On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:38:19 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:

On Sep 24, 11:06?am, wrote:
On Sep 24, 1:13 pm, Larry wrote:





"Eisboch" wrote in news:zb-dnWOzy67
:

That kind of old school craftsmanship and tradition is not found much
anymore.

Yeah, he drives 'em in with the screw gun, then leaves it against the
rachet buzzing away until the slot aligns like his boss told him
to....because they knew you'd be looking.

Wonder how many they stripped out doing this?

Head alignment is MUCH more important than proper torque, I can see.

Larry
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With wood you can with some effort align heads and have torque within
tolerance. Especially if you are using a good consistant material.- Hide quoted text -

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Particularly with Phillips heads- where you're never talking more than
1/4 turn to get a NSEW alignment of the slots.

I first learned about "indexing" screws here. I have given it some
thought. I am not impressed. I have done my share of woodwork
screwing, and made a couple attempts to "index."
I discarded it because a screw is best fastened consistently in wood
by feel. Agree it can be done more easily with a Phillips, but it is
also less evident cosmetically.
So I'll just come out and say it:
Indexing is a load of crap.

--Vic