5" floppy?.

[Tony Duell]

> Weird. I don't mind it with screws and stuff as generally they need to cross 
> borders less - it's a pain in the butt having to tweak anything that might 
> need to be printed for different markets, though.

You will probably have different feelings about this when you have to 
replace fixing hardware in a a foreign machine...

>From looking at catalogues, etc, it seems to be a lot easier to get 
metric nuts/bolts in the US than UNC ones in the UK (the latter is 
next-to-impossible!). I am seriously thinking of ordering an assortment 
of the latter from the States.

> 
> > Something I'd like to see is a serious effort to get rid of phillips
> > screws.  The damn things strip out easily, slip out easily, and require
> > considerable pushing.  Hex screws are okay, but when they get tiny, they
> > too will strip easily.  Square-head or torx would be best.
> 
> I noticed the other day that Home Depot sells hex screws - I almost stocked up 
> (rivets/nails are just a complete nightmare)! I don't mind Phillips if I know 
> the job and so know I'm not going to be putting too much torque on things.

I detest Phillips and Pozidriv screws. They always seem to strip or 'cam 
out' when you try to remove them. Admittedly some of the problems that 
people have come from using the wrong screwdriver (Phillips and Pozidriv 
are different tip shapes, and using the worng tool will cause damage to 
both the screw head and the tool) but I have both and use them appropriately.

My favourite has to be Torx. I have never had any problems with those.

-tony