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[-] MyFeetOwnMySoul@lemmy.ca 36 points 1 year ago

Anyone who willfully uses a slotted screw on a new project in the presence of even somewhat reasonable alternatives should have a lifetime ban on designing any items for anyone.

Also, use Robertsons, gink.

[-] PupBiru@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago

it’s single valid use: somewhere that you may not have tools but might require an impromptu fix… preferably paired with a much larger screw than technically required so you can use things like coins as a driver

[-] nightauthor@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

Yeah, like mounting plates for cameras…. Um, I think that’s the only place I’ve appreciated a slot screw

[-] Lianrepl@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

Sewing machine too! Always using scissors to open that slot screw to change the needle

[-] Syntopicon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

We put slots on the thumbscrews used on some of our connectors for military radios. This was a soldier can open or tighten them down with a knife blade.

[-] MyFeetOwnMySoul@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

No.

Thumbscrews, or wingnuts.

[-] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Fuck electrical wall plates I guess then? It’s so hard to find any switch plates or device plates that come with Phillips instead of Slotted.

[-] TheSaus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah fuck them, i hate those stupid slippery slotted bastards

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