tab washers

["Christopher A. Kantarjiev" <cak@parc.xerox.com>]

How do pros feel about them? Carroll Smith hates them (as well as all
the varieties of soft spring washers), for exactly the reason that Ray
Gibbons points out. A properly torqued bolt will stay in place just
based on the tension. If you're feeling particularly insecure, use
loctite. If the metal of the tab/washer squishes out when you torque
it, what's it going to do under load?