MacN'Cheezus@lemmy.today to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agoMay the torque be with you lemmy.todayimagemessage-square156fedilinkarrow-up1962arrow-down119
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minus-squareEtterra@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·2 years agoHey, if it works it works.
minus-squarefallingcats@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up34arrow-down1·2 years agoIt works, but badly. All my homies hate cam-out and love torx.
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·2 years agoIt works great for it’s intended purpose which is torque limiting.
minus-squareKitathalla@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 years 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 years agoCorrect. The original patent makes no reference to any sort of cam out / torque limiting feature.
minus-squareFridgeratr@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years 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