DaftyduxWhat is something that desperately needs to be standardized?
RhynoplazNuts, bolts, and screw heads.
I know we need various sizes for various tasks, but I shouldn’t have to dig through 50 different screwdrivers or ratchet heads and still not have one that’ll work.
radixThere are 14 competing standards. We need to develop one universal standard that covers everyone’s use cases.
Boomer Humor DoomergodCongratulations now we have 15 standards.
I replace crappy ones when I remove them.
I’ll tolerate Phillips, but slotted gets replaced with torx. Phillips get replaced if they get damaged.
MontaggeTorx Plus*
There are reasons why you can’t have Torx in some situations. For example, sanitary machine designs. Preference is a flanged hex head. If flush mount is required, then slotted is best (even though they do suck for every other reason)
Why would slotted be better than, say, Phillips for flat mount? Most of the flat heads on the equipment at work is either a Phillips or hex
Best of luck with that mate. Do you know how many different cross-shaped drives there are already?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_screw_drives
And if you really want to get upset about confused standards you should read the section of the Talk page about why JIS B 1012 was removed:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_screw_drives
They ARE distinct from standard Phillips, and posidrive. If one tries to use Phillips on them you’ll likely strip the head.
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As discussed, the previous paragraph was wrong and (as of now) uncited, so it was removed. No information is better than wrong information.
Meanwhile, there’s Robertson, the superior 4 pointed driver over Phillips.
