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Subject: Re: Diversity - good or bad ?
Date: 12 Jan 2025 20:54:45 GMT
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On Sun, 12 Jan 2025 10:46:55 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 12/01/2025 02:23, rbowman wrote:
>> Then there are the Torx drivers, the weird little drivers used in
>> electronics stuff that are close but no cigar. Damn them all to the
>> fires of hell, starting with Harley. They use #25 and #27 Torx screws.
>> #25 is just the right size to strip out a #27 head and a lot of the
>> Torx sets skip #27.
> 
> Oh those fuckers. Yep they pop up all over the place.
> 
> And there are other head styles that are similar
> 
> Here is a classic example of 'diversity'
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_screw_drives

I find the cruciform types particular annoying. They're all so similar you 
can get by with a standard Phillips unless they're tight. With some of the 
cheap Chinese screws I'm convinced no driver in the world is really a good 
fit.