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[–] kestrel7_7@lemmy.world 9 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The only reason they’re so common is because of Henry Ford. Ford wanted Robertson screws, but Ford also wanted to make his own screws in-house. Robertson wouldn’t license them, Philips would, the rest is history. Robertson screws are much more common than Philips up in Canada (where they’re from).

[–] Flatfire@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Robbies are a different kind of pain due to metric and imperial sizing

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 46 minutes ago

? Is this sarcasm. Robertson's aren't imperial or metric, they are numbered