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04-15-17, 02:46 AM | #46 | ||
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He came back from his vacation and gave the other co-workers such things as Swiss chocolates and other items. He came into my office and gave me a gift I really hadn't been expecting: a Swiss Army Knife: but just any Swiss Army Knife, but a then recently released new model that not only had a lot of the old standard Swiss Army accessories, it had a full set of tools to be used in servicing PCs and other devices; here is a link to a description of the knife: https://www.swissarmy.com/us/en/Prod...l-M/p/1.7725.T I still have the knife and I have been very grateful for the gift ever since. I hadn't really known the cost of the knife until I just looked up the above link; I'm going to have to thank him again, if I ever see him. I have carried the knife instead of a toolkit and have used it to do minor repairs, all the way to using it as the only tool to assemble custom desktop PCs. It is amazingly handy and versatile and I take very good care of it... Quote:
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04-15-17, 06:27 AM | #47 |
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People people its crystal clear modern equipment is rubbish and I too have noticed different types of screws out there now. We are all doomed and they know it unless people wake up which is a fat chance.
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04-15-17, 06:58 AM | #48 |
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Regarding the various new and different screw types, it just occurred to me that perhaps the intent of the manufacturers is not not to make their products more secure, but, rather, to make the products more difficult for the casual consumer to repair; if you can't easily fix it, you gotta buy a new one...
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04-15-17, 08:39 AM | #49 | |
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04-15-17, 11:19 AM | #50 |
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I have often wondered why the need for so many different types of screws.
I can understand companies that make different screw drivers may like different screws, but why would manufacturing companies use them? "Hey Mr. Manufacturing factory guy, I have developed this new type of screw. It is asymmetrical and based on an inversion of the Fibonacci sequence. Would you be interested?" "Uh, no." <click>
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04-15-17, 11:50 AM | #51 |
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They don't want us clumsy ignorant consumers fiddling with the guts is why. Product liability also plays a part.
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04-15-17, 06:32 PM | #52 |
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IIRC, the Phillips head screw was developed as a means of speeding up assembly processes, particularly automated processes. The conventional slot head screw had the drawback of the toll used to fasten them slipping and sliding around and losing contact with the screw, slowing down assembly lines. By creating a cross patterned, concave slot, the head became automatically self-centering and greatly reduced tool misses and down time...
Everyone does know about the biggest problem with Phillips head screws (other than not finding the Phillips screwdriver when you need it): the screw was designed to facilitate fastening, not removal... <O>
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