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bobabode · #**171** 10-11-2012, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Bigerik

I was shocked when I moved down there to discover that it was nigh onto impossible to find a good quality Robertson screw. No wonder the US is so messed up, as the whole country is held together by Phillips screws.

Some of us in the building field have learnt better and some are still using slotted screws.

Then there are Torx.

ebacon · #**172** 10-11-2012, 03:11 PM

Drywall screws are the new duct tape.

piece-itpete · #**173** 10-11-2012, 03:13 PM

It's sideshow Bob!

Pete

bobabode · #**174** 10-11-2012, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by ebacon

Drywall screws are the new duct tape.

Put down the screw gun, counselor. You'll just hurt yourself...

ebacon · #**175** 10-11-2012, 03:19 PM

A friend was interested in buying an airplane that was based in Mexico. It was a Beechcraft Duke and looked good in pictures.

When he got down there to look it over with his mechanic they discovered that the wing was repaired with drywall screws.

Score one for American exports. hehe.

Bigerik · #**176** 10-11-2012, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by piece-itpete

And straight ones.

Robinson is the square drive? I prefer those. Darn ingenious Canuckians

Pete

Yeah, Henry Ford screwed you guys out of them.

If I remember correctly, the Robertson was so superior, it cut a couple of hours out of the assembly time if each Canadian model T. Ford wanted to use them in the US also, but to do so, he wanted the excludive rights to the screw for the US. Robertson told him to go pound salt, and the piss poor Phillips Took over.