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Re:List of screw drives by chris_wot on Monday May 07, 2018 @10:49PM (#17018441)
The article states that there is no evidence for this being part of the design.
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Re:List of screw drives by slededit on Monday May 07, 2018 @10:55PM (#17018476)
It is mentioned in later patents, and regardless it is a specific part of the tool's behavior. Its continued use is based upon this fact.
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Re:List of screw drives by chris_wot on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @12:13PM (#17022044)
Yup, article says that too. But it wasn’t originally by design.
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