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Re: [OM] Mamiya Sekor 500 DTL

Subject: Re: [OM] Mamiya Sekor 500 DTL
From: Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 20:09:18 +0000
Meanwhile, over this side of the pond, Philips are pretty unusual, having
been superceded to a large extent by Pozidriv (tm) many years ago. And now
Torx are a serious challenger to being 'the best' screwhead.
And metric has pushed out most imperial threads and sizes (except in a few
specialist areas - like tripod screws, to keep on topic!)
Jez

On 15 February 2016 at 20:04, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 2/15/2016 8:54 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Mike.  That made me look more closely at my Kobalt set. There are
>> 4 cross-points, marked Ph 000, Ph 00, Ph 0, and Ph 1.  So, I must conclude
>> that mine are Phillips.
>>
>
> NOT necessarily true. In fact, I think unlikely. At least a couple of sets
> I have are so marked, but are indeed JIS. There is a LOT of ignorance, at
> least in North America about the existence of any kind of cross point
> drivers that are not Phillips. Add that to the need for translation, not
> just of Japanese, but Korean, and one must test/observe for oneself.
>
> "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free."
>
> Crossed Cultures Moose
>
> (Greek Yoghurt Moose?)
>
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