[OM] Re: Philips; cross-point; posi-drive; Robertson

[Walt Wayman [Permanent Link]]

I never heard of a Robertson fastener until this all got started.  Must be a 
closely-kept secret of the Frozen North.  I mean, the folks up there tend to 
call a house a hoose and pronounce "about" like one of those things I wear one 
per foot when I go hoofing it off road.  No telling what they call a good screw.

I strongly suspect that it's nothing more than what we in the warmer world call 
square drive.  In fact, if you do a search for "Robertson" on the site I linked 
to, you are taken to the square drive tips, but there's no acknowledgment of 
any "Robertson" anything.  And it seems there's no connection whatsoever 
between Phillips and Robertson.  They look to be two entirely different things, 
assuming one even really exists.

See here for a more comprehensive listing:

http://www.lara.com/cgi-bin/store/commerce.cgi?cart_id=520524.8174&detailpage=screwtypes

Walt

--
"Anything more than 500 yards from 
the car just isn't photogenic." -- 
Edward Weston

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Simon Worby" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Walt wrote:
> 
> > http://www.lara.com/cgi-bin/store/commerce.cgi?product=specialty_bits
> 
> That looks more comprehensive.
> 
> Now can someone tell me which of them Robertson is supposed to be, since I'm 
> now 
> intrigued?
> 
> Simon
>
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