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Article #3727Star-shaped screwdriver
From: Ken Young
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1989 20:09
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1989 20:09
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The six-pointed star shaped screwdriver is called a "TORX". 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). The eight-pointed star screwdriver is called a "POZIDRIVE". You may be able to turn it with a phillips if you are desperate, but I have never tried it. Most POZIDRIVE stuff says it is not interchangable with a phillips, but they also say not to use it as a chizel, pry-bar, or punch :-) Ken Young uunet!auspex!kyoung
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!usc!samsung!uunet!auspex!kyoung From: kyoung@auspex.auspex.com (Ken Young) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Star-shaped screwdriver Keywords: Latch off Message-ID: <2628@auspex.auspex.com> Date: 14 Nov 89 20:09:20 GMT Reply-To: kyoung@auspex.auspex.com (Ken Young) Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara Lines: 7