What's The Point Of Slot-Head Screws?

[pred]

You had to have been there

lol, i was, believe me.... but i don't use a bread knife anymore, or a starting handle on my car, or a typewriter, or mangle, or... i could go on for days....

i love how it was, but i also love how it is....a power drill and a box of pozidrives... bring it on !!

We don't use HORSE whips anymore either!!

 

[calorific]

A good selection of well fitting cabinet screwdrivers that have been filed to fit the slots, all part of the art of being a carpenter ,I should think at least 30 -40 different sizes should do it

Interesting - how about filing screw threads so they fit the slot perfectly? That would be particularly devillish - bespoke screws.

 

[pred]

My tip for the day, we have pine furniture, so far so good, the nobs on the drawer are held in place by a screw, the nob came off in my hand, not a very good screw, so i drilled the hole in the nob to 6mm and fitted a red rawl plug, sorted, jobs a good un..

I haven't put a patent on this fix yet, i trust if you adopt it you'll send me loyalties..

 

[calorific]

The cheque is in the post

 

[mattylad]

The point of slot head screws is....... the other end.

 

[Harbourwoodwork]

Yeh I couldnt go back to life without a chop saw,

 

[gregers]

Yeh I couldnt go back to life without a chop saw,

yeah you could good ole made up box,or if you really wanted to show off you got hold of a NOBEX

 

[wotan]

I find screws with hexagonal openings (as for Allen keys) provide a very definite contact when using an electric drill/driver.

Incidentally, I found it interesting when I discovered (a long time ago, I should add) that the original screws were designed only to be unscrewed! They were inserted by being hit with a hammer and the thread and cross head was there just for the convenience of removal. From that came the slang name 'Birmingham screwdriver' = hammer.

A hammer has always known as a Manchester screwdriver .

A hammer is known as a brummie screwdriver as well.

 

[r.bartlett]

I treated myself to a new set of Stanley screwdrivers a few weeks back and so far I havn't come across one pozi or phillips screw that they fit correctly. My ten year old screwdriver always comes to the rescue.

Bahco are the best fit....

 

[Harbourwoodwork]

Perhaps Stanley are putting all their efforts into snazzy workwear They used to make ace heavy cabinet screwdriners and would take a fair bit of abuse

 

[Astra99]

I have recently bought wood screws with torx sockets. Whether with a power tool or a manual driver, there is no slippage or camming out, (or so far-anyway). I wonder if this will become the "de-facto" standard?

 

[JBR]

I have recently bought wood screws with torx sockets. Whether with a power tool or a manual driver, there is no slippage or camming out, (or so far-anyway). I wonder if this will become the "de-facto" standard?

I agree. Torx, and the hex sockets I mentioned earlier, are probably the best options to prevent cam-out. If screws of all sizes were readily available with such sockets, I'd buy nothing else.

Incidentally, I found it interesting to read that Philips screws were designed to cause cam-out in order to prevent over-tightening.

 

[Mikefromlondon]

what about those stupid security screws that have a little pip in the middle so that an average Joe bloke cannot open a toaster or a kettle to repair!

What a pathetic idea and unnecessary expense in using such screws, because after all, you only need a straight bladed screwdriver of the right width and you can still open these so called security screws! what a waste of time!

I repair loads of these little gadgets for people, apart from a little inconvenience of carrying various widths of flat balded screwdrivers, I have not yet been defeated in opening these screws!

You can in fact dislodge that little pip with a small driver, and then use an ordinary hex driver, if say you still couldn't manage to open it with a right fitting straight screwdriver, I also open a lot of recesses hex screws with just a flat bladed screwdriver.

 

[peterperfection]

what about those stupid security screws that have a little pip in the middle so that an average Joe bloke cannot open a toaster or a kettle to repair!

What a pathetic idea and unnecessary expense in using such screws, because after all, you only need a straight bladed screwdriver of the right width and you can still open these so called security screws! what a waste of time!

I repair loads of these little gadgets for people, apart from a little inconvenience of carrying various widths of flat balded screwdrivers, I have not yet been defeated in opening these screws!

You can in fact dislodge that little pip with a small driver, and then use an ordinary hex driver, if say you still couldn't manage to open it with a right fitting straight screwdriver, I also open a lot of recesses hex screws with just a flat bladed screwdriver.

Hey Mike, it's much easier to get a 'security bit set' off ebay for less than a £fiver.
They have all the drivers you could possibly need.

 

[JBR]

what about those stupid security screws that have a little pip in the middle so that an average Joe bloke cannot open a toaster or a kettle to repair!

What a pathetic idea and unnecessary expense in using such screws, because after all, you only need a straight bladed screwdriver of the right width and you can still open these so called security screws! what a waste of time!

I repair loads of these little gadgets for people, apart from a little inconvenience of carrying various widths of flat balded screwdrivers, I have not yet been defeated in opening these screws!

You can in fact dislodge that little pip with a small driver, and then use an ordinary hex driver, if say you still couldn't manage to open it with a right fitting straight screwdriver, I also open a lot of recesses hex screws with just a flat bladed screwdriver.

Hey Mike, it's much easier to get a 'security bit set' off ebay for less than a £fiver.
They have all the drivers you could possibly need.

I got some from Maplin.