• Gerowen@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I hate phillips. It seems like their only purpose for existing is to strip out so that you can never remove them.

    Personally, any time I have a project, I always opt for torx (star). The screwdriver bits for them are not tapered so they don’t push themselves back out of the screw-head (unlike phillips), so they tend to stay in place and grip much better. It’s a lot harder to screw up a torx screw or bit than a phillips one.

    • snaf@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

      They actually were designed to cam out in low torque applications so consumers could not over-tighten them. The problem is now those consumers only know what a phillips is, so they’re used for everything.

    • tour_glum@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Same. I use torx for everything. Also gotta love the square Robertson ones, they’re just not common where I live. I hate Philips, although for anyone not aware, there is a difference between posi drive an Philips and going to the effort of making sure you have the correct one massively reduces torquing out and damage to screw head.

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        1 year ago

        IMO, phillips is for electronics and some small applications. Something you’re really not putting much pressure on and probably driving by hand and not a power tool.

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      1 year ago

      I. Love. Torx! They just work! Don’t mind the angle, don’t mind the force! They’re just perfect! Never going back. (At least for everything related to woodworking)