Comment on acceptable screws
Sloogs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
You’ll call a Phillips a Phillips but not a Robertson a Robertson or an Allen an Allen, smh
Comment on acceptable screws
Sloogs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
You’ll call a Phillips a Phillips but not a Robertson a Robertson or an Allen an Allen, smh
John_McMurray@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Those aren’t Robertson, they’re Square, it’s different, Robertson has a taper, square doesn’t.
Skkorm@lemmy.world 10 months ago
In Canada, all square screws are called Robinson. If you go into a hardware store and ask for square head screws, the worker will correct you and say “the Robinsons are this way”.
It’s just regional.
John_McMurray@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They are literally two different things, and it’s Robertson, not Robinson. Yes, saying “square” in Canada will get you Robertson, as no one uses Square up north.