MacN'Cheezus to Lemmy ShitpostEnglish • edit-21 month agoMay the torque be with you lemmy.todayimagemessage-square163fedilinkarrow-up1960arrow-down119
arrow-up1941arrow-down1imageMay the torque be with you lemmy.todayMacN'Cheezus to Lemmy ShitpostEnglish • edit-21 month agomessage-square163fedilink
minus-square@Madison420link2•1 month agoIt works great for it’s intended purpose which is torque limiting.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•1 month 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-square@evergreenlink2•1 month agoCorrect. The original patent makes no reference to any sort of cam out / torque limiting feature.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•1 month 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