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In response to "stupid cribs need assembling with that little allen wrench they give you and they tell me I need a robertson screwdriver. wtf? who even owns those? -- nm" by CQ: Preparing For England

fun screwdriver fact: the phillips was designed to strip if you tried to tighten it past a certain point, the robertson was designed not to. -- nm

Posted by mafic Feb 21 '12, 17:57

ok, maybe not very fun.

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so they created something to be annoying as shit when it worked as intended? - pixitude Feb 21, 17:58 1
- basically so it couldn't be overtightened on an assembly line. it had a point, it just gets used places it was never intended for. -- nm - mafic Feb 21, 17:59

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