Meh, slotted screws get used a lot. What most people don’t get is the reason they have problems with slotted screw heads is because they don’t use a proper fitted driver that fits the slot correctly. You always try to use an undersized driver and are then shocked to discover you have problems.
Don’t blame the tool for your poor choices. Use the properly fitted tool for the job.
filcuk@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Slotted only have two points of contact, which is part of what makes them so easy to strip.
Most other fasteners have double that as a minimum.
Slotted are also generally used in old-fashioned furniture only where I live, and those tend to be very shallow for aesthetic or historical reasons, making the problem even worse.
Bluewing@lemmy.world 3 days ago
A properly fitted straight bladed screw driver will fit snugly in the slot along it’s entire length. This offers more than the ‘two points of contact’ that your poorly chosen screw driver does. Add a hollow ground blade, they get an amazingly powerful grip. Learn to fit a screw driver properly and you will seldom have a problem with a slotted screw. As toolmakers and high end gunsmiths know and you don’t.
Of course, if you have neither the skill or enough ambition to be bothered to ensure the tool fits the fasteners correctly, you probably should choose a more foolproof tool and fastener.
filcuk@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Do I look like a rocket surgeon
I’m glad that we’ve reached the same conclusion at least
Bluewing@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Surgery is not required. You only need to 5% smater than the tool you are using.