Posidrive or slotted screws for woodwork?

[David Lang]

+1

Rawlplug UNO rule!

[David Lang]

Bad design. Nasty flat pack furniture from Argos will often have 5 or 6 different sizes of screws. Good design like IKEA rarely has more than 2.

[David Lang]

Because No2 PZ will cover 3mm x 12mm to 5mm x 100 screws with one bit, Torx needs 3 different bits.

[Adrian]

Good ol' Citroen. 11 and 14 everywhere, rather than 10, 13, 15. Still, at least they used nice standard 8mm M5s.

[Adrian]

Sod what head they have. The screws provided with stuff are ALWAYS made of cheese.

[Adrian]

30deg, rather than 45/90... You can turn it the other way...

[Adrian]

10mm and 13mm are the "preferred" head sizes for "preferred" ISO thread sizes, so they're what _SHOULD_ be used by anybody.

M5 = 8mm M6 = 10mm M8 = 13mm

[Mr Macaw]

And it's that mild Tesco Value cheddar, not decent stuff either.

[John Rumm]

No, loathe the things! About the only time I used them is for show work where you need to match brass hinges etc on cabinets.

[Mr Macaw]

Shame they never work.

[Chris French]

Also, I have various screwdrivers with pozi ends around the place I can grab if I just want to undo or do up a couple of screws. Pozi bits are pretty cheap compared to Torx so I'm more likely to have plenty around, and really Pozi is good enough for most situations.

[The Natural Philosopher]

But they were 100- years ago, and some of that stuff is worth fixing

[Mr Macaw]

Hang on, I asked this question a year or so ago in here, and was told by 50% of you that straight were preferred by carpenters, where carpenters could have been a different trade but I can't remember.

[Mr Macaw]

25p too much for you to buy a torx bit?

[Tim Watts]

Along with Fischer.

And GripIts for plasterboard heavy duty applications.

DryLine Pro are very good for PB-Air-Block

[Clive George]

Is that a 2CV? The BX and Xantias were more boringly conventional.

[Adrian]

That kind of era. IIRC CXs and Gs were similar. I've not worked on Ds much.

[Vir Campestris]

Personally I always go for same torque.

Andy

[polygonum]

Quite right.

[Mr Macaw]

Or left.