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[–] CluckN 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Robertson Square that high up? This list must have a few loose screws.

[–] atmur 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've used them very rarely, but I've never had one strip unlike everything beneath it so I can't complain.

[–] CluckN 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I can complain the screw bit gets stuck inside each time and due to it being barley used in the US they are a pain to find.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In Canada it's my preferred screw. Sometimes it gets stuck but rarely, and if it does you just back off / reverse a little bit. Its amazing because you don't need magnets to get it to stay on the end of your driver as you line it up so much easier to do everything one handed, rarely ever strips, and you can torque it a stupid amount if you want to

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Example of a Canadian problem: Using impact driver drill to remove Robertson screws, the screws get stuck so good that you can shake the tool by the screw an it won't let go.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

With the exception of pocket screws, weirdly. Pocket screws are somehow all Robertson.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

They're used in cheap drywall screws and really suck in that application. The screw is too soft and the drivers are also usually too soft and strip. Once the driver starts to round over it's ruined.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

All Canadian carpentry is done with Robertson or nails, drywall with Phillips because you don't want to apply a lot of torque so Phillips is perfect for that application because Phillips is shit.

[–] Maalus 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's a shitty screw then not the style of head issue?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Those aren't separable issues. A good drive system would do more to compensate for material deficiencies. A shitty torx screw is a lot better than a shitty robertson screw. Robertson is at best C tier.

[–] ForgotAboutDre 3 points 1 year ago

I think torx are usually in higher end applications. So a shitty torx is going to be better quality materials than a equivalent shitty hex and Robertson.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think you've been collecting shit square systems then. Try an actual set of Robertson screws with a Robertson driver, and you'll have a very different experience. Squares have no taper, Robertson's do. This is also assuming where ever you find them, they have named them correctly, but I swear they ain't the same.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Because they aren't the same, or compatible with eachother really. I use them a lot and can almost promise you the problem is when you involve the "square" one's at all. Robertsons all have a taper, so you can kinda use square bits/screws either each other, but they will chew the shit out of each other. Squares will always slip/strip, Robertson is far better IME.