I told my partner of your response, and he has seen the chewed edges on round head screws too. Cool. Does this happen to stainless screws too? I am guess that the stainless steel screws will be harder on the driver over time. I am working on CAD dwgs for a chassis assembly. The company this...
Thank you very much for your response. It is interesting. The slot is deeper on the round head, even tho rounded, so I kinda expect the driver to stay seated into the slot better. Does the ANSI std point this out as why they do not recommend round head screws, do you know? Does your comment...
I am trying to learn about why the Machinerys Handbook has a note at the foot of the Slotted Round Head Machine Screws table 12 stating "Not recommended, use Pan Head machine screws." So far I have not had access to the ANSI document itself. I am seeing this on page 1502 of edition...
