Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhat is something that desperately needs to be standardized?message-squaremessage-square168linkfedilinkarrow-up1125
arrow-up1125message-squareWhat is something that desperately needs to be standardized?Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square168linkfedilink
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up57·1 month agoNuts, 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.
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·1 month agoI replace crappy ones when I remove them. I’ll tolerate Phillips, but slotted gets replaced with torx. Phillips get replaced if they get damaged.
minus-squareNaibofTabr@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 month agoBest of luck with that mate. Do you know how many different cross-shaped drives there are already? https://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: https://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. […] As discussed, the previous paragraph was wrong and (as of now) uncited, so it was removed. No information is better than wrong information.
minus-squarecannedtuna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoMeanwhile, there’s Robertson, the superior 4 pointed driver over Phillips.
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 month agoThose are already standardized though…
minus-squareradix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·1 month agoThere are 14 competing standards. We need to develop one universal standard that covers everyone’s use cases.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·1 month agoCongratulations now we have 15 standards.
minus-squarecynar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoI’ll just be happy when we phase out imperial and other weird thread types. Metric standardisation is a godsend over what came before. The heads are a lost cause. They serve too many different purposes, with differing, competing, requirements.
Nuts, 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.
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.
Torx are pretty great
Everything should be torx
Torx Plus*
Best of luck with that mate. Do you know how many different cross-shaped drives there are already?
https://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:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_screw_drives
Meanwhile, there’s Robertson, the superior 4 pointed driver over Phillips.
Those are already standardized though…
There are 14 competing standards. We need to develop one universal standard that covers everyone’s use cases.
Congratulations now we have 15 standards.
I think that was the joke yes
Relevant XKCD
I’ll just be happy when we phase out imperial and other weird thread types. Metric standardisation is a godsend over what came before.
The heads are a lost cause. They serve too many different purposes, with differing, competing, requirements.
Or the crappy BMW design.
Yes. Everything Robertson.