If you've ever mistakenly grabbed the Phillips head screwdriver when you needed a flat head, you've probably asked yourself why there are different types of screws. Let's start at the beginning.

Engineers and manufacturers looking to reduce tension and extend the service life of machines and systems now find a solution in norelem’s flat head screw with tolerance compensation. Used to connect ...

I've come up dry at the local screw & fastener supplier as well. <BR><BR>What I need is a 6-32 flathead phillips that's 0.20-0.30" long, and has an 0.19-0.20" diameter head. (Or head sizes of 5mm ...

This distinction is key, as one cannot rotate a flat-head screw with a cross-patterned Phillips head tool nor use a flat-head driver with a Phillips screw. But why have two different kinds of ...

So it’s only now that they’re in common use again. Flat head screws could be made with a slitting saw, hack saw, or file. The flat-head screw, at the time, was the cheapest to make and had ...

Different screws have different types of drive heads. The most common are Phillips head and flat head, but there are also torx or star drive screws, as well as allen key varieties. Depending on ...

Try one with a smaller or larger tip or blade. If you have a stripped Phillips-head screw, try using a small flat-head screwdriver to remove it. To be prepared, Perez suggests having a range of ...