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D_E_Bishop's avatar
D_E_Bishop
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Oct 14, 2016

I need help finding a post!

I am a little confused on when I saw the post on a special type of screwdriver listed on ebay. The set was two drivers a #1 and a #2 and was kind of expensive but reasonable considering it's use.

I thought that MEXICOWANDERER was the OP but a search of his posts did not bring up anything. Subject was about the screws found on fuse blocks and being multipurpose for using square, flat blade or Phillips or this other kind of driver.

I would like to print it out as there is some really good information in the thread that can be used in teaching kids about screwdrivers and selecting the correct style.

Any help including if you did a search and found the post, what you searched for.
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  • Harvard's avatar
    Harvard
    Explorer
    Oct 14, 2016
    As I recall the screw driver in question is called a Robertson but I too could not find the post.
  • nevadanick's avatar
    nevadanick
    Explorer
    Oct 14, 2016
    Will this help https://www.wonkeedonkeetools.co.uk/screwdriver-bits/selecting-the-correct-screwdriver-bit-for-the-screw/
  • 2oldman's avatar
    2oldman
    Explorer II
    Oct 14, 2016
    Did you post in the thread? I searched for all manner of 'fuse block', ebay, screwdriver, http.. no luck so far.
  • pulsar's avatar
    pulsar
    Explorer
    Oct 14, 2016
    If the thread that Trackrig linked to is the one your are looking for, the reason it can't be found with the forum search engine is that it is more than a year old and the forum no longer properly archive thread.

    More specifically, if a thread is more than a year old and was posted after April 29, 2013, the search engine will not find it. The 2013 date is when the archiving process broke. (One might think that it could have been fixed by now.)

    I'm sure Trackrig found it with another search engine, probably Google.

    Tom
  • D_E_Bishop's avatar
    D_E_Bishop
    Explorer
    Oct 14, 2016
    First a thank you to Trackrig, that is the post, now that Tom(Pulsar) jogged my memory, I was searching for something in the archives and that must be where I saw the post.

    Tom, thanks for your insight, I didn't even consider that I might have seen it there.

    For what it is worth, I am an electrician and you don't see those screws a whole lot in residential or traffic signal equipment and fixtures. I do keep the square drives in my RV as well as at home but now I'll look for the Pozidrive.

    Thanks again guys, David
  • Trackrig's avatar
    Trackrig
    Explorer II
    Oct 14, 2016
    pulsar wrote:
    If the thread that Trackrig linked to is the one your are looking for, the reason it can't be found with the forum search engine is that it is more than a year old and the forum no longer properly archive thread.

    More specifically, if a thread is more than a year old and was posted after April 29, 2013, the search engine will not find it. The 2013 date is when the archiving process broke. (One might think that it could have been fixed by now.)

    I'm sure Trackrig found it with another search engine, probably Google.

    Tom


    Yes, I used Google by searching on MEXICOWANDERER SCREWDRIVER. I find Google a lot better for searching this forum than the forum's search function.

    It is interesting that since this is an old post, that David and I both saw it in the last little while - that's how I knew what he was talking about. I didn't realize it was an older post.

    Bill
  • 2oldman's avatar
    2oldman
    Explorer II
    Oct 14, 2016
    Good job. I'll have to remember to use Google as there are many old posts that are invisible to this search engine.
  • SCVJeff's avatar
    SCVJeff
    Explorer
    Oct 14, 2016
    I thought the Posidrives were essentially a Phillips with the little tongs in-between?
    This looks like a Phillips with one polarity wider and extending to the edge of the screw?
  • Boon_Docker's avatar
    Boon_Docker
    Explorer III
    Oct 14, 2016
    D.E.Bishop wrote:


    I thought that MEXICOWANDERER was the OP but a search of his posts did not bring up anything. Subject was about the screws found on fuse blocks and being multipurpose for using square, flat blade or Phillips or this other kind of driver.


    The other screwdriver Mex was talking about was the JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard).
    That thread got deleted because someone thought that Mex was sluring the Chinese, because of a company name he mentioned..

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