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This is "screwy"
Maybe I need a short break from woodworking. I got an email from McFeelys with "A guide to woodworking screws" and I read it!☺
PS how do you spell screwy or is it screwey? Whatever it is, I'm reminded of an article I read a long time ago in Fine Woodworking about glue.
Woodworking can lead us to some pretty obscure subjects
Dennis
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My internet comes with a handy dictionary or two. Or 50.Originally Posted by dennis thompson
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screwy
screwy adjective ˈskrü-ē
screwier; screwiest
Definition
1 : crazily absurd, eccentric, or unusual
2 : crazy, insane
Synonyms
bizarre, bizarro, cranky, crazy, curious, eccentric, erratic, far-out, funky, funny, kinky, kooky (also kookie), odd, off-kilter, off-the-wall, offbeat, out-of-the-way, outlandish, outré, peculiar, quaint, queer, queerish, quirky, remarkable, rum [chiefly British], spaced-out, strange, wacky (also whacky), way-out, weird, weirdo, wild
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I did read the history of the Robertson screw head. That was several pages. I learned it was earlier then the Phillips by several decades and The fall of the Russian Empire stopped it's worldwide ambitions. Cadillac was the first car to use phllips screws.
Bill D
https://www.snotr.com/video/21031/Ro...he_Screwdriver
Last edited by Bill Dufour; 06-29-2020 at 10:39 AM.
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You tease us, but don't provide a link?
Obscure? Possibly. Silly? Maybe. However, learning something about hardware definitely bumped my craftsmanship up a notch.
"A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg".
– Samuel Butler
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It has never bothered me to take a little time to read something.
If it is absolutely boring, it may reward me with a nap.
jtk
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
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