Article View: sci.electronics
Article #3755Re: Star-shaped screwdriver
From: Craig Leres
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1989 02:43
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1989 02:43
14 lines
1041 bytes
1041 bytes
Key Young writes: > If the screw has a spike in the middle of the TORX socket, that requires > a "tamper resistant TORX" screwdriver (harder to find, but the SNAP-ON > tool man can get one for you). I needed one of these (it became... uh, necessary to get into the telco box at home) so I bought a regular torx driver at Sears and modified it. First I un-heat treated it, then center drilled it on a lathe, and finally re-heat treated it. Craig P.S. I really think the psychedelic rainbow colors the heat treating left on my unit are a plus.
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<4226@helios.ee.lbl.gov>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watmath!att!rutgers!ucsd!helios.ee.lbl.gov!ace.ee.lbl.gov!leresReferences:
<2628@auspex.auspex.com> <2628@auspex.auspex.com>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watmath!att!rutgers!ucsd!helios.ee.lbl.gov!ace.ee.lbl.gov!leres From: leres@ace.ee.lbl.gov (Craig Leres) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Star-shaped screwdriver Message-ID: <4226@helios.ee.lbl.gov> Date: 16 Nov 89 02:43:29 GMT References: <2628@auspex.auspex.com> <2628@auspex.auspex.com> Sender: usenet@helios.ee.lbl.gov Reply-To: leres@helios.ee.lbl.gov (Craig Leres) Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley Lines: 14