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Re:IKEA to buy back used furniture in recycling push by ars on Monday October 19, 2020 @01:10PM (#24828443)
Most electric screwdrivers are anyway not marked with torques.

Instead you start low and increase the setting one click at a time until the screw is seated properly, then use that setting for the rest of the screws.

Re:IKEA to buy back used furniture in recycling push by dheera on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @02:17AM (#24834404)
Maybe they should pay attention to science and mark them properly in N-m. It would make jobs programmable and reproducable from one screwdriver to another. I could own a DeWalt and borrow someone's Ryobi or Makita or some other brand and nail the setting the first try by dialing the correct torque in N-m. The limiter is already there; they just need to change the markings.