Originally Posted by harryn  Hi, Thanks for the tips.
I mostly used philips - have not seen robertson's around here, but probably just need to look more closely. |
P. L. Robertson wouldn't license the design to Henry Ford, so thats why Philips is more common in the US, lousy design for a fastener or not.
Originally Posted by harryn The latest deck mates at HD are a sort of star drive - looks sort of like a torx to me. |
Those are better, you just have to be careful to keep your tool square to them.
Originally Posted by harryn The metric screw question is also a bit for my own education. I was under the impression that Canada used the metric system - so would also have some kind of metric wood screw. - right ? |
You'd think
We're somewhat bilingual on the issue, #10 screws into 2x4s, but you have to drive no more that 80 Km/h down the road to go get them. Bizarre, huh? Jim