Pluggers by Rick McKee for March 20, 2019

So what kind of project requires one and five-eighths inch, bugle-head crews?

Well of course he has to go to the hardware store. Maybe not to buy anything, but at least to cruise the aisles in case he finds something that he just has to have.

Pluggers are like children in a toy store when they are in the hardware store.

My projects take several trips to the hardware store….

Cindy sounds like my wife. She complains that my work cellar is full of useless odds & ends; but I can always find the right widget to fix a broken gizmo.

Bummer to save all that stuff and still not have what you need :-(

I’ve never heard the term “Bugle head screws”… are these supposed to be “countersink” screws? :-)

It never fails!

Job #1; got to hardware store and look for things you don’t have….

https://www.google.com/search?q=Bugle+head+screws&client=firefox-b-1-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjAm-Xi1pDhAhXpsVQKHf4MAEQQ_AUIDygC&biw=1112&bih=605

Back to hardware because packages always have one less nails, screwers, whatever, that is needed.

Yeah! The screws cost a fortune. More than one way to get screws!

It takes me three trips. The first one, I get the wrong part, the second I break it. The third trip is to a different store.

got that right… same goes for connecting electronic devices

3 times.

It’s a requirement

Yes that’s about right

Sounds like he is wanting to use the wrong screw for his project. I don’t believe they make 1 5/8 Bugle head wood screw. Bugle head wood screws are typically much longer and do not use the typical Philips head screw driver to screw them in.

Me !

This describes my late father to a tee.

used with drywall to wood studs

Pretty much what I discover every time I look through my jars of screws and nails!

They will be right next to the 4.444mm inverse Torx fasteners.

That’s a given. The corollary is that any project takes one more trip to the hardware store than you think it would.