MacN'Cheezus@lemmy.today to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 days agoMay the torque be with you lemmy.todayexternal-linkmessage-square161fedilinkarrow-up1944arrow-down119
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minus-squareKitathalla@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·7 days agoSlight myth there. It was not the intended purpose, but a sort of happy accident. The original patent stated it was a perfect, never damaging thing. See here and the reply here.
minus-squareevergreen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoCorrect. The original patent makes no reference to any sort of cam out / torque limiting feature.
Slight myth there. It was not the intended purpose, but a sort of happy accident. The original patent stated it was a perfect, never damaging thing. See here and the reply here.
Correct. The original patent makes no reference to any sort of cam out / torque limiting feature.