[PLUG-TALK] Phillips screw

Tomas Kuchta tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com
Thu Nov 30 13:36:27 UTC 2023


On Thu, Nov 30, 2023, 03:44 Russell Senior <russell at pdxlinux.org> wrote:

> >>>>> "Galen" == Galen Seitz <galens at seitzassoc.com> writes:
>
>     Galen> I had no idea the Phillips screw had a Portland connection.
>     Galen> <
> https://www.kgw.com/article/travel/whats-in-a-name/portland-businessman-created-phillips-screw-changed-car-manufacturing/283-3e570a9d-fb88-4027-9159-dada09d1d336
> >
>
> I learned about this connection only a year or two ago.
>
> I periodically make the joke that he should have his Nobel Prize
> revoked.
>
> I hate Phillips head screws. The invention of the power screwdriver
> means you often (enough to develop a burning loathing) find them
> stripped out and you need to dremel a slot in them to get them out.
>
> I am a fan of torx, where the bit is much less likely to spin
> out. Apparently, for a bunch of complicated licensing and national pride
> reasons, the Robertson dominates in Canada, while the Phillips dominated
> in the US.
>
>   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertson_screw
> .


This IMHO is one ot the prime examples why we cannot have decent functional
world - AKA - lets have yet another surely the best screw head. It will
increase price, complexity and we get to sell more patented tools in many
sizes.... Rinse, repeat every 20 years.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_screw_drives

:-(


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