the reasons already stated in other posts.<<<

Sadly there's no reasonably standard alternative to Phillips and slot heads
down here. Hex drive (Allen key), Torx are expensive and limited in
availability, especially in stainless steel. I don't think I've ever seen a
square drive screw at all. I always said our Canadian cousins were smart
(pity about the climate...).

A growing trend here is screws with a bolt-style hex head designed for use
with a hex socket driver. These are primarily intended for use with
electric screwdrivers and are excellent in terms of strength and ease of
driving. They do look a bit "industrial" though, so I usually rout a
flat-bottomed recess round the hole so that at least the head doesn't stand
proud of the surface.

think of is where the screw heads are exposed in trim and inside woodwork,
where ONLY slotted brass screws with the slot oriented horizontally, are
the only obcessive-compulsive, anal retentive, only way to go,
period....end of storey !!!<<<

Not so! The true obsessive drills or routs an oversized recess round the
top of the fastener hole, drives in the screw or bolt, and then seals the
recess with a plug cut from matching wood (making sure that the grain
patterns line up of course) before finishing the plug flush with the
surface. Of course some use contrasting plugs to draw attention to their
work, but that's just vulgar showing off...

Regards, Robert Bryett
Sydney, Australia.
mailto:rbryett@ibm.net

snip  > >>>Someone asked WHERE they would NOT be appropriate.  The only one
I can

snip>>

I can think of another place where you might have problems removing the
robertson.  On a wood application where a plug over the screw might be
appropriate.  In installing the plugs glue or caulk of some kind is used and
usually, or quite often, fills the screw head slot or philips design head.
Cleaning out a robertson to get a screwdriver head into the screw might be a
monumental problems if you have a lot of them to remove.

docmoss

docmoss@tampabay.rr.com writes:

Someone suggested filling the Robertson head with candle wax or soap
before installing the teak-plug. Haven't tried it, but it makes
sense....

That does make good sense.

domoss
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