I was screwing outdoors today. What a frustrating screw that was!

[Art Mann]

Sun beating on my back, sweat dripping off my face, and my driver keeps slipping out of the slot.

Just installing new doorbell buzzers for a rental property. All the buzzers come with tiny slot head screws, the most frustrating kind invented. You know, like this:


Why are slot head screws even manufactured any more, when Robertson and Phillips head screws are so far superior?

Not that these particular doorbell ringers are of any great value, but they do come looking lovely in brushed nickel finish.

Now they have scratched nickel finish.

 

[King Kong]

LMAO

 

[Duracell]

How many Nw-ph did it take to hold the ladder and how many to screw it on.

OK, bad joke.

 

[tboy]

Since screwing is my business, I couldn't agree more. The pox on companies that still provide slot screws. I can understand back in the day when hand cut screws were the norm and that was the only head they could make but really, there is NO use whatsoever for them anymore.

Word of advice however, you must get the right sized head screwdriver to have any success with them.......

 

[Cap'N Crunch]

Who is giving out free screws :neutral:

 

[Nothingtodo]

Who is giving out free screws :neutral:

Nothing is free. Pay before or after but you will pay.

 

[tboy]

Cliff Robertson and Gerald Ford?????

Speaking about names:

I call my sledge hammer Percy, after Percy Sledge
I call my spade bits, African Canadian Bits because, well, spade is a derogatory word!!!
Whenever I use my Forstner bits I can't help but say to myself "RUN forstner RUN" lol....
I call the tool bag that holds all my cordless tools "the green monster" because it weighs about 50 or 60 lbs when full.....
When I'm using a red robertson bit I hum "red red robbie goes bop bop bopping along...." lol

Yeah, I get a little bored on the jobsite sometimes lol.....

 

[Art Mann]

Guess that qualifies you as a humdinger.:he:

 

[Luvasian]

I guess we could be thankful SP's are slots and not robertson's ! Or should we?:???::666:

 

[tboy]

LOL I found some to be more allen or hex heads than slots lol.........just thank god they are SECURITY allen heads.........

allenallenallenallenallenallen...heheheh

 

[tboy]

btw, I remembered another name I use:

I call my random orbital sander Colonel...after Colonel Sander(s)....lol.....

 

[Jesus Quintana]

 

[tboy]

lol I never get tired of that......

 

[Art Mann]

Say, tboy, have you ever read House, by Tracy Kidder?

It's a fascinating read, with meticulous attention to the details of construction, which I think you'd appreciate.

House by Tracy Kidder is the compelling true story of the construction of a home in Massachusetts. More than 300 pages describe the evolution of the design, the negotiations with builders, the ground breaking, and the roof raising. But, don't look to this book for floor plans or building instructions. Instead, author Tracy Kidder focuses on the human aspirations and struggles behind the project.
Facts That Read Like Fiction
Tracy Kidder is a journalist who is renown for his literary nonfiction. His books include the best-selling Soul of a New Machine, Home Town, Old Friends, and Among School Children. When Kidder worked on House, he immersed himself into the lives of the key players, listening to their squabbles and recording minute details of their lives.
The result is a non-fiction work that reads like a novel. As the tale unfolds, we meet the clients, the carpenters, and the architect. We eavesdrop on their conversations, learn about their families, and peek into their dreams and self-doubts. Personalities often clash. The complex dynamics are dramatized in five sections, spanning from the signing of the contract to the moving day and the uneasy final negotiations.

https://architecture.about.com/od/productreviews/fr/house.htm

 

[tboy]

good one art, I might just order that.....sounds like a good read....

Although I can garner what some of the things the book entails. One of which is the customer/writer's nonunderstanding that any change, no matter how small, only delays finishing by a factor of x.

I just finished a 900 sq ft deck and the customers (mainly the wife) was complaining that it was taking so long. I told the husband "but you added 4 weeks worth of stuff", umm no we didn't?

1) Hidden fasteners: that added 1 1/2 weeks x 2 men = 3 weeks.
2) Wiring: 4 times we had to stop work because the husband added wiring for LEDs, outlets, and speakers. 2 whole days worked stopped completely while we ran wires.
3) LED lights in the railing posts: this added 2 full man days
4) I had just finished the pergola over the hot tub and the wife wanted privacy walls added. 2 full days
5) I had just finished the privacy walls and the husband saw movable louvers and wanted them added: 1 full day
6) Two days after I finished the privacy walls, the wife went to a friend's place and they had this lift system for the hot tub cover. Wifey wanted that so we had to basically demo one privacy wall and when I asked her to find the manufacturer of the system, she got all snippy. 2 guys, 4 hrs each = 1 day
7) The wife decided she wanted a bar added to the pergola around the tub: 1 1/2 full days
8) I went to finish the skirting and the husband was supposed to run even more wiring by the time I returned, he didn't. That added 1 day

But in their mind "they didn't add anything that would cause any delays"...........