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I agree I would rather use the square drive option rather than phillips. Now if Klein would make a Robertson driver. Or do they? I haven't looked on their site but I haven't seen them at the suppply house.
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Here you go Hal they have a bunch of them.
Bob Badger Construction & Maintenance Electrician Massachusetts
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Of course they do. I use em everyday. They are the long shaft type with the excellent rubber handle. I have a "red" robbie and a "green" robbie. These are the best screwdrivers on the market.
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back in the eightys my forman called them canadian head screws and until this post i never had a manufacturer or inventors name to put to these screws. ive found them used on some of the switchgear at tropicana. the #2 robertson is the most common one ive found in use thanks for the info...
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I've come across these Robertson-head screws before- in fact, someone used them to anchor a handy box in my basement which I needed to replace. Never knew until now that they had a Canadian origin; this might explain why they were used since I live about five miles south of the border. I agree with the other comments- they are indeed a GREAT screw-head type to use unless you actually need the "cam-out" feature of the Phillips head.
No wire bias here- I'm standing on neutral ground.
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Paul, do you remember GKN Supadriv screws? Yes, I remember them being around. Does anyone still make them?
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I just had a look at some online vendors and Stanley amongst others are selling combination Pozi/Supadriv screw drivers although I can't see any vendors in the UK for the screws, possibly gone the way of Betamax vcr's
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There is actually an R0 too
They often are colour coded: R0 Yellow R1 Green R2 Red R3 Black
They are often used for furniture assembly in Canadian factories.
I use them to attach things to wood, although I use drywall screws often to (with a #2 phillips bit, which is almost always in my screw-gun)
Canadian made appliances also use R2 screws to hold themselves together.
Most electrical devices (Switches and recepticles), us R1, larger stuff R2, and the screws I use to attach electrical boxes use R2 screws.
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