Robertson! Say his name!
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Somethingcheezie@lemmy.world 4 months agoWhat about square drive… where does it fit in
DrBob@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Somethingcheezie@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I was saying it in Mercian for our southern neighbours
Maalus@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I’m not american so you wasted it anyways
spicytuna62@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Fun fact: There are plenty of times a screw that looks like a Philips head is also compatible with a square drive. I’ve mostly seen this on electrical outlets and Ikea furniture.
I don’t know why Robertson/square drives aren’t more common. They’re stable and they resist stripping and rounding.
FrederikNJS@lemm.ee 4 months ago
You mean Pozidriv?
Test_Tickles@lemmynsfw.com 4 months ago
Robertson is the proto-torxs. It is a vast improvement over Phillips but has a tendency to snap the head off due to the increased amount of torque you can apply. Torxs maintains the amount of torque that a Robertson can apply, but adds some material back to the head giving it a little extra strength.
It’s really unfortunate that the greed of Robertson and Ford got in the way of such a vastly superior design.uis@lemm.ee 4 months ago
That much of material is not much of material.
Silic0n_Alph4@lemmy.world 4 months ago
That’s right, it goes in the square hole.