On Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:59:35 GMT,
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>In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, mm <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 04:47:03 -0700 (PDT), cpliu
>><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
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>>>I have to open an external HD enclosure with unusual screws. They have
>>>6 nodes like flowers and is rather small. My toolkit does not have it.
>>>It looks like the last one in
>> http://zoice.com/2009/01/04/screw-head-classifications/
>>>but with 6 nodes.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>
>>These are torx head screws, and the zize is smaller than the set of
>>screwdrivers I saw at Home Depot.
>>
>>Size 6 or 7 iirc someone told me, although he meant the screws to
I checked last night and it was 9 or 10, I've already forgotten. I
still think the ones at home depot were too big, but I'm not sure
anymore. And I* don't need to know anymore.
>>remove the electronics. But I have a harddrive I can reach by
>>outstretching my arm, and the screws on the other side seem to be the
>>same size.
>>
>>Somewhere I got boxes of just tips. To be used with a handle or
>>driver.
>>
>>One that was sold several places, including maybe Harbor Freight, was
>>red rubber about 2 inches by 4 inches and held 4 rows of about 10 tips
>>per row of various kinds of tips, a couple sizes each. I don't
>>remember what sizes it has of torx it has.
>That would be this unit
>
>http://www.harborfreight.com/33-piec...set-93388.html
Yeah, that's exactly what I meant. Good show, ole boy.
>
>But for a few dollars more i'd suggest this one
>
>Harbor Freight ITEM # 91310 and i think i only paid like $5.99 on sale. Its a
>100 peice security bit set.
>
>http://www.harborfreight.com/100-pie...set-91310.html
If you only use one tip, it's likely to be worth it. Especially in
the middle of the night when hardware stores are closed.
They don't sell my exact set anymore, and this seems to have replaced
it. It was a big deal to find these tips for sale 10 or 15 years
ago. I would get broken Black and Decker appliances, and I'd have to
drill out the screws to get them apart. That's another good thing
about harbor freight. They have, or had, a set of 4 left-handed drill
bits. Ever try to buy those? A lot of places, a lot of people think
you've made it up. But with a reversible drill, they are good for
drilling out screws because often the screw will unscrew after a
while. You don't have to drill the whole head off, and the stub comes
out too. But the proper tip is easier.
>
>>
>>The other was 6" by 6 or 8 inches and held 120 or more tips, of
>>various kinds. I'm pretty sure that will have it, because I've assume
>>that has almost everything.
>>
>>There are also "security Torx" tips. Those screws have a pin in the
>>middle of the "slot" and there has to be a matching hole in the middle
>>of the tip.
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