Cubdriver wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 10:56 pm
Now that I have a good supply of both pozi and standard Phillips screwdrivers, I find that I run into the same transmogrification problem that I do with 1/2 & 9/16” and 10 & 13mm sockets - they all sense what you need and morph into their opposite number. When I need one, all that seems to be at hand is the other. Later when I need the other, they morph into the first I was looking for.
The other fun thing is when working on HP gear, have both at hand, because it’s almost always been bastardized over the years and will have a good mix of both drive types. A cover will almost always have at least
one mismatched head type.
-Pat
In Europe, we sort of got started using Pozidriv (instead of Philips or Robertson) on wood screws and the like; the quality brand ABC-Spax was an early adapter of it. Now, Torx is being more and more standard on all wood screws. Hence, I've always had both available, since one needs them so alternatingly. The
hp situation is nothing complicated for me. The requirement to handle AF inch sizes, though, has grown on me. It started so innocently with a couple 9/16" AF wrenches for the pool pump. Now I have combinations, sockets, and the lot, not only for AF but also for Whitworth and BA.