On Sun, 12 Jan 2003, 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?
these are 'tamper-resistant' fasteners, put there to keep you from getting
into whatever's behind them. I had a guy tell me once (when I asked this
very question) that if I didn't know how to get them off, I probably
shouldn't have access to whatever they were trying to keep me out of. he
had a point...
> 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?
any tool truck (snap-on, matco, mac) will sell them. you can also get
them from the online places (h-f, griots has them, northern, mcmaster and
grainger I'd bet, etc.)
scott
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