It is confusing
Several places advertised screwdriver set which had one crosspoint and two
or more phillips screwdrivers in the same set. The Pollicis SETS sold by
Micro-Tools come in a 4pc set marked phillips or a different 4pc set marked
JIS Type S. Their JIS set should be a good bet.
I think Walt posted a link a year or two ago which had pictures many of the
different styles of screwdriver tips (but not JIS crosspoint). I think it
was
http://www.lara.com/reviews/screwtypes.htm
About the only description I found is at (search for JIS, it is halfway
down)
http://www.answers.com/topic/screw
It seems the key difference between phillips and JIS is that the phillips
head was designed to cam out the driver (for electric drivers). Yet many
phillips screwdrivers are advertised as resisting cam out.
You're surely right about the naming being inconsistant. How about "Ames'
Professional JIS Phillips Green Handle Screwdrivers"
http://www.amessupply.com/products1.cfm?aid=1&cid=D&sid=DE&fid=1404070
Of course many phillips drivers are also called Xpt.
-jeff
----Original Message Follows----
From: Mike <watershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
The dearth of crosspoint drivers could be due to catalogs incorrectly
labeling them 'philips'. e.g. this LeeValley set.
<http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=3&cat=1,43411,43417,49733&p=49733>
While labeled 'Philips' it is clearly a crosspoint set. The clue is that
the tips are listed as #1, #0, and #00. A true #1 philips tip is way too
big to be practical in this set. My lousy scan shows a #0 philips point
(silver) and a #1 xpt (black) for comparison.
<http://www.interisland.net/watershed/mike/crosspoint.JPG>
Another clue that they are incorrectly listed is that the xpt shown in
the scan was from another LeeValley set I purchased a couple of years
ago also labled 'philips'. (and a nice set it is too by the way,
recommended, however the slotted tips aren't of much use)
Mike
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