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afraid_of_zombies , to lemmyshitpost in acceptable screws

One day some event is going to happen that ends civilization. The last sentence spoken before the event will be “oh shot does anyone have a hex set?”.

Ginger666 , to lemmyshitpost in acceptable screws

You obviously haven’t ever worked in construction.

T-20 T-25 T-30

Square heads (Robinson) are used by millwork guys (cabinets)

Hex head are also used a lot

Edit: Also the fucking electrical screws that home depot only sells ONE FUCKING SCREW DRIVER FOR and its in a 3 pack of Milwaukee electricians insulated screwdrivers, it’s ECX 1 and 2

Classy ,

Robinson are great

faceula , to lemmyshitpost in acceptable screws

I’m a 6 Lobe Tamper myself… Eeeww, I just heard it out loud.

t0fr , to lemmyshitpost in acceptable screws
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You can tell a shitpost is a shitpost when it is entirely wrong

pelotron ,
@pelotron@midwest.social avatar

Agreed, Phillips needs to get Thanos’d.

lambda ,
@lambda@programming.dev avatar

Torx screws 4 lyfe

LookBehindYouNowAndThen ,

Yeah, they’re literally made to cam out.

Useful for automation, but terrible for repairs.

stoicmaverick ,

I also watch AVE, but it’s Philips heads that were made for early assembly line use to cam out under torque. Specifically for the Model-T if I remember correctly.

LookBehindYouNowAndThen ,

Never watched AVE, I used to be an auto tech.

The Wikipedia article has an interesting summary.

Looks like it wasn’t intended by the initial patent, but was discovered as a useful property.

frezik ,

And the automation argument isn’t as important now that electric drills all have clutches.

MataVatnik ,
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Same with slotted, hate them with a passion, especially when it’s those with the raise head

SSUPII OP ,

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t0fr ,
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Did you really shitpost? Or did you go fishing?

SSUPII OP ,

Was indeed a big catch

paddirn , to lemmyshitpost in car insurance

Any one of these “incidents” would scar me for life thinking about it and they’re just casual about it. “Most weren’t even bad accidents (hit a guy in a mall parking lot…”

dual_sport_dork , to lemmyshitpost in car insurance
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As your attorney I advise you to buy a bus pass.

adamantris , to lemmyshitpost in acceptable screws
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Apparently I don’t know shit about handywork since everyone here is swooning about Torx and I don’t even have an idea what they are

Ginger666 ,
UnfortunateShort ,

The best goddamn type of screw you will ever screw. No slipping, no stripping - you torque, it goes in.

at_an_angle , to lemmyshitpost in gaming

Is the Wallpaper Engine any good?

Thanator ,

It’s the best!

funkless_eck ,

I play it every day

stoi , to lemmyshitpost in acceptable screws

Where my hex fans at?

itsgoodtobeawake ,

Torx crew represent!

june ,

Fuck yea

stoicmaverick ,

Square Drive Gang would like to battle!

june ,

Fuck yea.

stoi ,

reverendsteveii , to lemmyshitpost in car insurance

this is markets working. this is why we want police to have to carry insurance.

Everythingispenguins ,

Police departments do carey insurance, and a few rare cases departments have shut down because of being uninsurable.

But do we really want private free market solutions for public problems?

reverendsteveii ,

do we really want private free market solutions for public problems?

When we have public solutions in-place? No. When we have no solution in-place and the police kill unarmed victims of crime who are fully cooperating with commands and then try to suppress video evidence of it? Then yeah, maybe I’m okay with an imperfect solution.

Everythingispenguins ,

Sadly it is not really even an imperfect solution. Yes there have been a few departments who lost insurance, but it did nothing to stop the cops responsible for the bad behavior from working as cops, often at the agency who has to take over. Additionally the number of departments shut down is just a drop in the bucket of bad behavior. Lastly this can leave communities without adequate law enforcement.

I have nothing against increasing the cost of bad policing, but this does very little of anything to actually cause change.

Revan343 ,

it did nothing to stop the cops responsible for the bad behavior from working as cops

That’s why it would work better if they individually had to carry insurance. Cops with a history of bad behaviour would find themselves priced out of the job.

harsh3466 , (edited ) to lemmyshitpost in acceptable screws

Nah. Fuck the slotted screw. I hate that piece of shit screw. Phillips is acceptable. Torx is my preferred.

creditCrazy , to lemmyshitpost in acceptable screws
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I actually really like Philips with slot because it’s just a Philips with a slot for when the Philips gets stripped so the two on the bottom right corner are the best in my opinion because if one ether the flat head or the Philips gets stripped you can just grab a ratchet or spanner

SparrowRanjitScaur ,

Which is nice because the Philips always gets stripped.

pelotron ,
@pelotron@midwest.social avatar

“when the Phillips gets stripped”

Boys I think this indicates a problem

Trollception ,

If you have a quality bit and quality fastener it’s quite difficult to cam out a Phillips. The issue is that finding quality bits and fasteners can be difficult and expensive so most people have experience with the homeowner grade which cams out easily without a huge amount of pressure.

DacoTaco ,
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Why not just use a ratchet or spanner then…?

creditCrazy ,
@creditCrazy@lemmy.world avatar

Because sometimes that might be stripped so you have to use ether the flat head or Philips

random_character_a , to lemmyshitpost in gaming
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Yeah. It’s all video games.

Nothing to do with years brutal bullying, social excommunication and schools “boys will be boys” attitude.

negativeyoda , to lemmyshitpost in acceptable screws

No mention of JIS which is yet another “fuck Phillips” argument

johannesvanderwhales ,

Does that mean that I’m using a Phillips driver on things that are actually JIS? A lot of electronics are Japanese.

negativeyoda ,

JIS is more common on Japanese machines, ie Japanese cars and motorcycles. When I was a bike mechanic you used JIS for Shimano derailleur adjustment screws. Even tho a Phillips “fit” it would destroy the screw.

I actually can’t tell them apart from sight truth be told, but I’m also not wrenching anymore (not to mention the cycling industry largely moved on to hex and torx)

helpImTrappedOnline ,

Probably. I find a JIS driver is, for the most part, slightly better for a lot of what I do.

The main thing I’ve found is you dont want too much of a point on the bit end. Too pointy and the driver will just wobble on the point and strip everything out.

Lesrid ,

Yup one of the first things I learned in computer repair is that a mostly flattened Philips works way better

yuriy ,

I got a dinky electronics repair kit that included a wide range of those bits and god DAMN. It feels like they outperform phillips heads on phillips fasteners.

FontMasterFlex , to lemmyshitpost in car insurance

This guy is the reason all of our rates go up.

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