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minus-squareAmuletta@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 days agoA square screw is a Robinson, fyi.
minus-squareSchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 day agoin america everything must be named after a company also isn’t it Robertson? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertson_screw
minus-squareTyphoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 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-up1·1 day 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-up6·edit-21 day 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-up2·1 day agoHahaha. Thanks, I didn’t even notice. Damn autocorrect.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 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.
Robertson
in america everything must be named after a company
also isn’t it Robertson?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertson_screw
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.
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.
“No! The RED-handled Robbie screwdriver! And hold the light steady” is like half my experiences with my dad. :-D Such a red-foreman.