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Re:Robertson vs. Torx screw drives (2021) by OJFord on Monday July 04, 2022 @07:00AM (#31975727)
> I have never seen a square (Robertson?) screw in the wild, I assume that's regional.

Almost exclusively Canadian I believe.

You can get them though, I bought a Kreg pocket hole jig in the UK which came with some for some reason, and had no problem getting bits for them (Amazon I think).

I'd never seen them (IRL) before that either.

Re:Robertson vs. Torx screw drives (2021) by tonyarkles on Monday July 04, 2022 @12:09PM (#31978609)
They’re absolutely everywhere in Canada, so much so that it’s easy to forget that they’re not used everywhere. As a curiosity for anyone non-Canadian, if you were going to go to the hardware store and get screws to screw together some dimensional lumber (e.g. 2x4s), what kind of drive would you expect to find? I’m not even sure if I could find 3” wood screws here that aren’t Robertson.
Re:Robertson vs. Torx screw drives (2021) by OJFord on Monday July 04, 2022 @12:38PM (#31978981)
Standard would be pozidriv, probably PZ2. You could certainly get torx if you preferred though (or Phillips or flat, if you really hate yourself!) - UK.
Re:Robertson vs. Torx screw drives (2021) by manfre on Monday July 04, 2022 @08:26AM (#31976298)
They're readily available in the US as well. I've mostly used them with pocket holes.