Comment on How can I get a screw like this out?

• eRac@lemmings.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Flathead is a description of the head profile, like panhead. Slotted is the screwdriver type that is just a single slot.

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  • ZeffSyde@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It could be a regional thing. Where I’m from a screw with a single straight slot can be called a flathead whether the actual head of the screw is flat or domed.

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    • eRac@lemmings.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It gets called that everywhere. Most people never need to know the actual specs for a screw, so language diverges from the classification system.

      I usually keep the corrections to myself, but when somebody else is already correcting someone and they say the wrong thing too it becomes hard.

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