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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoFlatheads are good for a few specific applications that require the head to have flat contact with the surface but not be tall enough to be something else like a hex or torx, but needing a lot of torque. They suck for everything else.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoAlso handy on horrible cheap raised hex bolts when they get stripped. Dremel a slot and you’re done.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoSpecific applications like… prying, poking, scraping, and chiseling.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•edit-21 year agoThere are low profile hex heads that exist for that same purpose though. Pretty much no need nowadays for slotted heads, except at very small scale.
Flatheads are awful and you know it.
Flatheads are good for a few specific applications that require the head to have flat contact with the surface but not be tall enough to be something else like a hex or torx, but needing a lot of torque. They suck for everything else.
Also handy on horrible cheap raised hex bolts when they get stripped. Dremel a slot and you’re done.
Specific applications like… prying, poking, scraping, and chiseling.
There are low profile hex heads that exist for that same purpose though. Pretty much no need nowadays for slotted heads, except at very small scale.