"It is both larger and heavier than a Leatherman ... You could just use this and buy a new one if you were to lose it every ...

Phillips screws were fast and easy to drive in, as opposed to slotted screws, which were—and are—painstakingly slow and difficult to install. As electric and pneumatic screwdrivers became more ...

Standardized screw heads and screwdrivers emerged later. Early screws used either a slotted head or some sort of square or octagonal drive. As screw production increased, slotted drives became ...

Early screwdrivers had pear-shaped handles and were made for slotted screws. Metal screws as we know them today have been in use since at least the 15 th century for cabinetry work and to secure ...

In 1933, Phillips obtained the rights to a socket screw invented by John Thompson that had a cross-slotted rather than slit head. To turn the screw, one had to use a tool that resembled an arrow ...

Compared to torx screws, you may still experience some slippage when drilling Phillips-heads, but certainly less than a slotted head. So you've got a screw that you're reasonably sure your drill ...

In those days, if you wanted to drive a screw into a hole, you just grabbed the right-size slotted screwdriver and did the deed. The only thing you needed to puzzle over was the size. Too big ...

Not much is known about Thompson, Allen said, describing him simply as a laborer who grew frustrated with the conventional slotted screw and thought there had to be a better approach. So he ...

As anyone who has driven in a flathead screw can testify, slotted screws need to be centered in their hole and the screwdriver aligned with the head before pressure can be applied. With a Phillips ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If someone grabbed a random screw from a woodworking shop and asked you to identify it, what would you say? If you just said, "it's a ...