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From: Joshua Putnam on 16 Jan 2006 15:27 In article <v1vns1ljroc6bdvelrdfgbeq3u9a4g3srp(a)4ax.com>, yes(a)its.invalid says... > http://www.wihatools.com/indexes/indxtorx.htm Actually, no, they don't list the 5-point security versions, only the 6-point. Lara Tools sells them on-line, if you qualify. http://www.lara.com/torx-plus-tr.htm -- josh(a)phred.org is Joshua Putnam <http://www.phred.org/~josh/> Braze your own bicycle frames. See <http://www.phred.org/~josh/build/build.html>
From: Rob B on 16 Jan 2006 15:27 "Rob B" <RobB(a)where.on.net> wrote in message news:eiTyf.441$vU2.435(a)newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net... > > "Stephen" <yes(a)its.invalid> wrote in message > news:v1vns1ljroc6bdvelrdfgbeq3u9a4g3srp(a)4ax.com... > > On 15 Jan 2006 23:00:04 -0800, gypsy3001(a)yahoo.com had a flock of > > green cheek conures squawk out: > > > > >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.file > s.hidden/5-point%20star.jpg > > > > > >Does anyone know where I can find a screwdriver for these screws? > > >Thanks. > > > > > >Chieh > > > > http://www.wihatools.com/indexes/indxtorx.htm > > > > Stephen > > -- > > none of those torx drivers in the link show a 5 pointer ? even the one that > says textron applications ? > no there is 5 pointer at bottom of the torx security page , sorry i posted too soon :}
From: Odie Ferrous on 16 Jan 2006 15:42 wrench wrote: > > [I've been taking them apart to play with the magnets--- not as strong as I > expected in the newer drives] > > magnets? in a hard drive? Take them out, give them to a child to play with, and the child will be bleeding inside five minutes. Odie
From: mc on 16 Jan 2006 15:49 "Arno Wagner" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:43266tF1kt0oeU1(a)individual.net... > Torx is optimised for maximum torque without damaging the > tool or screw and easier insertion than the standard 6-way > symmetric format. IMO ist qualifies as possibly the best > all around screw head format. Yes... you can actually hold the screw with the screwdriver... that is, put the screw on the end of the screwdriver, then move it into position.
From: mm on 16 Jan 2006 15:51
On 16 Jan 2006 18:15:57 GMT, Arno Wagner <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >Definitely correct. For anti-tamper there is Torx with a pin >in the middle that needs a Torx driver with a hole. Standard >Torx is just very well suited for automated mounting and also I hadn't thought about that, but I had noticed that it stays on the tip without magnetism, even when the tip is horizontal. The tip won't slip out of the slot either, the advantage of Phillips head. I wonder how long until there are chrome torx screws for decorative places. Remove NOPSAM to email me. Please let me know if you have posted also. |