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minus-squareAmuletta@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down3·5 months agoA square screw is a Robinson, fyi.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months 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.
minus-squareTyphoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·5 months 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-up1arrow-down1·5 months 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-squareSchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoin america everything must be named after a company also isn’t it Robertson? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertson_screw
minus-squareBreadOven@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·edit-25 months 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-up2·5 months agoHahaha. Thanks, I didn’t even notice. Damn autocorrect.
A square screw is a Robinson, fyi.
“No! The RED-handled Robbie screwdriver! And hold the light steady” is like half my experiences with my dad. :-D Such a red-foreman.
Robertson
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.
in america everything must be named after a company
also isn’t it Robertson?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertson_screw
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.