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Comment on I finished my 3D Printable screw design! Excellent print ability, reliable for simple use, though the head is prone to strip... can't win them all.

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filcuk@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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.

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Bluewing@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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.

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- filcuk@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  
  skill or ambition to ensure the tool fits
  
  Do I look like a rocket surgeon
  
  you should probably choose a more foolproof tool and fastener
  
  I’m glad that we’ve reached the same conclusion at least
  
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  - Bluewing@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Surgery is not required. You only need to 5% smater than the tool you are using.
    
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