SACHYS Robertsonã Screws (Aust.)

SACHYS Industries Pty Ltd, trading as

Phone & Telefax 03-9803 2370 Website www.sachys-robertson.com.au

Box 4123 Mail Centre, MULGRAVE VIC 3170

Registered Office; 43 Browning Dve, GLEN WAVERLEY VIC 3150 A.B.N. 36 054 299 599

Australian Distributors of “Robertson”ã Square Drive Screws & INSTY-BIT System

Quarterly Newsletter Oct – Dec 2008.

INSTY-BIT Guide drill sets

The later type guide drills from INSTY-BIT with the enclosed spring and replaceable drill bit have proved to be an excellent product. They work very well by enabling the user to pre-drill in hinges so that the screws go in centrally and do not pull the hinge to one side. The added advantage of an easily replaceable drill makes them an excellent addition to the workshop. Until recently they have been only available in individual sizes however INSTY-BIT have recently made a set of three available. The set consists of the 3/32”, 7/64” and 1/8” to cover the #6, #8 and #10 gauge screws. The set comes in a heavy duty plastic storage pouch (the same design as that used in the Drill/Countersink sets and the 7 piece drill sets) and includes a 1/8” Allen key to fit the grub screws. We now have these sets available and the price of the set is $44.00. It works out each unit is $1.33 less than buying them individually plus you get the case and the Allen key. The part number of the set is 87303 and they are listed on our website.

#10 x 62mm(2-1/2”) Flat head Steel screws

The #10 x 62mm(2-1/2”) Flat head Steel screws are only produced by Robertson in the Kwix-in thread form. The Kwix-in thread is a two start thread and is used on the #8 and #10 x 100mm(4”) screws plus nearly all of the $12 gauge screws. Basically, it is a hardwood thread (but then this size is usually used in hardwoods) designed for maximum torsional strength and quick pull in when driving. They do pull in fast and grip very well in cross grain, however, into end grain (which is always a problem) the coarser Lo-Root is better. Most of our customers prefer the coarser Lo-Root thread. In the past, we have had special runs made with the Lo-Root thread form as we had major customers who preferred that thread and they were using the volume to make it possible for special runs. These days we have a minimum run quantity of 250,000 screws and we are not selling enough of that size to justify the quantity. The major customer who was using them changed to #12 gauge to suit their tooling requirements (you may recall in an earlier newsletter we advised that the #12 x 62mm(2-1/2”) screws are now in the Lo-Root thread and the price was reduced). We are now running low on the #10 x 62mm(2-1/2”) size and have had to reorder however we could only get the Kwix-in thread version. At the moment we still have a few thousand of this size with the Lo-Root thread in the Lube finish however the Zinc Plated version will now only be available with the Kwix-in thread and the silver colour Zinc plating.

#2 and #3 Hand driver specials.

In our last Newsletter we advised of the availability of the early solid colour #2 and #3 Hand drivers. We still have a few of the #2 hand drivers and plenty of the #3 hand drivers left at the special price of $4.00 each.

#7 x 56mm(2-1/4”) Flat head Steel screws

You may recall that we have been offering this size screw at a special price of $4.00/100. They were in fact ordered as Trim head screws but were made incorrectly and were replaced by the supplier. However we had the freight, duty and import charges to pay and it didn’t make much sense to dump them. We thought there would be a use for them (at a price) so we offered them to our customers at this very low price to recoup some costs and also put quite a few into regular customers orders as extra discount. The bad news is that they are almost all gone and there will be no more.

Supplementary Price list

Our supplementary price list gives a list of the discontinued items plus the special items, which are not listed on our price list. The list is continually being updated, as stock is sold out items are deleted and some new items are added from time to time.