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From: Chris Lewis on 16 Jan 2006 23:54 According to mm <NOPSAMmm2005(a)bigfoot.com>: > On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 21:12:48 -0000, clewis(a)nortelnetworks.com (Chris > Lewis) wrote: > >I still think they should make the manufacture and sale of slotted and > >phillips screws a capital offence. > That would be like making digitial tv the standard, and non-digital > tv's dificult to use. You did know that the US Congress was mandating digital-only TV (I think) April 2009 didn't you? > Think of all the screwdrivers that would have to go on welfare. Screwdriver smugglers. -- Chris Lewis, Una confibula non set est It's not just anyone who gets a Starship Cruiser class named after them.
From: Rob B on 17 Jan 2006 00:09 "mm" <NOPSAMmm2005(a)bigfoot.com> wrote in message news:m3qos195ojo6a9q717db13jkdpi694523j(a)4ax.com... > On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 02:38:42 GMT, "Rob B" <RobB(a)where.on.net> wrote: > > > > >> Hard drives have very powerful neodymium magnets in the servo actuator > >> for the read/write head assembly. You have to be careful not to pinch > >> your fingers between them but they're cool to play with. > >> > > > >has anyone ever pinched the fingers ? i bought some of these neodynium > >"warning extra strong" magnets from hardware store and skeptical i tried to > >pinch my fingers and have had no luck, well if that is the label to give > >such actions :) > > I've practically tried to glue my fingers together with super-glue, > and had no luck there either. :) > i suppose i am luckier than you for i have super'd my fingers together but i was not trying
From: Rod Speed on 17 Jan 2006 00:48 Isaac Wingfield <isw(a)witzend.com> wrote: > In article <ic4q441a4s.fsf(a)mk.telcordia.com>, > Dan Espen <daneNO(a)MORE.mk.SPAMtelcordia.com> wrote: > >> gypsy3001(a)yahoo.com writes: >> >>> I'm looking for a 5-point star shaped screwdriver. I bought a >>> Seagate 80GB external hard drive. Its case uses these special >>> screws. I shot a picture of a screw here: >>> http://www.gearhack.com/Forums/Tool/Screwdriver_for_5-Point_Star_Screw.files >>> .hidden/5-point%20star.jpg >>> >>> Does anyone know where I can find a screwdriver for these screws? >>> Thanks. >> >> In my opinion, someone should be arrested for using these things. > > They're not used to make it difficult for you to get inside, but > because it reduces manufacturing cost. Those screws don't slip off > the bit, and you don't have to apply any pressure to the driver to > prevent "cogging". They're just perfect for torque-limited power > drivers in high-volume manufacturing situations. Doesnt explain why they used the tamperproof and hard to get 5 lobe format. > And as others have mentioned, they come out very nicely using a > properly-sized flat blade. Sometimes a hex wrench will fit, too.
From: Dr. Hardcrab on 17 Jan 2006 05:57 "John McGaw" <nobody(a)nowh.ere> wrote > If you want to buy Torx Plus tools you must, in theory anyway, be a > legitimate user as defined by Textron although if you know anyone who > works with them they should be pretty easily obtained at the cost of a > case of beer. ;-) http://www.stanleysupplyservices.com/product-group.aspx?id=7957
From: Doug Miller on 17 Jan 2006 07:56
In article <43cbe2ed$0$19285$892e7fe2(a)authen.yellow.readfreenews.net>, "Folkert Rienstra" <folkertdashrienstra(a)wanadoo.nl> wrote: >"Doug Miller" <spambait(a)milmac.com> wrote in message > news:ycNyf.9916$dW3.437(a)newssvr21.news.prodigy.com >> In article <MtMyf.156727$Ph4.4760299(a)ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>, "Handi" > <handi_ca(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> > I'd dare to guess that if this fellow doesn't recognize a Torx screw >> > that he isn't aware that he should never open a hard drive. >> >> I guess you can't recognize one either. :-) > >The same to you. Try again. > >> What he has is not a Torx screw. > >Yes it is, as someone else showed from the Wiha page. No, it's not. This is a five-pointed star. Torx screws have six points. -- Regards, Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com) It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again. |