On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 00:52:16 +0000, Gene Kearns wrote:

On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 23:33:27 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:
A proper Robertson has a tapered bit to fit the screw tightly.

Horse feathers.


AHHHHHHHHHHHGHHGHGHGHGHHHHHH...... (primal scream)....

OK, so I'm fixing the deck today and I got a box of these GD SS
screws. $14/lb..... and I must have stripped out the heads of 6-7
already....

POS..... gimme Torx or SOMETHING.....

You know, I can't remember EVER stripping a Robertson screw. Maybe you
should have spent the $14 on a decent screwdriver?

Lloyd

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On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 00:52:16 +0000, Gene Kearns wrote:

On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 23:33:27 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:
A proper Robertson has a tapered bit to fit the screw tightly.

Horse feathers.


AHHHHHHHHHHHGHHGHGHGHGHHHHHH...... (primal scream)....

OK, so I'm fixing the deck today and I got a box of these GD SS
screws. $14/lb..... and I must have stripped out the heads of 6-7
already....

POS..... gimme Torx or SOMETHING.....

You know, I can't remember EVER stripping a Robertson screw. Maybe you
should have spent the $14 on a decent screwdriver?

Lloyd



The Robertson deck screws come with a driver bit.

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On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 00:52:16 +0000, Gene Kearns wrote:

On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 23:33:27 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:
A proper Robertson has a tapered bit to fit the screw tightly.

Horse feathers.


AHHHHHHHHHHHGHHGHGHGHGHHHHHH...... (primal scream)....

OK, so I'm fixing the deck today and I got a box of these GD SS
screws. $14/lb..... and I must have stripped out the heads of 6-7
already....

POS..... gimme Torx or SOMETHING.....

You know, I can't remember EVER stripping a Robertson screw. Maybe you
should have spent the $14 on a decent screwdriver?

Lloyd



The Robertson deck screws come with a driver bit.

I found that the square 'slot' in SS decks stripped out much easier than a
philips head.

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On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 00:52:16 +0000, Gene Kearns wrote:

On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 23:33:27 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:
A proper Robertson has a tapered bit to fit the screw tightly.

Horse feathers.


AHHHHHHHHHHHGHHGHGHGHGHHHHHH...... (primal scream)....

OK, so I'm fixing the deck today and I got a box of these GD SS
screws. $14/lb..... and I must have stripped out the heads of 6-7
already....

POS..... gimme Torx or SOMETHING.....

You know, I can't remember EVER stripping a Robertson screw. Maybe you
should have spent the $14 on a decent screwdriver?

Lloyd



The Robertson deck screws come with a driver bit.

I found that the square 'slot' in SS decks stripped out much easier than a
philips head.


Depends on the Philips. The Deck Mates brand have a modified Philips, not a
#2. Rarely strip. Griptite's have a Philip's #2 and they strip all the
time if using a long 2.5 -3" screw in anything but the softest wood.

On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 11:54:33 -0800, Lloyd wrote:

On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 00:52:16 +0000, Gene Kearns wrote:

On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 23:33:27 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:
A proper Robertson has a tapered bit to fit the screw tightly.

Horse feathers.


AHHHHHHHHHHHGHHGHGHGHGHHHHHH...... (primal scream)....

OK, so I'm fixing the deck today and I got a box of these GD SS
screws. $14/lb..... and I must have stripped out the heads of 6-7
already....

POS..... gimme Torx or SOMETHING.....

You know, I can't remember EVER stripping a Robertson screw. Maybe you
should have spent the $14 on a decent screwdriver?

Lloyd


I've never done so either. I'm wondering if maybe he was using the small size
bit on the large size screw. I *have* tried that, before I realized there were
two sizes!

But he seems to have his act together, so I didn't suggest that.
--
John H

"It's *not* a baby kicking, bride of mine, it's just a fetus!"

Hypocrital Liberal

John H. wrote:


I've never done so either. I'm wondering if maybe he was using the small size
bit on the large size screw. I *have* tried that, before I realized there were
two sizes!

But he seems to have his act together, so I didn't suggest that.

Two sizes???
I have 4 different size Robertson screwdrivers.
http://www.waterlooelectronics.com/s...s_special.html
My smallest is size 0 yellow handle
next size 1 green handle
" size 2 red handle usually for # 8 screws
" size 3 black handle " for # 12 screws

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.c...es&Params=A219

On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 23:22:41 GMT, Don White wrote:

John H. wrote:


I've never done so either. I'm wondering if maybe he was using the small size
bit on the large size screw. I *have* tried that, before I realized there were
two sizes!

But he seems to have his act together, so I didn't suggest that.

Two sizes???
I have 4 different size Robertson screwdrivers.
http://www.waterlooelectronics.com/s...s_special.html
My smallest is size 0 yellow handle
next size 1 green handle
" size 2 red handle usually for # 8 screws
" size 3 black handle " for # 12 screws

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.c...es&Params=A219

I've only seen two sizes of slots. But I haven't looked for different sizes.
--
John H

"It's *not* a baby kicking, bride of mine, it's just a fetus!"

Hypocrital Liberal

Lloyd wrote:

You know, I can't remember EVER stripping a Robertson screw.

Been meaning to ask you, Lioyd, how is your new discussion bored going?

--
Skipper

Not that I know anything, but if you are stripping out screws, maybe you
need to pre-drill the holes?

Just my $0.02 worth (Canadian currency of course).

Glenn.
s/v Seawing
www.seawing.net

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Lloyd wrote:

You know, I can't remember EVER stripping a Robertson screw.

Been meaning to ask you, Lioyd, how is your new discussion bored going?

--
Skipper

On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 04:52:02 GMT, "Glenn A. Heslop"
wrote:

Not that I know anything, but if you are stripping out screws, maybe you
need to pre-drill the holes?

Just my $0.02 worth (Canadian currency of course).

Glenn.
s/v Seawing
www.seawing.net


That was my thought at the beginning, but he didn't buy that idea.

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes