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Fasteners are often misnamed. Asking for the wrong thing will result in disappointment or, in some shops, ridicule. | |||
*A setscrew is threaded all the way to the end and usually has a hexagonal head. It is often wrongly called a bolt. | |||
*A bolt has a smooth portion as well as a threaded portion | |||
*Pozidrive and Philips are both known as cross-head screws and use a '+' shaped screwdriver tip | |||
*Pozidrive are more common and have short radial lines between the main grooves | |||
*A full rounded screw top is called a round head | |||
*A shallow round head is called a pan head | |||
*A cylindrical head with an allen / hex key hole is called a socket head screw or socket screw | |||
*A conical head intended to lie flush with the surface is called a countersunk head | |||
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