Dull Screwdriver! Reprise/additional

[gordon stelter]

The only good place for a Phillips screw is down a
dark hole ( like on some electonics applications )
where one can't see the head and the hole lines up the
driver. They can't be adeqautely tightened for
structural use, so should not be in ANY type of
cabinetry!!!!
     But I think their prevalence today is to disquise
the fact that they are ( with the exception of the
hadened type) also very weak crap!!!!! take any old
screw from a 75 year old piano and hold it in the palm
of your hand, then compare it to a similar size from
your friendly "True-Value" dealer. The new ones will
weigh noticeably less, and snap off if torqued
much!!!!!! A real pain in piano work!
     For this reason I see nice old screws as precious
little gems. The old ones were cut on a screw making
lathe. The new ones are stamped (somehow). I can't
explain the weight difference, as "steel" should be
"steel". Perhaps they're "Air-Puf'd".
     In any event, I think most are sold as Phillips,
as this prevents adequate torque from being applied to
reveal their limitations! Political Correctness
prevents me from revealing whence this junk
originates: suffice it to say that they are from 
" overseas ". A diabolical plan to make America fall
apart, if you ask me !!! That and the archless shoes
they send over here, so we'll have an army of
flat-feets when they invade!!!!
     Thump 
--- Tom Driscoll <tomtuner@attbi.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
> Behalf Of Joseph Garrett
> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 3:01 AM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> 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>)SNIP
> Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
> 
> Joe
> 	Man you have some big shoulders! So many battles
> for just one
> man!
> 	I'm sure glad we have you out there warning,
> teaching and
> protecting us from such an unpropitious invention as
> the Phillips screw.
> 
> 	Tongue firmly in cheek,
> 	Tom Driscoll
> 
> 
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