Do you own a Square Recess Screwdriver Set?

[rhandwor]

I have a couple I purchased at a flea market.

 

[Sine Swept]

I just finished the Robertson swap out on my Toyota. The hell with JIS screws, Red Robby all the way!

 

[monster1]

I just upgraded my screwdriver collection with Williams for the slotted and Phillips, a set of Bahco torx, and a Bahco bit driver. I use square drive a lot on my boat so I bought that Bahco bit driver along with a collection of bits including all the square drive sizes.

 

[azhatchback]

I have Klein ones from Home Depot. I also have the combo-tip Klein's (also from HD).

Klein combo tips for electrical are awesome! No more ruined Phillips since i have acquired these.

I used to use square drives a lot when I repaired appliances and AC window units years ago. I wish more stuff came with square drive.

here they are at home depot:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Klein-Tools-4-in-102-mm-Combo-Tip-Driver-Set-1-and-2-32378/205503851

 

[jhnlngn]

Another woodworker here that prefers to use Robertson screws over others. I have a set of Klein screwdrivers and picked up some hardened tipped bits off of ebay that seem to hold up really well.

You guys that use McFeely's, I have you liked them since they were bought out a year or so ago? I loved them before and I always had a $1 shipping coupon and got my order the very next day. I tried ordering after they were bought out but could never get the website to work and shipping was much higher. I haven't been on their site in some time now.

 

[vartz04]

Combo tips are great for electrical. If you have a menards near you their masterforce brand combo drivers are fantastic as well


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[MWEric]

Aka "robbies". Very common in Canada for carpentry & woodworking and electrical boxes & wiring devices. I use a robbie most of the time, occasionally a phillips and almost never a flat blade. Most of my flat blade screwdrivers have ended up being damaged from being used as a chisel. My old Bosch impact driver along with a square bit has thousands of miles on it for carpentry use. Phillips screws are used mostly for finish appearance on exposed heads. Drywall screws here are always phillips.

Handles are usually color coded (at least here). A robbie red would be a #2 bit and green a #1. Robertson decking screws require a different bit that have a 3 degree taper.

I would have thought that the US would have been the same? If not, what is used for things like yellow zinc construction screws and coated decking screws?


Trivia: the robertson screwdriver was invented in 1908 by a Canadian, P.L. Robertson.

It pretty much is the same, at least here at my house. I use mostly robertsons in drywall. For decking screws its robertsons or Spax which are Torx. Almost never use anything else.

 

[Coach James]

I have drivers and bits in sq drive and Robertson. I will look at the driver brand tomorrow. The bits came from McFeeleys and Rockler. My dad bought a set of screwdrivers from Lowes that included 2 or 3 Robertson drivers.

All my pocket screws are that style as are a few of the sizes of deck screws and general purpose screws I have. The only thing I like better is Torx/Spax/Star drive. The deck screws also came from Mcfeeleys and Rockler.


Coach