Are there any luddites in here still preferring the old fashioned slotted screws?
Posidrive or slotted screws for woodwork?
Jan 10, 2016
194 Replies
Furniture restorers love em and will usually buy up old stock. The rest of us realise the poziheads are generally superior to use especially where they won't be seen.
Certainly not me. I suppose I might consider slotted brass anywhere particularly visible on antique furniture.
Indeed.
I would standardize all screws as PZ2s.
Can you not get Pozidrive brass?
Agreed.
Might be a bit harsh for mobile phone manufacturers :-)
Personally, I prefer torx :)
"Old stock"? Bloody dozens of places selling straight screws. I've bought some by accident before. I took the time to make sure I got the right strength, the right diameter, the right length, etc, etc, then didn't realise they still sold those bloody straight things!
Why would you consider a pozidrive uglier if it can be seen? Six of one half a dozen of the other, it's still a visible screwhead.
I was thinking that, but pozidrive has the advantage that the screwdriver bit falls into place itself as you start turning.
You can, and I might use them for somewhere visible on modern hardwood (eg keyhole escutcheon), but they don't look right on anything antique (IMHO).
I wouldn't, PZ3 is a good intermediary before you get to coach screws. And PZ1 has its place on smaller stuff.
No, brass isn't hard enough.
Only for visual effect..
Sheridized screws look as good as brass though..
I would say that is subjective though.
True - the only problem is it tends to fall out again!
It's not really that much of a problem unless a) it's a very hard substrate; b) you need them in and out a lot. But as a "vs" thing, I don't know quite how we got stuck with posi OR phillips, given that both are inferior (in our world) to robertson, hex and torx. Of the last 3 I suspect torx may be the most robust, but I have no links to prove it :)
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