school me : Whats the difference between a phillips and slotted screwdriver
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plinker
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Neither one, get a torx screwdriver.
FigureItOut
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Really, you have to give a lot more info to get any useful answers. What do you usually work on? Professional or hobby? What region of the county? Metric or SAE primarily? What is your budget? How important is COO? A lot is going to depend on the answers to those questions. You cannot expect members to just divine what YOUR needs may be without more details of your situation.
bczygan
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Start with one of these, and everything will become apparent.
Bill
Bill
CGT80
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One of them is ok for driving screws and the other is better for any other task than driving screws............only one is a proper screw driver.
Toothaker
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Start with one of these, and everything will become apparent.
Bill
Bill wins the thread!
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in the top line of the first post, right?mowkep
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I'm not sure who this slotted guy is but Phillips wants his screwdriver back.
Bill wins the thread!
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agreed,
bczygan
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A little silly never hurts.
Have a good evening everyone!
Bill
Have a good evening everyone!
Bill
txvwnut
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I say get all Phillips heads as they don’t as much damage to your hand as slotted does when they slip out of the screw and imbed in you palm.
Low attempt at trolling bud, step it up
not trolling.just pokin some fun at other threads.nice attempt at troll shunning though.
Tynee
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Buy what works for you. I really don’t understand why you need to keep coming in here asking permission to buy the style of screwdrivers that fit your needs. We all know that Snap-On Phillips AND slotted screwdrivers are too expensive, and you’re an idiot if you buy them. You’re also an idiot if you go to Hatbor freight and buy their cheap Chinese garbage, so really, there are no screwdrivers in the market today that don’t make you an idiot as soon as you buy them.
And make a handy cold chisel too!
ddawg16
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Hey, any head you can get is great.
TexMedium
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A screwdriver really only works really well if you can see through it. ****** Marys, too.
four.cycle
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FigureItOut said:
We also would need to know if the application is left-hand or right-hand thread screws.
We also would need to know if the application is left-hand or right-hand thread screws.
sometimes i use both hands.
woody 73
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potato , I am having a hard time finding any information on the web about George W. Mcilwaine, could you look into this for me.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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woody 73
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potato He would have started his company in 1929, that would make him 90 years old at the time of his birth in 1839, sadly this is not the man.
woody 73
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I think (key word here) he was either born in the 1890's or at the turn of the century.
Wamsutta
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What's the difference between a pan head and a fillister head?
PS. Stupid spell check don't know what the word fillister means.
PS. Stupid spell check don't know what the word fillister means.
A pan head minus a fillister head equals 1.375 robertsons.
CGT80
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I'm not an idiot!
Felo German made and Klein USA made are my choices. Also, I have an old set of Cman USA.
Just the other day, I picked up a snap on screwdriver and looked at it and noticed how it felt in my hand.........like an over priced piece of plastic and steel. My uncle loves them and this was one sitting in his transmission shop, but he also buys tools off the truck for twice the money they cost elsewhere since it is convenient.
Snap on feels like a quality copy of a HF screwdriver and both feel like junk in the hand, compared to others. I make my money with tools, but am not an auto mechanic.
Moparman390
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Get Snap-On, nothing else will do.
Wamsutta
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They give you a deeper slot so your screwdriver don't slip out.
I love fillister heads.
OCJohn
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A Phillips screwdriver is made with vodka and this...
I love deeper slots...They give you a deeper slot so your screwdriver don't slip out.
I love fillister heads.
Wamsutta
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Wamsutta
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Check out these stainless steel beauties. 
Dingleburry
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Double slotted is a phillips
Phillips is twice slotted
Slotted is half a phillips
Something like that
Phillips is twice slotted
Slotted is half a phillips
Something like that
four.cycle
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Wamsutta said:
Wamsutta said:
Well... that's all fine and well if you've got both black and stainless steel screwdrivers, but what about the rest of us?
fordcragar
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When asked to go get a screwdriver, the helper asked, plus or minus?