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Where my iT’s A fEaTuRe homeys at? (thelemmy.club)
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SpoilerProbably at the hardware store picking up more Phillips head screws.

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[–] 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

And half the time it came from the factory like that.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    If it comes from the factory with such pronounced corners, chances are its a Phillips/Square drive combo. In which case you can use a square drive bit which will drive it without slipping (IIRC square drive has similarly high torque before cam-out as torx). There are a ton of different kinds of screw drives though, the phillips-adjacent ones are under cruciform here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_screw_drives

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago*

    How in the world does such a comprehensive article not include JIS? It looks like it was once included but then it was removed due to poor citations. Wtf why was it not added back? It is very distinct from Philips and if you use a Philips driver on a JIS screw, it strips the shit out of it.

    JIS screws are denoted by a small dimple in one of the corners of the + on the screw.

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