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Screwfix Security drivers
Huge wrote:
I know Screwfix sell a set of "security" drivers. Does it include the Torx-with-a-pin type? The set I have from Screwfix does. -- Grunff |
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Screwfix Security drivers
On 4 Jul 2003 11:44:39 GMT, (Huge) wrote:
I know Screwfix sell a set of "security" drivers. Does it include the Torx-with-a-pin type? This one ? http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...20469&id=18983 The bits at the back certainly look like tamper-proof Torx. ("Star bits" if I read their description right.) My mate swears by his local market for stuff like this, at half the price, mind. I'm damned if Krup are going to stop me mending a coffee maker, merely because I can't get the bottom off. Ah, obviously some technology only understood and maintainable by trained operatives inside. Intensely annoying, isn't it ? -- John |
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Screwfix Security drivers
Huge wrote in message ... I know Screwfix sell a set of "security" drivers. Does it include the Torx-with-a-pin type? I'm damned if Krup are going to stop me mending a coffee maker, merely because I can't get the bottom off. -- "The road to Paradise is through Intercourse." The uk.transport FAQ; http://www.huge.org.uk/transport/FAQ.html [email me at huge [at] huge [dot] org [dot] uk] I have a Karcher pressure washer which is held together with torx screws - one or two of which had security tits in the middle. I found it was quite easy to break off these tits with a spring-loaded centre-punch - and then use a normal torx driver. Roger |
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Screwfix Security drivers
Those tamper-proof Torx screws are a joke. Rather than making the
screw more secure they make it even easier to open. Just insert a small bladed screwdriver to one side of the protruding centre and turn - job done! |
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Screwfix Security drivers
On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 19:35:45 +0100, Peter Parry
wrote: Yes - but they are clip on 1/4" or whatever and the shank is too wide to go in the holes for most recessed screws on small domestic appliances. Sometimes grinding a slot in the back of the 1/4" bit with a Dremel helps. You still need clearance for the bit, but not for the holder: drop the bit in the screw recess and used a flat screwdriver on the back end of the bit. Thomas Prufer |
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Screwfix Security drivers
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Huge wrote: (* Matches the battery pack, then, which is held together with duct tape. I bought new cells, but they wouldn't fit in the existing case, so I sawed the case in half ....) So you were caught out by sub C cells as well? Wonder just why they decided to make two sizes so close - except to frustrate? -- *Be more or less specific * Dave Plowman London SW 12 RIP Acorn |
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Screwfix Security drivers
"Roger Mills" wrote in
: I have a Karcher pressure washer which is held together with torx screws - one or two of which had security tits in the middle. I found it was quite easy to break off these tits with a spring-loaded centre-punch - and then use a normal torx driver. Roger That's true, but I've usually found they're buried just deep enough to frustrate that... (b*****s!) Mike R |
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"Thomas Prufer" wrote in message ... On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 19:35:45 +0100, Peter Parry wrote: Yes - but they are clip on 1/4" or whatever and the shank is too wide to go in the holes for most recessed screws on small domestic appliances. Sometimes grinding a slot in the back of the 1/4" bit with a Dremel helps. You still need clearance for the bit, but not for the holder: drop the bit in the screw recess and used a flat screwdriver on the back end of the bit. Thomas Prufer You beat me to that suggestion Thomas, in fact all my driver bits have a slot cut in them with a junior hacksaw for that very same reason. And a good magnet against your screwdriver doesn't go a miss either on the really deep recesses. --- BigWallop http://basecuritysystems.no-ip.com Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.495 / Virus Database: 294 - Release Date: 30/06/03 |
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