Right but for aircraft we’ve got torque wrenches which can stop overtightening much more accurately.
Comment on Philips shouldn't exist. Torx plus is the best fight me
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Because Philips screws were supposed to cam out, to stop overtightening on airplanes.
Maybe we shouldn’t use Philips screws for non-aviation purposes.
GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 hours ago
kestrel7_7@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
The only reason they’re so common is because of Henry Ford. Ford wanted Robertson screws, but Ford also wanted to make his own screws in-house. Robertson wouldn’t license them, Philips would, the rest is history. Robertson screws are much more common than Philips up in Canada (where they’re from).
Flatfire@lemmy.ca 7 hours ago
Robbies are a different kind of pain due to metric and imperial sizing
BCsven@lemmy.ca 7 hours ago
? Is this sarcasm. Robertson’s aren’t imperial or metric, they are numbered
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
It’s Allens that aren’t in arbitrary sizes but their actual dimensions and sold in metric and normal sizes.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
I’ve read this was the justification after the fact.
build-construct.com/…/phillips-screws-and-cam-out…