Christopher Biggs on Nostr: If you learn one thing today, make it that screws (and drivers) marked with a little ...
If you learn one thing today, make it that screws (and drivers) marked with a little eight pointed cross are NOT “Phillips Head”. They are “Pozidrv”. Phillips will slip, because it was designed to slip in the days before clutched drivers. Pozidriv¹ won’t slip and if you use the proper driver (again with the eight pointed tip), you won’t ruin the screw head.
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https://www.albanycountyfasteners.com/blog/what-is-pozidriv-is-it-different-from-phillips/ 
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