The Phillips head screw was one of the worst inventions
ever if the screw is stuck or the user does not know how to size the
screwdriver
or uses a cheap screwdriver. The mobile home and I think the RV
industry here
in the states uses lots of the Robertson type screws. I like the
Robertson's
better than the Allen screws. I own a set of Robertson's. Had
to
repair an item at work that had them. The Torx type
are pretty good too.
73
Randy KB8ASO
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave
McClafferty
To: TenTec@contesting.com ;Randy
Randall
Sent: 3/11/02 16:44:24
Subject: Re: [TenTec] (no subject)
I have worked on radios of just about every make. The worst screws are
on
Icom radios. There is usually at least one Phillips head stripped on
any
radio that's been apart. Some day the rest of the world is going catch on
to
a great Canadian invention, the Robertson (square) screw
head.
Dave, VE1ADH
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Randall" randallr@Healthall.com
To: TenTec@contesting.com
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 4:44 PM
Subject: [TenTec] (no subject)
I know how to put self taping or self threading screws back
in. I own and
use a torque scrwedriver. ( A job in my former life required me
to use one
to prevent snaping off nylon screws. ) The trick of turning the screw
in
reverse until the thread drops back into the original grove is not
unknown
to me either. The small inexpensive MFJ (MFJ?!) 9420 uses PIM
nuts on its
case. If MFJ can do it ( and they are known for cutting just
about every
corner known to modern quality control. ), why not TenTec? If
Icom,
Kenwood, Yeasu, my el'cheapo $59.00 no name throw a way VCR use
machine
screws to hold the cabinet on among other things, so should
TenTec. If
machine screws were not needed, you can bet they would not be used by
Yaecomwood and others.
Randy KB8ASO
p.s. Get rid of the gold trim. Makes the thing
look like a $9.95 rent to
own stereo.
What a disappointment to see TenTec using the same
el'cheapo fasteners
that they used on the Jupiter.
I have an old Omni C, a five year old Omni VI Plus and an 18
month old
Pegasus. I have in the past had a Triton IV Digital
for five years and
the
great Argo 556 for about four years. On all these
radios I never
striped
one of the fasteners.
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