Robertson head screws are also available in sheet metal screws and machine
screws. This is all I use around the house, they are the best type of
screw to use with a screw gun.
Ron Olds
At 11:48 AM 9/11/97 -0400, DANMAS@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 97-09-11 00:26:44 EDT, arm@unix.infoserve.net writes:
>
>> The Robertson drive is a purely Canadian screw head that, for some
>> unexplainable reason has not taken over the world.
>
>I don't know if they still do or not, but in the early seventies, every
>mobile home made in America used this type screw head. You are right, they
>are so much easier to use in applications where you can't get to with both
>hands to hold the screw for starting.
>
>Many of the woodworking supply companies here sell them. I used a lot of them
>when I built my house in '72. Unfortunatley, as you said, they are only
>available as wood screws. What a shame!
>
>Dan Masters,
>Alcoa, TN
>
>'71 TR6---------3000mile/year driver, fully restored
>'71 TR6---------undergoing full restoration and Ford 5.0 V8 insertion - see:
> http://www.sky.net/~boballen/mg/Masters/
>'74 MGBGT---3000mile/year driver, original condition
>'68 MGBGT---organ donor for the '74
>
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