On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Dan Lau wrote:
> Moose, what do you mean by "cross-point screws, not phillips"?
> I believe in the US, most "cross-point" screws are called
> Phillips screws. You are not implying that a special tool is
> needed (other than a small Phillops screw driver) to remove
> the bottom plate, are you? Confused mind wants to know.
Yes, cross-point screws are not the same as phillips screws. You may be
able to remove a cross-point screw with a phillips driver, but you run the
risk of damaging the screw. There are two key differences between a
cross-point driver and a phillips driver. A cross point has a flat bottom
whereas a phillips ends in a point. In addition, the pitch of the blades
are somewhat different between the two. Sometimes you can get away with
grinding away the tip of a phillips driver to make it fit better. It'll
probably work for 990f cross-point screws, but it'll fail at the worst
time, when the screw is really tight. That's when the head gets stripped,
then you're really screwed (pun intended :-).
-mark
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