• PupBiru
    link
    fedilink
    181 year ago

    it’s single valid use: somewhere that you may not have tools but might require an impromptu fix… preferably paired with a much larger screw than technically required so you can use things like coins as a driver

    • nightauthor
      link
      fedilink
      111 year ago

      Yeah, like mounting plates for cameras…. Um, I think that’s the only place I’ve appreciated a slot screw

      • Lianrepl
        link
        fedilink
        91 year ago

        Sewing machine too! Always using scissors to open that slot screw to change the needle

        • @Syntopicon@sh.itjust.works
          link
          fedilink
          11 year ago

          We put slots on the thumbscrews used on some of our connectors for military radios. This was a soldier can open or tighten them down with a knife blade.