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minus-squarefallingcats@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down1·12 days agoIt works, but badly. All my homies hate cam-out and love torx.
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·12 days agoIt works great for it’s intended purpose which is torque limiting.
minus-squareKitathalla@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·12 days 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-up2·11 days agoCorrect. The original patent makes no reference to any sort of cam out / torque limiting feature.
minus-squareFridgeratr@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·11 days agoWell, limiting torque but killing itself and becoming extremely hard to remove is terrible design lol
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