On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, Matt Liggett wrote:
> At Thu, 07 Nov 1996 03:54:28 -0500, Trevor Boicey writes:
> > Worth mentioning to this is the Robertson screwdriver.
> >
> > It's sort of a Canadianism. As best I heard the legend, it's
> > a patented system that apparently the rest of the world wasn't
> > interested in paying the patent rights for. I've only been
> > able to verify it's absence in the US, but it's bizarre.
>
> These are available at atleast one hardware store in my town
> (Bloomington, Indiana, USA). They are also available from a mail-order
> company called McFeely's. Very useful, though they are primarily used
> in woodworking applications. They also have a small following in the US
> furniture and mobile home trades. >
Small following in the US mobile home trade? If this is the same one
with the little square hole in the screw head, its not a small following
at all. Every camping and travel trailer I have ever been in is littered
with them. And I almost never see one anywhere else. My dad bought a
24" Coachmen trailer used. The only tool it came with was a
square-tipped screwdriver a kitchen drawer. We were careful not to lose it.
I'll bet people in Elkhart, Indiana know what they are.
Phil Ethier <ethier@freenet.msp.mn.us>
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