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Re:The other “Phillips” head screwdriver you might not know ... by fmajid on Saturday January 28, 2023 @02:43PM (#34560926)
Generally in the US people who actually care about their fasteners will use Torx.
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Re:The other “Phillips” head screwdriver you might not know ... by silisili on Saturday January 28, 2023 @05:42PM (#34562797)
Yep. In my house, every thing I work on or replace gets replaced with Torx screws. Slotted have their place, I have no idea how or why Phillips ever got popular.
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Re:The other “Phillips” head screwdriver you might not know ... by fmajid on Sunday January 29, 2023 @06:16AM (#34567050)
Limitations of screw-making technology and metallurgy at the time, Phillips is quite an old standard, patented in 1932 (although there was a similar British patent 60 years earlier).
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Re:The other “Phillips” head screwdriver you might not know ... by pandaman on Saturday January 28, 2023 @07:47PM (#34563687)
Or people who need to drive in a lot of fasteners. Philips is a pain even with an impact driver/screw gun, the bit cannot hold the fastener unlike Torx/Robertson.
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