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Thread ID: 114308	2010-11-27 04:06:00	Screwdriver wanted	pctek (84)	PC World Chat

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1156917	2010-11-28 20:10:00	Wow! I have learned quite a lot from this thread. Can't wait to go to Mitre 10 or Bunnings and ask for a Robertson screw drill bit, to see if they know what it is. I didn't, and I bet Cicero didn't either! :p	Richard (739)
1156918	2010-11-28 20:27:00	Wow! I have learned quite a lot from this thread. Can't wait to go to Mitre 10 or Bunnings and ask for a Robertson screw drill bit, to see if they know what it is. I didn't, and I bet Cicero didn't either! :p Wrong again Richard. I use what I call square drive scews every day. The beauty of them, is that they dont't slip as much as phillps.	Cicero (40)
1156919	2010-11-28 20:31:00	If this is what you are looking at, its called a Robertson screw and I believe it comes in 3 sizes of square tips And the tip you have is a different size to the screws. I bought a jar of robertsons from Repco in the bargain bin. Couldnt find a driver for them. Had to grind down the flats on a bigger tip. Me thinks they were made in commie china to some commie chinese village metric no standard size. They are sure good you can drive the buggers thru almost anything if the drill has enough guts. Unlike philips strippin out the cross grrrg	prefect (6291)
1156920	2010-11-28 20:44:00	Phillips screws and drivers are designed to slip or cam out before the head is twisted off. Pozidriv is a variation on Phillips that wasn't designed to slip but will if you use a phillips screw driver instead of a pozidriv.	PaulD (232)
1156921	2010-11-28 20:56:00	And the tip you have is a different size to the screws. I bought a jar of Robertsons from Repco in the bargain bin. Couldn't find a driver for them. Had to grind down the flats on a bigger tip. Me thinks they were made in commie china to some commie Chinese village metric no standard size. They are sure good you can drive the buggers thru almost anything if the drill has enough guts. Unlike philips stripping out the cross grrrg The square drive bits are in every hardware shop I have been in? As I say I use nothing else as a cabinet maker.	Cicero (40)
1156922	2010-11-28 21:09:00	Have you always been a cabinet maker Cic, or is it your hobby? You have a skill I much admire, in what seems to be a vanishing trade in these days of MDF and plastics. Some of the pieces seen in Antiques Roadshow must have taken years to make, especially with all the inlay work. I guess it would be hard to justify the labour cost today. My attempts at woodwork couldn't even be described as carpentry! :thumbs:	Richard (739)
1156923	2010-11-28 21:13:00	The square drive bits are in every hardware shop I have been in? As I say I use nothing else as a cabinet maker. Yeah but the 3 sizes didnt fit the repco square headed screws.	prefect (6291)
1156924	2010-11-28 21:57:00	Square drive screws here are called Robertson in Canada and America, normal square drive screws from a number 7 up I think from memory use a no2 bit and below that use a no1 bit Cic may correct me on the sizing not sure on the metric equivalent as I have always referred to screws by the Number size	gary67 (56)
1156925	2010-11-28 22:29:00	Have you always been a cabinet maker Cic, or is it your hobby? You have a skill I much admire, in what seems to be a vanishing trade in these days of MDF and plastics. Some of the pieces seen in Antiques Roadshow must have taken years to make, especially with all the inlay work. I guess it would be hard to justify the labour cost today. My attempts at woodwork couldn't even be described as carpentry! :thumbs: Started life out as an apprentice cabinet maker,but went off to the Australian outback,ended up here and took it up again in 1986. Here is a pic of the last think I made.... i3.photobucket.com Or at least a bit of the detail.	Cicero (40)
1156926	2010-11-29 00:39:00	I truly envy your skill. If I had tried to make that it would look like a poorly made apple box. :o	Richard (739)
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