Some screws are turned by hand, others lost their head, and one looks like a sea monster. It might be time you read up on ...

Why the Phillips Head Is Superior. Phillips was so enthusiastic about his design because the screw could be self-centered. As ...

If you’ve ever undertaken any sort of home repair project, it’s all but assured you have either used or heard the following phrase: “Hand me the Phillips head screwdriver.” ...

Further, the walls of the screw drive are designed so that a single screwdriver can fit every size Frearson screw. Basically, Frearson is like a better-designed Phillips. 6 ...

To drive a slot screw, you need hand-eye coordination to line up the screwdriver and the slot. If you're a machine -- especially a 1930s machine -- you ain't got no eye, and your hand coordination ...

Phillips redesigned the look of the screwhead and changed the cruciform top, making the inset for the driver shallower. He formed the Phillips Screw Company in 1933 and was quickly granted a new ...

GM wound up using the Phillips drive in the 1936 Cadillac, and its popularity was assured. Robertson drive screws account for almost all screws sold in Canada and are virtually unused everywhere else.

In this case, your best bets would be screws with torx or Phillips-head drives, paired with either deep threads or QuickCutter threads. Torx or Phillips-heads are easy to drive in Power Pro ...

No screw extractor? No problem. Use a tapered square drive bit to back out a stuck fastener: First, drill a hole in the head deep enough to seat the square drive bit. Use a drill bit with a ...