we sometimes say at a ball game when an outfielder catches a highly struck ball to centerfield.
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06/06/2006, 05:04 PM
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OK, now I see. We would use it in the following situation:
Officer- "Ma'am your husband is unconcious. What did you hit him with?" Woman- "Can o' corn."
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06/06/2006, 05:14 PM
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Quote:
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06/06/2006, 05:21 PM
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It's because the women haven't read the rules.
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06/06/2006, 06:00 PM
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Why do they still make B&W TV's??
Why do they call it a driveway when you park there? Why do they call it a parkway when you drive there? Why do they restrict the Search feature? Sorry, had to throw that in there 
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06/06/2006, 06:05 PM
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I think Scooby Doo got hit with a can o' corn.
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06/06/2006, 06:32 PM
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After building my deck last year, all I can say it square drive all the way! Phillips head screws strip out too easy, and slotted screws generally lead to sliced hands from over-tightening and the driver slipping out. Torx screws are great too.
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06/06/2006, 08:55 PM
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But if I now switch to square, what will I do with all my phillips screwdrivers and bits?
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06/06/2006, 09:49 PM
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FM, nice use of the can o' corn in a sentence. I like the rapid assimilation into your vocabulary. Here's another one for you. I try to work the phrase "on accounta" into a sentence at least once a day. For example,"Honey, please put down that can o' corn on accounta I have a raging hangover and don't wish to be struck in the head with it."
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06/06/2006, 09:50 PM
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slingshot ammo!
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