Comment on The torque better not be too strong with this one

• Hubi@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Torx is better than whatever this Canadian abomination is. You’d only put pressure on the corners in a realistic setting. These would get rounded so fast unless they are massive, like on some differentials or gearbox oil drains.

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  • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This guy mechanics

    Indeed torx is so good because it attempts to maximize the surface where pressure is applied to. This is good on smaller sized bolts that are more prone to being rounded, but especially amazing when removing bolts that may have been exposed and potentially corroded

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    • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Hex was for that before.

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      • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yeah, hex is very nice but hex is improvement over it.

        I have not checked on it, but I’m like 97.25% sure wood screws jumped from Philips to torx however because of corrosion resistance. Hex is very easy to round already as is on smaller sizes, but even more so if the head is exposed to elements and corroded. Of course material matters a lot, but even stainless corrodes over time.

        Torx has to be very, very bad condition for it to round, it’s more likely for the screw to snap

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  • someguy3@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Never had or seen a stripped Roberson, they are robust AF. Don’t ask me the physics.

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    • Sludgeyy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’ve snapped so many Robertson bits in my life. Screws are fine.

      1 5/8" cement board screws

      They used to be Robertson. They switched to Torx.

      Night and day difference

      Like you said, they do grip like a mofo, and with an impact driver, the bits snap.

      I tried dozens of different brands of bits. Even paid top dollar for special Milwaukee ones.

      I was at a point where I had to pre-drill and counter sink the screws because I was breaking too many bits.

      I could probably drive a torx head one through a board

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  • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hex already fit that niche.

    Torx was just so they could make wood screws that weren’t Robertson and it bled out from there.

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    • anomnom@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Torx bits are waaaay stronger than hex. Like double the surface area and tapered to work when corroded.

      My 30 year old VW axles with hex bolts were a nightmare. The new ones are all Torx or 12pt.

      I ended to driving an oversized Torx but into the nearly stripped hex bolts to finally remove them.

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• tdawg@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Oh okay. So just like with everything else we’ve failed to do

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