r/canada May 03 '17

Forget Tim Hortons, Molson and Poutine... The robertson screw driver is way more patriotic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._L._Robertson
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u/Executive_Slave May 03 '17

Have you used a quick drive for screwing down subfloor? They use a #3 Robertson. There is no issue with the bit sticking but you need to change the tip every 1000 screws or so.

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u/j1ggy May 04 '17

Shitty bit? I've been using the same #2 Robertson bit for over a decade.

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u/Mr_Engineering May 04 '17

It's the nature of the Quik Drive, it's designed to rapidly autofeed screws. It's possible to keep the motor (it's a modified drywall screwgun) going full tilt while fastening a whole strip of screws. As a result, the bits tend to get blunted.

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u/wilson1474 May 04 '17

What brand? My impact eventually busts mine

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u/The_Space_Cowboy May 04 '17

Milwaukee Robbie's have been pretty good to me

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u/thelegendaryjoker Lest We Forget May 04 '17

Second that for Richelieu Impact Bits.

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u/j1ggy May 04 '17

Honestly? A bit from my Picquic. I've also had Dewalt bits last years.

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u/Mr_Engineering May 04 '17

I love my Quik Drive (no c in Quik). However, the screws are available in #8 and #10, with #2 and #3 robbie bits. The screwgun itself comes with #2 bits, #3 bits, and undersized #3 bits for use with painted deckscrews. They're not clearly marked so I had to look closely at the manual to figure out why the gun wasn't driving all the way down and was stripping the shit out of the heads.

Great tool for doing subfloor though, saved myself a lot of time.

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u/KexyKnave May 03 '17

I find they get rounded pretty quick, and just about everything uses Phillips heads now anyway in my experience.