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[-] snaf 4 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] RubberElectrons@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

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