Why the hell was the posi screw invented when we had perfectly good Phillips to begin with? It isn't that easy to tell one from the other and when you use the wrong bit on the wrong screw head it is REALLY annoying. As far as I'm concerend, posi head screws can be consigned to the same pit as Betamax and 8 tracks.
FoggyTown
I beg to differ. I'll take a Posi over a Phillips any day of the week.
Dave
foggytown wrote:
Because for some unbeknownst reason, not everyone has abandoned philips for square drive yet?
Because it doesn't cam out nearly as badly as the Phillips.
Well, Betamax was superior to VHS in image quality, just as Posi is better than Phillips for actually turning a screw. Popularity and quality have a relationship that is coincidental at best.
Dave Hinz
I'll second that! Mac is far better than Windows.
The Posi-drive screw was originally designed for automated use at GM assembly plants. It is far better than Phillips.
Dave
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Yes, that's another good example. Windows is very popular, but then again, many people get the common cold...
I think we are in agreement. :)
Dave
Teamcasa wrote:
Hence the popularity of microsoft windows.
Sorry FoggyT - you're on your own there. I'm a McFeely's Convert.
Sorry to come in from left field but I need to ask. What IS a "posi screw"? We have in Canada a Robertson screw which I am told does not exist in the US. I think it is far superior to the Phillips. Is that what you are referring to?
Richard Shels> Why the hell was the posi screw invented when we had perfectly good
Pozidrive is another variation of a cross-slot head somewhat similar to a Phillips..
A Robertson certainly can be obtained in the US altho the "square-head" moniker is more common. There can be a slight difference in cam angle of various variations.
You mean Robertson screws I think. LOL
patrick c>>annoying. As far as I'm concerend, posi head screws can be consigned
And Phillips was itself an improvement on Reed, which had skinny slots and screwdriver bits that broke.
That would be "Reed & Prince".
Dave
Andy D> It was somewhere outside Barstow when Dave H>
nope. robertson (square drive) is available in the US. it's not even all that uncommon. pozi-drive is a system that looks almost just exactly like a phillips, but it isn't compatible. it was designed to
*not* cam out when the screw seats, unlike phillips, which was designed *to* cam out when the screw seats....explanations for different screw types under Connector Techology.
You were told wrong.
Macs and Window boxes.
There are more cockroaches than people on this planet. Superior numbers do not denote a higher life-form.
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