Square-Drive Screw, was: Dull Screwdriver! Reprise/additional

[Farrell]

Yesterday I finished a 5' x 8' VERY flat table for soundboard panel glue-up, thinning/tapering, and rib clamping. I screwed a sheet of MDF to a lattice of straightened & squared & leveled & epoxied-to-substrate 2x4s. When at the hardware store I was looking at a box of philips-headed screws, and then I noticed an identical box, but only the square drive heads. Remembering Roger Jolly's praise of the square-topped screws, I bought them and a square driver for my electric hand drill. Every screw went in perfect. Not even a hint of ever wanting to strip out the head.

I may have driven my last philips-headed screw! The difference is night and day.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett@earthlink.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 3:00 AM
Subject: Dull Screwdriver! Reprise/additional


> David,
> I hate phillips screws! To give an idea how much, any piano that has them in
> the plate, etc., I refuse to work on. (Of course, the "select hardwood" has
> a lot to do with that, as well. <G>)
> If I find phillips screws in a piano that is a regular client, I change them
> to slot head screws and throw the phillips away. (by the bucket load
> sometimes.) Would personally like to get "Mr. Phillips" by the throat. The
> best "other" screw, IMO is the one with the square hole in the head. (can't
> remember the exact name??? Hmmm? Roberts maybe?) Canada has the right idea,
> in that regard. <G> Oh, I use those "Roberts" type screws to "vandal proof"
> institutional pianos. Seems to keep the little imps out better.<G>
> As for sharpening a phillips screwdriver. I've tried, but to no avail. Those
> things usually wind up as another tool. <G>
> Best Regards,
> Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
> 
> Been There, Didn't Like It, So I'm Here To Stay! [G}
> 
> _______________________________________________
> pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives