Flathead is great. It is most flthead screwdrives that suck. Treat yourself to a parallel groud screw driver and you will change your tune.
note that I said screwdriver note bit. Flathead must be driven by hand. With the right pilot hole this isn’t hard. In proffessional settings they demand the speed and process reduction from self tapping power driven screws but I’m not in that situation.
Nah. Even with a the correctly sized bit on a manual screwdriver it’s a pain. One hand drives the tool, the second is playing hand twister trying to ensure perfect axial alignment of the tool:fastener:workpiece interface. Plus it is terrible at ‘holding’ fasteners in place on the bit before insertion, even Phillips heads are okay at that when not magnetized.
Unless you physically cannot fit a more complex head geometry on the fastener because it’s super small, we have better options nowadays.
Sounds like you have never used a good flathead screwdriver. Most of them are cheaply made and so have that problem. With a good flathead screwdriver that problem doesn’t exist (they don’t need to be in axial alignment). I’ve had the pleasure of using a good flathead screwdriver exactly once in my life - even the expensive ones are typically made wrong and have all the problems you state.
Flathead is great. It is most flthead screwdrives that suck. Treat yourself to a parallel groud screw driver and you will change your tune.
note that I said screwdriver note bit. Flathead must be driven by hand. With the right pilot hole this isn’t hard. In proffessional settings they demand the speed and process reduction from self tapping power driven screws but I’m not in that situation.
Nah. Even with a the correctly sized bit on a manual screwdriver it’s a pain. One hand drives the tool, the second is playing hand twister trying to ensure perfect axial alignment of the tool:fastener:workpiece interface. Plus it is terrible at ‘holding’ fasteners in place on the bit before insertion, even Phillips heads are okay at that when not magnetized.
Unless you physically cannot fit a more complex head geometry on the fastener because it’s super small, we have better options nowadays.
Sounds like you have never used a good flathead screwdriver. Most of them are cheaply made and so have that problem. With a good flathead screwdriver that problem doesn’t exist (they don’t need to be in axial alignment). I’ve had the pleasure of using a good flathead screwdriver exactly once in my life - even the expensive ones are typically made wrong and have all the problems you state.