On Dec 15, 2025, at 4:00 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
> The RK05 manual (similar pack) says to turn
the screws backwards until you
> can feel they are in the original threads before screwing them in.
On Mon, 15 Dec 2025, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote:
This is common practice for every screw and
material (wood, metal, plastic etc.).
It is a sad comment on our society that there could be a need to tell people.
Are there really people who were not taught that the first time that they encountered a
threaded fastener?
Well... I remember growing up my father told me that some people think a hammer is a
suitable tool for inserting a wood screw. Apparently in Holland this practice is known as
"American screw driving". Hmmm...
paul