On 27 Jul 2010 00:03:45 -0700, maarten.slegtenho...@mail.ing.nl (Maarten Slegtenhorst) wrote:
>On the matter of screws: >I own a 91 Jeep Wrangler with a lot of torx screws and in time the torx-hole >becomes a round hole. >Allan-screws are a bit better but still have the same problem. > >I personally prefer hex-bolts. >Just too bad that Chrysler used both metric and inch sizes on my Jeep. Hex bolts only work when we want to end up with a head sticking out. Torx, Allen, & Robertson (and Phillips & flathead) can be flush. But when they are appropriate, they work the best. I'm quite happy with Allen for most everything else though. The round-hole bit can become a problem if people are sloppy. One nice thing is that a set of Allen wrenches can be all in one tool, so we have all the sizes without going back to the tool box - or without using the wrong size, creating that round-hole problem. Using an electric drill people can prefer Phillips - but a stripped Phillips is worthless. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
