Every one of those sets of bits, drills etc for power drivers has a set of torx bits in it.
I also have a set of security bits from Maplin which covers just about every other variation - useful for dismantling brown goods.
Every one of those sets of bits, drills etc for power drivers has a set of torx bits in it.
I also have a set of security bits from Maplin which covers just about every other variation - useful for dismantling brown goods.
In message , Niall writes
When you find one which has 5 slots radiating out from a central nipple, let me know
Aren't those Torx - a sort of fluted hex? Dunno the wood screws as I've not seen them.
If it is Torx, then even my old Rover SD1 uses them. You can buy them in sets even in Halfords.
Security TORX??
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In message , Andy Hall writes
These screws have straight slots not a bloated pentagram. They're used by Sunvic to hold the case on actuator heads. I used to repair them and ended up making my own screwdriver
I use TurboGold and have been very happy with them.
Like this one?
In message , Sparks writes
Nope
I'll have to photograph the screwhead I think
Someone wrote "Buy a decent bit". I concur. Spent extra time tonight, while modifying a desk, looking for some 'Torx'.bits. Finally found them but none would fit the odd looking screw heads. I hadn't really lloked at the screw heads and was having trouble with a slightly worn Roberston bit! Closer examination showed the heads had an unusual eight point design to be used with a 'regular' Robertson Number 2 (Four side Canadian; in GOOD condition)!
Small screws/bolts tend to be Torx, which is like an Allen but rather than the driver having a hexagonal x-section it has a 6 pointed star x-section.
Bigger bolts are often star drive (I think also called Torx, because the company makes them), which is like a hex head, but instead of the head having a hexagonal x-section it has a 6 pointed star x-section.
So, I have to buy new tools because "Every one of those sets of bits, drills etc for power drivers has a set of torx bits in it"?
Indeed. They were designed for automatic insertion on car production lines. Why anyone would want to use them for manual woodwork is beyond me.
Just curious really, but why don't any posts from 'Huge' ever appear on Google's service anymore? For various reasons I read this ng almost exclusively at
David
"Any more"?
Anyhow, I use "X-no-archive: Yes" headers, which means Google does not archive my posts.
I do not regard Usenet as a medium of record.
Pretty much all old PC's use them internally - especially servers. You get some newbie tech morons coming across them from time to time and thinking they're either a hex head or messed up posidrive (htf you spell that!)!
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Absolutely. Brass screws with the slots all in line is the *only* way.
Alright, I should rephrase it:
to >>>How many folks, who are not denizens of UK.D-I-Y, or usually "get >>>someone in" to do jobs have even seen Torq heads, let alone possess a >>>set ofdrivers ?
Better ?
;-)
Steve
Hello Grunff
Mine was a star. For every bit of wood fixed in this house (badly built fitted cupboards, pine panelling hiding damp and rotten plasterwork), was fixed with crosshead AND straight screws AND nails AND glue.
Luckily he didn't have torx screws also, or I'd probably have had to have hunted him down.
No, I was just making the point that anyone who's bought any tools with bit sets in the last few years is likely to have come across them.
All you'll need to buy is a bit set at £2.99, which will include all the torx bits you need to take my house apart.
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