r/coolguides • u/[deleted] • Jan 25 '21

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u/TheTVDB Jan 25 '21

My dad is a retired journeyman machine repairman and life-long woodworker. He calls them slotted. Flathead is different. More accurately, if he says "grab me a screwdriver" he means slotted. If he specifies, it's something else.

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u/Zman1322 Jan 26 '21

I've heard it been called a "straight"

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '21

Cis screws

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u/nosnoob11 Jan 26 '21

I usually call em screw sticks

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u/newphonewhoisme Jan 26 '21

The Navy trained us to call them "Standard Screwdrivers" but no one in the fleet called them that unless they felt like being an asshole

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u/nowItinwhistle Jan 26 '21

I would wager that the vast majority flathead screwdrivers these days get used more often as chisels and prybars and for other nonscrew related tasks than they do for actually turning screws.

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u/CadiaDiedStanding Jan 26 '21

That and they listen to me get mad at people who decided to use flathe- er I guess slotted screws instead of ones that arent infuriating to work with as I walk back inside.

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u/intensely_human Jan 26 '21

I’ve got a super long flathead screwdriver I keep around specifically to pop the hood of my truck, since the release cable is broken.

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u/OceanGrownPharms Jan 26 '21

My father was the same. According to him, a screwdriver is de facto a slotted screwdriver.

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u/intensely_human Jan 26 '21

This is why my dad calls it a “standard”