Fun fact: Torx screwdrivers are compatible with Torx Plus screws, but Trox Plus screwdrivers are only compatible with Torx screws that are one size larger

  • qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website
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    5 months ago

    +1 for hex, but that’s in a lab setting — climate controlled environment, generally not high torque, pretty benign conditions. But even that is fraught with metric-vs.-imperial mix ups.

    • DJDarren@thelemmy.clubEnglish
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      5 months ago

      The key is to drag the US into the future along with literally everyone but Liberia and Myanmar.

    • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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      5 months ago

      But even that is fraught with metric-vs.-imperial mix ups.

      Get a set of rotary broaches in the nearest metric size up from the imperial ones and remove the problem.