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

[Mike McCoy]

List,

 Try http://www.mcfeelys.com/ for your square drive screw needs.....  I believe it has been mentioned on the list in the past.

Mike



Mike McCoy RPT
Chapters 170 & 190 PTG
Langhorne, Pa
mailto:mjmccoyrpt@earthlink.net



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 7:39 AM
Subject: Square-Drive Screw, was: Dull Screwdriver! Reprise/additional


> 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}
> > 
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