MacN'Cheezus@lemmy.today to Lemmy ShitpostEnglish · edit-23 months agoMay the torque be with you lemmy.todayimagemessage-square163fedilinkarrow-up1960arrow-down119
arrow-up1941arrow-down1imageMay the torque be with you lemmy.todayMacN'Cheezus@lemmy.today to Lemmy ShitpostEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square163fedilink
minus-squareMadison420linkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·3 months agoIt works great for it’s intended purpose which is torque limiting.
minus-squareKitathalla@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months agoSlight myth there. It was not the intended purpose, but a sort of happy accident. The original patent stated it was a perfect, never damaging thing. See here and the reply here.
minus-squareevergreenlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoCorrect. The original patent makes no reference to any sort of cam out / torque limiting feature.
minus-squareFridgeratr@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 months agoWell, limiting torque but killing itself and becoming extremely hard to remove is terrible design lol
It works great for it’s intended purpose which is torque limiting.
Slight myth there. It was not the intended purpose, but a sort of happy accident. The original patent stated it was a perfect, never damaging thing. See here and the reply here.
Correct. The original patent makes no reference to any sort of cam out / torque limiting feature.
Well, limiting torque but killing itself and becoming extremely hard to remove is terrible design lol