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minus-squareAmuletta@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down2·7 days agoA square screw is a Robinson, fyi.
minus-squareTyphoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·7 days agoThere’s some anti-Canadian bias in this chart for sure. Don’t call Philips after the inventor but Robertson after the shape.
minus-squareBluewing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoIt’s less bias and more poor advertising awareness in the US and the rest of the world. Still, it does not diminish the simple effectiveness of the design.
minus-squareBreadOven@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·edit-26 days agoAlso the 6 lobe or whatever it’s called in the diagram is usually called a torx. Robinson ftw though. Edit: Robertson, not Robinson…damn autocorrect.
minus-squareBreadOven@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoHahaha. Thanks, I didn’t even notice. Damn autocorrect.
minus-squareSchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-26 days agoin america everything must be named after a company also isn’t it Robertson? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertson_screw
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days ago“No! The RED-handled Robbie screwdriver! And hold the light steady” is like half my experiences with my dad. :-D Such a red-foreman.
A square screw is a Robinson, fyi.
There’s some anti-Canadian bias in this chart for sure.
Don’t call Philips after the inventor but Robertson after the shape.
It’s less bias and more poor advertising awareness in the US and the rest of the world. Still, it does not diminish the simple effectiveness of the design.
Robertson
Also the 6 lobe or whatever it’s called in the diagram is usually called a torx.
Robinson ftw though.
Edit: Robertson, not Robinson…damn autocorrect.
Robertson
Hahaha. Thanks, I didn’t even notice. Damn autocorrect.
in america everything must be named after a company
also isn’t it Robertson?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertson_screw
“No! The RED-handled Robbie screwdriver! And hold the light steady” is like half my experiences with my dad. :-D Such a red-foreman.