• AtHeartEngineer
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      03 months ago

      Square (Robertson) and/or torx depending on application. Square should be for everyday things and torx should be for anything mechanical, yes I know there is a big gray area in the middle there, but flat head, phillips, and hex need to go.

      • @blackris@discuss.tchncs.de
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        03 months ago

        I have never in my life seen such a screw. Hexagon is the shit here, when it isnt Phillips. Maybe coming from Ikea, I don’t know. Is this format a (popular) US thing?

        • AtHeartEngineer
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          13 months ago

          Ya Ikea standardized on hex because it’s cheap to mass produce. It definitely strips though.

          Torx has slowly been gaining popularity in the US for a decade or two now, but sadly Phillips is still pretty popular and hex is pretty common also, you will see the square/Robertson screws a lot in electrical panels and in cabinetry but not super common at the hardware store.