5" floppy?.

[Tony Duell]

>    Yes.  But the design (and the reasoning behind it) dates back to  
> the 1930s...were there in fact torque screwdrivers at the time?  Even  

I think such tools exited back then, but as you say, they weren't and 
aren't cheap

> if there were, they'd still be significantly more expensive than  
> ordinary screwdrivers (as they are now), and the motivation behind  
> the cam-out design was (as I understand it) to allow not-so-highly- 
> trained assembly line workers assemble things without destroying  

Yes,  but the cam-out is so unopredicatale (the sort of person who's 
going to overtightne the screw is exactly the sort of person who'll put 
his whole weight on the screwdriver to prevent it from capping out) that 
it seems somewhat pointless. 

IMHO anyone who can't feel when this sort of screw is tight but not too 
tight has no business owning a screwdriver!

-tony