Torx head screws

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Alistair Ross

Is it me or do others find the Torx head fasteners a real pain, They seem to
be used most it the car industries and I don't doubt that when it comes to
assembly lines that air driven tools can be located quickly into these type
of fasteners. But when it come to getting the bloody things out ! No matter
the quality of the Torx bits it always seems hit or miss if the thing will
grip and turn.
I know lying in the drive with ice cold wind whistling up your trouser
leg, your hands so cold you can feel them, the kids crying, the teas gone
cold, the mortgage payments are to high, the wife mothers on the phone don't
help but give me a hex head any time.

My rant for the day.....ttfn.....Alistair
 
Hi Alistair,

" I know lying in the drive with ice cold wind whistling up your trouser
leg,"
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Lucky you weren't wearing your kilt...............

Andy I.
 
Alistair Ross said:
Is it me or do others find the Torx head fasteners a real pain, They seem to
be used most it the car industries and I don't doubt that when it comes to
assembly lines that air driven tools can be located quickly into these type
of fasteners. But when it come to getting the bloody things out ! No matter
the quality of the Torx bits it always seems hit or miss if the thing will
grip and turn.
I know lying in the drive with ice cold wind whistling up your trouser
leg, your hands so cold you can feel them, the kids crying, the teas gone
cold, the mortgage payments are to high, the wife mothers on the phone don't
help but give me a hex head any time.

My rant for the day.....ttfn.....Alistair
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I rather like Torx screws, my experience with them has been good, once I got
a set of decent bits they work well, don't seem to strip out as easily as
philips.
 
Well, I rather prefer torx since there *is* only one standard. If people
finally would learn not to use a philips screwdriver on a pozidrive screw
(and vice versa) much would be gained. How many of you have not tried to
unscrew a worn screw, destroyed by an %¤#¤% owner who couldn't tell a pozi
from a philips?!
 
Volvoman said:
Well, I rather prefer torx since there *is* only one standard. If people
finally would learn not to use a philips screwdriver on a pozidrive screw
(and vice versa) much would be gained. How many of you have not tried to
unscrew a worn screw, destroyed by an %¤#¤% owner who couldn't tell a pozi
from a philips?!
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What's pozidrive? I've never even heard of it, probably just been calling it
something else.
 
What's pozidrive? I've never even heard of it, probably just been calling it
something else.
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Almost identical to the Phillips screw, supposedly the next
generation. I can't tell the difference, but then I live in Canada,
where we have the Robertson screw. Sadly, the rest of you don't know
what you're missing!
 
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