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[-] bane_killgrind@kbin.social 39 points 7 months ago

6 "lobe" is torx too. Nobody calls Allen bolts hexagon either.

[-] finalarbiter@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago

I don't think I've ever heard that fastener called an Allen bolt, just the tool (Allen key). I've generally heard them called hex sockets heads. Maybe it's a regional thing?

[-] LolcatXTREME@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

Allen is a brand name, they’re hex keys/wrenches

[-] bane_killgrind@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago
[-] LolcatXTREME@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Positive affirmation 🥰🥰

[-] fayoh@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 months ago

Fun fact speaking of regional things, in Swedish they are called "insex" (as in six on the inside)

[-] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 4 points 7 months ago

In Dutch they are called "inbus", which apparently comes from the German name "Innensechskantschraube Bauer und Schaurte", where Innensechskantschraube means inside six sided screw and Bauer und Schaurte is the company who patented the screw type.

I have no idea how the name inbus came to be

[-] Olmai@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Innensechskantschraube Bauer und Schaurte probably

[-] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 1 points 7 months ago

Well yeah but still, who would think of that?

[-] bane_killgrind@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago
[-] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 1 points 7 months ago

But the german name is just innensechskant

[-] bane_killgrind@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago

Maybe, I do hear hex a bunch

[-] Leviathan@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Just rude, really.

[-] Rinox@feddit.it 1 points 7 months ago

Nobody calls Allen bolts hexagon either.

That's not true when working internationally, since it can have different names in different nations. In Italy is Brugola, in Germany Inbus and in other places it has other names. Everyone understands what a hex key is though

[-] BreadOven@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Agreed, but I often hear Allen keys referred to as hex keys. I don't think I've ever seen anyone confused by that though.

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