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Re: modified Torx

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Subject: Re: modified Torx
From: Mike Sloane <msloane@att.net>
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 18:01:25 -0500
those are "security" fasteners. You can get them from the cheap tool 
on-line places like Harbor Freight or drop by any decent electronics 
store (not "Circuit City" or other mass retailers) - they will have sets 
in the tool department.

Mike

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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