Talk:Henry F. Phillips
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Just watched modern marvels and the correct name is Henry P. Phillips, didnt know how to change the title so!
I would be interested to see a photograph of Mr Phillips. He must of had a very intereting cranial structure.
- So, is it Henry P. or Henry F.? I find conflicting accounts on the internet. The Phillips Screw company themselves call him Henry F. Phillips. http://www.phillips-screw.com/About.htm . Most sources seem to call him Henry F. (but most are originally based on this very article, so the reasoning is circular). Opentopia, and apparently Modern Marvels, differ, but I think they are probably wrong. Sources would be nice, if anyone has them.Novel-Technology 02:22, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
Why does it say "dubious honor" of having it named after him? Is there something shameful about it I didn't pick up on? Kd5mdk 00:22, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Sizes
what exactly are diameters of the various phillips screw sizes?--Philo 
20:16, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
That would be nice to know. I'll see if I can figure out that info, if I get a chance. Don't expect it too soon, though.Novel-Technology 02:22, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
Diameters of what? The outermost diameter of the head has no importance. Theoretically size 1 could be bigger than size 3, if one wanted to make one. The thing that matters is the very tip of the tool and the thickness of the wings. The diameter of the tip is difficult to determine as it is cross-formed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.100.124.218 (talk) 07:30, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
There is a range of diameters for both screws AND screwdrivers for the same nominal size. To try to put dimensions on these can only end up with either incorrect information or a range so wide that it is of no use. I actually have a commercially manufactured #2 screwdriver bit which is smaller in diameter than the average #1! Incidentally, I don't think that the image of the Phillips screw on the main page is actually a Phillips! The sides of the flutes are parallel, and Phillips are not. Perhaps it is a JIS? I could supply a real one if I knew how to get it to you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.219.43.58 (talk) 05:19, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
