[SML] sorting screws

[Duncan Mahoney]

I generally have the screws "sorted" into the trash or recycling can at strike.

We are using Phillips drive screws so YMMV if you are using square drive, but I have found over the years that the value of the time lost when a partially stripped screw is grabbed out of the bin when building set (and gets stuck partway in the wood, or does not draw up the joint, but also can't be removed) outweighs the money saved by re-using screws.  Even when I have "free" labor that could carefully inspect each screw and only save the good ones, there is usually something more productive that could be done...like sorting bolts

Duncan Mahoney
Director of Technical Direction
Associate Professor of Theatre Practice
University of Southern California School of Dramatic Arts

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