Shirley Conran wrote "Life's too short to stuff a mushroom", but how important are screw slots?
If you want to be very fussy and align the screw slots on switch faceplates, sockets, etc., should they be vertical or horizontal?
(It's Sunday morning and I'm bored, trying to work out which job to do first)
Torx...
He's done with torxing and now wants slots to screw.
Isn't there a song about that in South Pacific? Happy Torx?
Anyway, my angle grinder's too big to cut new head shapes. Even the Dremel won't do it.
I think Andy Hall used to prefer horizontal.
No one knows less about these things than I, but I would have thought that the angle of the slot would be determined by the screw being tightened just the right amount. I.e., it is not something the wielder of the screwdriver determines.
Vertical. There is no other way. Trust me.
There's plenty of latitude in tightening, probably a few turns between "That's just tight enough to stop it being loose" and "Bugger!".
That's what I usually do. I just wanted to see if there would be confirmation that doing it upright was the better way or whether there were people preferring the horizontal position.
If you want your slots vertical, wouldn't that be longitude?
It has to be horizontal. But if you plan to take time to do this, its time to seriously reevaluate your life. Go visit the 3rd world and see how people live.
NT
I always prefer the horizontal position for a screw.
If it makes that much difference to you, you will already have your own preference, and quite probably be so obsessional about it that you will growl at anybody who dares to suggest the opposite is preferable.
Personally, I go with "tight, but not too tight" as being the optimum.
Vertical - catches less dust ;-)
Well firstly fit a crinkle washer under each. If you do not do this then the screws will come loose and the switch rattle about. What does one do with the ones with cross head screws in them though?
Brian
seriously reevaluate your life. Go visit the 3rd world and see how people live.
It must be gratifying to know that the money you spent on pomposity lessons wasn't wasted.
Try "How to prevent a total loss of a sense of humour" next.
And "A Cockeyed Optimist" - so maybe any way you like except vertical horizontal?
The site manager on all new Lidel stores insisted on brass slotted screws. He insisted that the slot be vertical. Reason - they don't collect water. He was on of the biggest bastards I have ever met in all of my life.
to seriously reevaluate your life. Go visit the 3rd world and see how people live.
Pompous to suggest there are more productive things to do in this world? Pardon me for getting real.
I prefer a knee trembler. Only in my dreams mind
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