• @[email protected]
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    179 months ago

    You’ll call a Phillips a Phillips but not a Robertson a Robertson or an Allen an Allen, smh

    • @John_McMurray
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      29 months ago

      Those aren’t Robertson, they’re Square, it’s different, Robertson has a taper, square doesn’t.

      • @Skkorm
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        19 months ago

        In Canada, all square screws are called Robinson. If you go into a hardware store and ask for square head screws, the worker will correct you and say “the Robinsons are this way”.

        It’s just regional.

        • @John_McMurray
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          19 months ago

          They are literally two different things, and it’s Robertson, not Robinson. Yes, saying “square” in Canada will get you Robertson, as no one uses Square up north.