Comment on acceptable screws
Sloogs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
You’ll call a Phillips a Phillips but not a Robertson a Robertson or an Allen an Allen, smh
Comment on acceptable screws
Sloogs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
You’ll call a Phillips a Phillips but not a Robertson a Robertson or an Allen an Allen, smh
John_McMurray@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Those aren’t Robertson, they’re Square, it’s different, Robertson has a taper, square doesn’t.
Skkorm@lemmy.world 8 months ago
In Canada, all square screws are called Robinson. If you go into a hardware store and ask for square head screws, the worker will correct you and say “the Robinsons are this way”.
It’s just regional.
John_McMurray@lemmy.world 8 months ago
They are literally two different things, and it’s Robertson, not Robinson. Yes, saying “square” in Canada will get you Robertson, as no one uses Square up north.