Our screwdriver took three years [video]

Post by dom96 » Thu, Sep 01, 2022, 10:31 AM UTC

PaulKeeble wrote: post #4

The vast majority of the 2 year delay seems to be fraud by their Chinese manufacturer. They were given exact specifications but they didn't build the parts to it to avoid competition with their own production. They had a bunch of design iterations issues along the way but the bulk of it was fraud.

Post by PaulKeeble » Thu, Sep 01, 2022, 10:39 AM UTC

dom96 wrote: post #12

PaulKeeble wrote: post #4

The vast majority of the 2 year delay seems to be fraud by their Chinese manufacturer. They were given exact specifications but they didn't build the parts to it to avoid competition with their own production. They had a bunch of design iterations issues along the way but the bulk of it was fraud.

> Chinese manufacturer Isn't it Taiwanese?

Post by throw0101c » Thu, Sep 01, 2022, 10:46 AM UTC

shapefrog wrote: post #11

zxcvgm wrote: post #8

Not an apples-to-apples comparison, but I just wanted to see the price positioning for this screwdriver. It goes for $69.99 [0] and Megapro ratcheting screwdrivers (which they mentioned in their video) goes from ~$50 to $59.99, depending on what bits it comes with. [0] https://www.lttstore.com/products/screwdriver [1] https://megaprotools.com/collections/ratcheting-drivers

"The ratchet is based on Megapro's long-standing & reliable design, but has been significantly modified to suit our needs. We reversed the ratchet direction (right for clockwise, left for anti-clockwise), adjusted the spring for lighter back-force which allows you to ratchet-drive even very small screws, and optimized for smoothness and quiet function. It's rated for operation of up to 220 inch-pounds of force." opti…

Post by smcl » Thu, Sep 01, 2022, 10:53 AM UTC

GarrickDrgn wrote: post #15

causality0 wrote: post #9

As someone who spends a good portion of his workday using screwdrivers on industrial equipment and computers, I still don't understand why you'd want a ratcheting one.

It really is a matter of convenience. Linus's work is obviously mostly with computers and servers, where you often work in tighter spaces; not having to reposition your whole hand (and/or pull the screwdriver out of the screw and reposition it because of a lack of space) is a nice convenience. Plus, most computer screws are not really tightened very much, so you'll be done with a few flicks of your wrist. He also exp…

Post by tabokie » Thu, Sep 01, 2022, 11:01 AM UTC

PaulKeeble wrote: post #14

dom96 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Chinese manufacturer Isn't it Taiwanese?

I believe it is now I don't think they mention it in this video but have done so on the WAN show, the original manufacturer in 2020 however was Chinese, they had to change due to the fraud and lost $130000 in the process.