This guy screws.
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altphoto@lemmy.today 1 day agoI used to love Philips head screws until one day I tried torx. I’m never going back. I have some Philips around but you know the bits get worn and that damages screws. Sometimes you can’t get the screws out. I just finished a large concrete wall project with all the forms held by the same 20 or so T25 screws. Its crazy how good and reusable they are.
snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
sxan@midwest.social 1 day ago
Torx FTW. I only use Phillips in situations where Torx aren’t available. They still aren’t easily available in as many varieties as Phillips.
MBech@feddit.dk 1 day ago
It’s an interresting difference. Where I am, you can’t get construction screws with phillips. I don’t know when we switched, but I started as a carpenter apprentice about 10 years ago, and back then everything was torx.
sxan@midwest.social 21 hours ago
Damn. Where do you live? In general. I’m in the Minnesota, and it’s almost easier to find Robertson screws, because Canada.
MBech@feddit.dk 9 hours ago
Scandinavia, don’t know about the rest of Europe, but up here philips is pretty much exclusively for cheap furniture.
whoisearth@lemmy.ca 21 hours ago
Robertson is always the correct answer.