• @[email protected]
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    432 years 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
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      192 years 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
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        142 years ago

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

        • Lianrepl
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          102 years ago

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

          • @[email protected]
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            22 years 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.

        • @perviouslyiner
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          22 years ago

          Basically when it’s large enough that using a coin instead of a screwdriver is more convenient

    • @cannedtuna
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      32 years 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
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        51 year ago

        Yeah fuck them, i hate those stupid slippery slotted bastards