MacN'Cheezus@lemmy.today to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoMay the torque be with you lemmy.todayimagemessage-square163fedilinkarrow-up1960arrow-down119
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minus-squareEtterra@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·2 months agoHey, if it works it works.
minus-squarefallingcats@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up34arrow-down1·2 months agoIt works, but badly. All my homies hate cam-out and love torx.
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·2 months agoIt works great for it’s intended purpose which is torque limiting.
minus-squareKitathalla@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoSlight myth there. It was not the intended purpose, but a sort of happy accident. The original patent stated it was a perfect, never damaging thing. See here and the reply here.
minus-squareevergreen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoCorrect. The original patent makes no reference to any sort of cam out / torque limiting feature.
minus-squareFridgeratr@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoWell, limiting torque but killing itself and becoming extremely hard to remove is terrible design lol
Hey, if it works it works.
It works, but badly. All my homies hate cam-out and love torx.
It works great for it’s intended purpose which is torque limiting.
Slight myth there. It was not the intended purpose, but a sort of happy accident. The original patent stated it was a perfect, never damaging thing. See here and the reply here.
Correct. The original patent makes no reference to any sort of cam out / torque limiting feature.
Well, limiting torque but killing itself and becoming extremely hard to remove is terrible design lol