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RE: [motm] Cabinet and power requirments

2006-09-04 by Adam Schabtach

> Square head screws are very popular in my part of the world. 
> One thing I didn't see mentioned on McFeelys website is that 
> you can often jamb a screw onto the screwdriver so that it 
> doesn't fall off. 
> This is incredibly useful when you are trying to insert a 
> screw into a hole at various angles; gravity becomes 
> irrelevant. Try doing that with a philips or a slotted screw head.

Indeed. I've startled people who are unfamiliar with square-drive screws by
inserting a screwdriver into one of the screws in the vertical face of my
modular and letting go of it. It will hang supported only by the head of the
screw, nearly parallel to the floor.

McFeely's screws are to generic philips screws as Bourns sealed
potentiometers are to Radio Shack carbon pots.

--Adam

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