26 Nov
2008
26 Nov
'08
12:50 p.m.
On Nov 25, 2008, at 4:03 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
Oh for %deity's sake!. There exist things called torque screwdrivers for
this problem. And yes I have one.
Using the cam-out of a phillips screw for this is a kludge at best. It
doesn't happen at a precise torque (it depeds -- a lot -- on the azial
force applied to the tool), it damages the tool, and it damages the screw
head making it difficult to remove later.
-tony
I detest Phillips and Pozidriv screws. They
always seem to strip or
'cam
out' when you try to remove them.
Philips screws were in fact designed to do exactly this. The idea
was to prevent overtightening in assembly line environments. Of