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Re: Wood screws

#190
From: John Paul Morrison
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 05:46
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In article <LD19TB1w164w@ham.almanac.bc.ca> emd@ham.almanac.bc.ca writes:
>gay@selkirk.sfu.ca (Ian D. Gay) writes:
>
>> Does anyone know where to buy slotted-head wood screws in the lower 
>> mainland? All the common retail outlets have only those #$%^&#@ 
>> Robertson screws.
>
>
>Why on earth do you complain about Robertson wood screws? They're far 
>superior to the old-fashioned slotted type because they don't fall off 
>your screwdriver, and because you get much less slippage of the 
>screwdriver bit in the screw.
>

Oh god. A flame war on SCREWS!!!!!!

Does anyone make Torx(TM) wood screws?

>
>
>Robert Smits Ladysmith B.C. emd@ham.almanac.bc.ca
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>want, and deserve to get it good and hard. - H.L. Mencken


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From: jmorriso@ee.ubc.ca (John Paul Morrison)
Subject: Re: Wood screws
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