Comment on acceptable screws
Red_October@lemmy.world 7 months agoIIRC that was a design feature of Phillips screws, not a flaw. Deliberately designed to limit torque to avoid over-tightening.
Comment on acceptable screws
Red_October@lemmy.world 7 months agoIIRC that was a design feature of Phillips screws, not a flaw. Deliberately designed to limit torque to avoid over-tightening.
FilterItOut@thelemmy.club 7 months ago
Interestingly, it was an accidental feature. The original patent application makes no mention of it, but 9 years later they added language about it camming out to the second patent application. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cam_out
lud@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Bug >> feature