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Re: modified Torx

To: Lee Daniels <lee@automate-it.com>
Subject: Re: modified Torx
From: Jim Juhas <james.f.juhas@snet.net>
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 22:56:12 -0500
I found some at a Carlisle swap meet at a vendor with a lot of Taiwan tools.

The local phone company here (Connecticut) uses them to seal "their" side of the
telephone interface box.

Lee Daniels wrote:

> I regularly come across fasteners that have a Torx-type recess in the head,
> but with an irritating modification. Right in the middle of the hole,
> there's a raised "pin".  This effectively keeps you from using a regular
> Torx key to remove the fastener.  I'm guessing that there's a modified Torx
> wrench that has a hole in it that allows you to insert the key into the
> hole.  Am I making sense?
>
> Anyway, just looking at non-specialist tool places (Sears, Lowe's, etc.)
> there's certainly nothing like this.  Any ideas on where to get a small set
> of these tools?
>
> thanks - Lee

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