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minus-squaresnaf@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoThey actually were designed to cam out in low torque applications so consumers could not over-tighten them. The problem is now those consumers only know what a phillips is, so they’re used for everything.
minus-squareMeh@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 years agoHilariously, that “purposeful cam-out” was the manufacturers/patent-holders trying to turn a bug into a feature. https://handwiki.org/wiki/Engineering:Cam_out
They actually were designed to cam out in low torque applications so consumers could not over-tighten them. The problem is now those consumers only know what a phillips is, so they’re used for everything.
Hilariously, that “purposeful cam-out” was the manufacturers/patent-holders trying to turn a bug into a feature. https://handwiki.org/wiki/Engineering:Cam_out