Ya - I think the problem comes in when you depend on the spring to hold the
business end of the driver in the screw recess rather than holding it there
with your free, non-driving hand.  Not having the spring requires that you
do so, while with the spring you may be tempted to multitask with the free
hand and end up with unintended decorations in the wood around the screw
head.

Phil


On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 4:08 AM, Steve Reynolds 
wrote:

>  On 07/29/14, Don Schwartz wrote:
>
>
> On 7/28/2014 3:35 PM, ruby@m... wrote:
> > You could buy them either way. I learnt from an old gut
> > who had of the giant ones and he used to install door
> > hinges. I liked it and bought one at a flea, but he said
> > "Oh, I see you got one with a spring" after I buggered a
> > surface.
> >
> > Ed Minch
> FWIW, it seems to me this would not be a problem if you are using
> Robertson screws.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I can't speak for Ed, but I think he means the typical problem when you
> release the spring, the driver comes flying out at, seemingly, the speed of
> sound, the point hits something soft and fragile, and you stand there with
> one of those, "Oh, sh!t!" looks.  Nothing Mr. Robertson can do to help you.
>
> Regards,
> Steve
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