Re:Robertson vs. Torx screw drives (2021)
by lebuffon on Monday July 04, 2022 @08:56AM
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"I have never seen a square (Robertson?) screw in the wild, I assume that's regional."
The way I heard it was that Mr. Robertson gave his new screws to Henry Ford for testing. Ford wanted to use them but Robertson insisted on a royalty per screw. Ford would not agree to that so the deal failed. This is probably the reason they are a regional rather than an international screw. The entire electrical hardware industry uses square heads in Canada.
(Source: Probably CBC radio many decades ago (?) )
The way I heard it was that Mr. Robertson gave his new screws to Henry Ford for testing. Ford wanted to use them but Robertson insisted on a royalty per screw. Ford would not agree to that so the deal failed. This is probably the reason they are a regional rather than an international screw. The entire electrical hardware industry uses square heads in Canada.
(Source: Probably CBC radio many decades ago (?) )