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I use the right size driver bit, I try pushing as hard as humanly possible into the screw head, I drill a pilot hole first, I try doing it in short bursts..

and yet somehow I have 5 fucking driver bits in the last month - all stripped to shit from slipping over the screw head. Am I retarded?

It doesn't help that they're all made of cheap Chinese shit metal. Maybe I need some higher carbon bits.

I use the right size driver bit, I try pushing as hard as humanly possible into the screw head, I drill a pilot hole first, I try doing it in short bursts.. and yet somehow I have 5 fucking driver bits in the last month - all stripped to shit from slipping over the screw head. Am I retarded? It doesn't help that they're all made of cheap Chinese shit metal. Maybe I need some higher carbon bits.

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[–] • 4 pts (edited )

Try an impact driver instead of a drill. Torx screws are pretty easy to deal with and becoming more popular.

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This is the best answer. You could buy better bits and screws, they exist but harder to find than you think, but the impact driver is just phenomenal. Torx bits are great too, the go to for bigger screws.

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Just edited to add the torx screws. I held off in using them but just about any screw for outdoor use is torx now. Really only using Phillips with drywall screws.

[–] • 0 pt

Robertson are best.

[–] • 0 pt

This isn't a McGinty screw; it's just a cheap knockoff!

[–] • 0 pt

Thanks, this is good advice - I'll try it.

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If you don’t have an impact driver wait until Father’s Day, they’ll go on sale. Can usually pick up a drill driver kit fairly cheap.