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1. Screwdriving (score: 1): Author: Ken Landaiche <ken.landaiche@dlcc.com>; Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 11:40:05 -0800; Last week I tried to drive some four inch deck screws into studs to hold some 2.5" furring strips. even with pilot holes, I kept getting near the end when the bit would slip out of the philips slot a; /html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00147.html (7,446 bytes)
2. RE: Screwdriving (score: 1): Author: "Gerald Brazil" <gerrybraz@voyager.net>; Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 14:53:44 -0500; I've found that the screws with a square recess instead of Phillips head are less likely to jump out. Also, remember that those bits need to be replaced occasionally. GJB; /html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00148.html (7,399 bytes)
3. Re: Screwdriving (score: 1): Author: Mike Lee - Team Banana Racing <mikel@ichips.intel.com>; Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 11:55:36 -0800; Ken, I bought some "bit grip" compound at a swap meet some time ago; looks like the same stuff that Sears sells. You coat the tip of the bit with it, and it provides some extra friction, preventing; /html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00149.html (8,089 bytes)
4. Re: Screwdriving (score: 1): Author: jniolon@uss.com; Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 14:00 -0400 (EDT); lubrication......drag them over a bar of soap good before you drive them. You might also try square drive...they offer a little better grip. Last week I tried to drive some four inch deck screws into; /html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00150.html (7,753 bytes)
5. RE: Screwdriving (score: 1): Author: bob bownes <rbownes@neworks.net>; Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 15:39:39 -0500; Old trick taught to me by my mother of all people.... soap up the screw. She used to drive it into a bar of dial, but later in life has taken to dipping it in liquid detergent. Take care to keep the; /html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00151.html (7,319 bytes)
6. RE: Screwdriving (score: 1): Author: Ron Madurski <rmadurski@drd.com>; Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 15:03:31 -0600; Pilot holes are also a good thing to use. Pilot holes and soap (I use dishsoap) together work wonders. lubrication......drag them over a bar of soap good before you drive them. You might also try squ; /html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00152.html (8,091 bytes)
7. RE: Screwdriving (score: 1): Author: Ken Landaiche <ken.landaiche@dlcc.com>; Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 14:01:00 -0800; Yes, my dad taught me that one for driving screws by hand. I didn't think of using it for a power driver. It seems to me (scratching his head) that contractors, who use a lot of screws, wouldn't have; /html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00153.html (7,920 bytes)
8. Re: Screwdriving (score: 1): Author: Mike Lee - Team Banana Racing <mikel@ichips.intel.com>; Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 16:22:31 -0800; You can buy pre-coated screws; they are coated with some material (plastic?) that melts as you drive them in, forming the lube. The screws I mentioned have this coating, and can be used with either; /html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00158.html (8,574 bytes)
9. Re: Screwdriving (score: 1): Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>; Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 18:37:46 -0600; Ken, I had the same experience while rebuilding 60 feet of 1 x 4 alternate side paling fence last spring . . .I finally flung my phillips head screws in the trash and bought a box of the square drive; /html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00159.html (8,151 bytes)
10. RE: Screwdriving (score: 1): Author: Ken Landaiche <ken.landaiche@dlcc.com>; Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 17:24:20 -0800; I know what you mean about old fasteners. A few weeks ago I took apart some of my old Wedgewood stove to replace a cast iron foot. It used slotted screws (remember those?) and square nuts located in; /html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00161.html (7,573 bytes)
11. RE: Screwdriving (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 19:16:00 -0500; No local contractor would be caught dead driving a screw. Power staplers, even for framing and sheetrock. When they can't get a staple big enough, they use nailguns powered by .22 blanks. I don't th; /html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00162.html (7,874 bytes)

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