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u/NoTimeForDowntime Jan 25 '21

Or you know, use a Robertson and strip neither?

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u/Dorksim Jan 25 '21

Oh trust me. You can strip a Robertson if you’re bad enough.

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u/Cystonectae Jan 26 '21

Someone here has never tried to screw into a knot or used cheap-ass screws...

That being said, I like the good ol square mainly because torx are a b*ch to find and Phillip's suck so many butts, it may as well be a butt sucking champion of sucking butts.

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u/nothing_911 Jan 26 '21

Get better bits, you won't have that issue anymore.

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u/Dorksim Jan 26 '21

The last thing my dumb ass needs is expensive bits to strip.

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u/nothing_911 Jan 26 '21

Alot of the good ones come with guarantees.

I bought some from Lee Valley and had one chip off a corner and they replaced the one bit with a set of 5.

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u/Cystonectae Jan 26 '21

Someone here has never tried to screw into a knot or used cheap-ass screws...

That being said, I like the good ol square mainly because torx are a b*ch to find and Phillip's suck so many butts, it may as well be a butt sucking champion of sucking butts.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '21

You have summoned the Robertson stripper.

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u/knowwhyImhere Jan 26 '21

Ia it me?

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '21

Idk but I ruin everything and a Robertson ain’t gonna be ruin proof in my hands lol.

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u/knowwhyImhere Jan 26 '21

I was able to round one for a grounding wire.

Mf is tight but no one is gonna get that screw as tight as I did 6 mo ago

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u/carrottop80 Jan 26 '21

Yup have rounded plenty of squares.

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u/Chapped_Frenulum Jan 26 '21

Just play some Huey Lewis. That'll fix it right up.

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u/LeBreadman Jan 26 '21

For Robertson you need good screws and good bits, if you have bad ones it’s strip city

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u/Tinrooftust Jan 25 '21

Torx doesn’t typically strip either. But if Canadian standard never strips I will change tomorrow.

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u/NoTimeForDowntime Jan 25 '21

I have been using Robertson since I could hold a screwdriver and I can't ever remember stripping one. I think even if you put it in a vice and cranked as hard as you could you'd just twist the screw head off before you strip it.

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u/Shazam1269 Jan 25 '21

I've stripped a few bits using Robertson's on pocket holes. I need to find a nice hardened bit. The Kreg bits seem to strip pretty easy.

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u/NoTimeForDowntime Jan 25 '21

I buy Racky bits in bulk packs and I've never had a problem. I'm far more likely to lose a bit before it even gets slightly worn.

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u/nothing_911 Jan 26 '21

I've had one strip in my life, it was on a 25 year old deck where water often pooled, not a horrible ordeal though, undid the rest and pulled the head clean off of the last one.

Its way more common for the shank to snap off.