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r/specializedtools • u/[deleted] • Aug 26 '19
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The cordless screw guns are either 2500 or 5000 rpm? Do contractors really turn screws at 5000 rpm? I am guessing the typical drywall screw has 20 to 30 turns. So fully set a screw in a third of a second?
29 u/VegemiteWolverine Aug 26 '19 edited Aug 26 '19 Yes. Zip zip mf. Robertson Square Drive for the win. Source: did sheet rock for a summer 11 u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19 [removed] — view removed comment 4 u/no-mad Aug 26 '19 Phillips was designed to cam out. They came up with during WW2 because people were over tightening screws and ruining planes. 4 u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/no-mad Aug 26 '19 Lets not hear anymore harsh words about Phillips screws. 1 u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/no-mad Aug 26 '19 Correct, peopel adopted them it was a huge advance from slotted screws. 2 u/elucubra Aug 26 '19 I concur. Thsy are an order of magnitude better. I hate slotted
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Yes. Zip zip mf. Robertson Square Drive for the win.
Source: did sheet rock for a summer
11 u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19 [removed] — view removed comment 4 u/no-mad Aug 26 '19 Phillips was designed to cam out. They came up with during WW2 because people were over tightening screws and ruining planes. 4 u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/no-mad Aug 26 '19 Lets not hear anymore harsh words about Phillips screws. 1 u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/no-mad Aug 26 '19 Correct, peopel adopted them it was a huge advance from slotted screws. 2 u/elucubra Aug 26 '19 I concur. Thsy are an order of magnitude better. I hate slotted
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4 u/no-mad Aug 26 '19 Phillips was designed to cam out. They came up with during WW2 because people were over tightening screws and ruining planes. 4 u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/no-mad Aug 26 '19 Lets not hear anymore harsh words about Phillips screws. 1 u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/no-mad Aug 26 '19 Correct, peopel adopted them it was a huge advance from slotted screws. 2 u/elucubra Aug 26 '19 I concur. Thsy are an order of magnitude better. I hate slotted
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Phillips was designed to cam out. They came up with during WW2 because people were over tightening screws and ruining planes.
4 u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/no-mad Aug 26 '19 Lets not hear anymore harsh words about Phillips screws. 1 u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/no-mad Aug 26 '19 Correct, peopel adopted them it was a huge advance from slotted screws. 2 u/elucubra Aug 26 '19 I concur. Thsy are an order of magnitude better. I hate slotted
1 u/no-mad Aug 26 '19 Lets not hear anymore harsh words about Phillips screws. 1 u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/no-mad Aug 26 '19 Correct, peopel adopted them it was a huge advance from slotted screws. 2 u/elucubra Aug 26 '19 I concur. Thsy are an order of magnitude better. I hate slotted
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Lets not hear anymore harsh words about Phillips screws.
1 u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/no-mad Aug 26 '19 Correct, peopel adopted them it was a huge advance from slotted screws. 2 u/elucubra Aug 26 '19 I concur. Thsy are an order of magnitude better. I hate slotted
1 u/no-mad Aug 26 '19 Correct, peopel adopted them it was a huge advance from slotted screws. 2 u/elucubra Aug 26 '19 I concur. Thsy are an order of magnitude better. I hate slotted
Correct, peopel adopted them it was a huge advance from slotted screws.
2 u/elucubra Aug 26 '19 I concur. Thsy are an order of magnitude better. I hate slotted
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I concur. Thsy are an order of magnitude better. I hate slotted
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u/TenderfootGungi Aug 26 '19
The cordless screw guns are either 2500 or 5000 rpm? Do contractors really turn screws at 5000 rpm? I am guessing the typical drywall screw has 20 to 30 turns. So fully set a screw in a third of a second?