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Re: [Shop-talk] recessed triangular screw heads

To: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] recessed triangular screw heads
From: Donald H Locker <dhlocker@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:47:50 -0400
"No user servicable parts inside" is a challenge to me.  Bring it on!  (Also 
good for giving the lawyers fits.  I'm sure a lot of it is "well, if they can 
use a household tool to disassemble it, they will.  We'd better cover our butts 
with a bigger shield."

BTW, great use for an old Chinese nut driver :)
Donald.

Elton E. (Tony) Clark wrote:
> *Don't ya hate it when a manufactured does stuff like weird fastners . . ya
> gotta think it's an attempt to trhwart repairs so one will go buy a new one
> . . . or something.*
> **
> *My favorite was a Krupp coffee maker with a very unique oval button head
> screw, no slots,  buried in a deep recess . . I ground the sides off an old
> Chinese nut driver and made it work . . just to beat Krupp. *
> *Tony*
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