Did you know that the humble slotted screwdriver was called a Turnscrew?
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Re: Screwdriver
Did not...must have been named by someone with dyslexia...shouldn't it have been "screwturner"...?Herb Stoops wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 10:58 am Did you know that the humble slotted screwdriver was called a Turnscrew?
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I thought it was always called the most dangerous tool in the shop...Herb Stoops wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 10:58 am Did you know that the humble slotted screwdriver was called a Turnscrew?
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Since the turnscrew cannot turn the screw by itself, then the person or item turning the screw must be the screwturner,i,e. "How many screws could a screwturner screw if a screwturner could turns screws"?
So that leads to the question, does a screwturner must have a turnscrew to turn screws, or is he screwed? The answer is no, as an old carpenter once said screws are to be pounded in and screwed out.
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that is reserved for slotted screws....Herb Stoops wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 12:09 pm as an old carpenter once said screws are to be pounded in and screwed out.
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Probably from the French word for one. Tourne a vis which literally means turn the screw.Herb Stoops wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 10:58 am Did you know that the humble slotted screwdriver was called a Turnscrew?
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We usually just toss those and replace them with Robertsons. Why aggravate yourself on purpose?Stick486 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 12:25 pmthat is reserved for slotted screws....Herb Stoops wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 12:09 pm as an old carpenter once said screws are to be pounded in and screwed out.
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Good question. You mean Hokie, he was her chauffeur he was driving her Caddy.
I worked with an old carpenter once that was putting rough posts and beams together. He drove the lag screws in with a small sledge hammer and took a crescent wrench and gave them a quarter turn.
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Bet ya can't do that with drywall screws...Herb Stoops wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 10:50 pm He drove the lag screws in with a small sledge hammer and took a crescent wrench and gave them a quarter turn.
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I guess you evidently have never seen Denver Drywall's crews in action...
skip the quarter turn though...
and then there's their trick of using a felt tip to simulate installed screws... the up high ones or where they're hard to install...
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Re: Screwdriver
I have heard of gearheads,but this is first time I have heard of screwheads.LOL
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