Bothersome Phillips Head Screws

"Larry Smith" wrote in message ...
Doing a little work on old Cessnas for fun these days and have to tell you I
don't like Phillips head screws. The slightest corrosion and they stick
and freeze. Then your Snap-On screwdriver (make sure it fits) wallows the
head out, as you grunt and cuss. Then you have to pull out the old die
grinder and disc a groove in the dam* thing and go pull out your common
screwdriver.

No, you drill a hole in them and remove them with a screw extractor. Replace
them with stainless if you can (not structural).

I got so sick of the Phillips head, I had a batch of binder head screws made
for me with Torx head. I can put them on the end of a Torx driver and
extend them like a sword dueler and they stay on. Better, they don't Cam
out as easy as the Phillips. Now none of the screws in my Safari helicopter
are Phillips head. Thanks to the Homebuilt regs.
Stu Fields
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"Larry Smith" wrote in message
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Doing a little work on old Cessnas for fun these days and have to tell
you I
don't like Phillips head screws. The slightest corrosion and they
stick
and freeze. Then your Snap-On screwdriver (make sure it fits) wallows
the
head out, as you grunt and cuss. Then you have to pull out the old die
grinder and disc a groove in the dam* thing and go pull out your common
screwdriver.

No, you drill a hole in them and remove them with a screw extractor.
Replace
them with stainless if you can (not structural).

On 05 Jan 2004 08:47 AM, Stu Fields posted the following:
I got so sick of the Phillips head, I had a batch of binder head
screws made for me with Torx head. I can put them on the end of a
Torx driver and extend them like a sword dueler and they stay on.
Better, they don't Cam out as easy as the Phillips. Now none of the
screws in my Safari helicopter are Phillips head. Thanks to the
Homebuilt regs. Stu Fields

I would like to find aircraft grade hardware in square drive. I watched
a tv (history channel I think) program on the inventer of the phillips
head screw (it wasn't phillips) but they completely failed to mention in
his background that he was born out of wedlock. I''d like to wring his
neck but I think I'd have to stand in a long line.

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