HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Memes@sopuli.xyzEnglish · edit-215 hours agoPhilips shouldn't exist anymore. Torx plus is the champlemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up1718
arrow-up1718imagePhilips shouldn't exist anymore. Torx plus is the champlemmy.dbzer0.comHootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Memes@sopuli.xyzEnglish · edit-215 hours agomessage-square113fedilink
minus-squaremassive_bereavement@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up18·13 hours agoMaterial matters, if you use poorly made screws that’s when the head gets blunted.
minus-squareNatanox@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·12 hours agoPhilips screws are intentionally made to strip though. Even the best material can’t fully offset bad design.
minus-squareJunkers_Klunker@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up18·12 hours agoPhilips heads are designed to intentionally cam over and limit torque, if you’re using the correct screwdriver that is quite a lot of torque. They certainly have a usecase, but that isn’t anywhere near me. I only use torx.
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 hours agoI read that was just an afterthought to explain away why they strip out so easily, instead of actually redesigning them
Material matters, if you use poorly made screws that’s when the head gets blunted.
Philips screws are intentionally made to strip though. Even the best material can’t fully offset bad design.
Philips heads are designed to intentionally cam over and limit torque, if you’re using the correct screwdriver that is quite a lot of torque. They certainly have a usecase, but that isn’t anywhere near me. I only use torx.
I read that was just an afterthought to explain away why they strip out so easily, instead of actually redesigning them