In a message dated 8/16/05 10:17:42 AM, bueses@EARTHLINK.NET writes: << Westy also used screws w/ little "countersunk" washers to hold the plywood >> The correct name for this type of washer is "finish" washer. With each year, finish washers seem to be going the way of the slotted screw head and are becoming harder to find. The scarcity of both is a shame because a slotted head is far superior to a Phillips and, whenever a fastener needs to be exposed, a slotted oval head screw in a finish washer even looks better. Damn the inventor of the electric screw gun. I once had the occasion to hire an Old School carpenter. There came a point when he had to drive hundreds of screws into red oak. He started the work by unleashing the biggest Yankee screwdriver I had ever seen. I swear it was nearly 3 feet long. I asked him why he didn't use a screw gun. "Too slow," was his answer. Watching him go to town with that big-assed Yankee screw driver made a believer out of me. George |
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