On Wed, 31 Oct 2007, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Actually, "tamper-proof" isn't even
"tamper-proof"--just "tamper-
resistant". The closest things to "tamper proof" that I've ever seen
have been in the nature of breakaway head nuts and bolts
with some practice, they can usually be taken out by "tangential impact"
with a very small, very hard chisel. Best examples are automotive, so
for Jay, I'll leave it at that.
A cetnre punch applied oliquely near the circumference often works too..
The wookshp manual [1] I have alongside me gives the removal method as
drilling a hole down the middle and then using an easy-out. Does that
term exist across the Pond? It's a tapered tool with a left-hand thread
on the otuside. Put it down the hole, turn it anticlockwise with a tap
wrench [2] and it bites into the sides of the hole and turns the
shear-head olt anticlockwise too.
I have neve seen RH thread easy-outs for removing ledt-handed shear-head
bolts, which suggests that said bolts would be a little harder to remove
[1] Yes it's a car manual. The bolts hold the ignition switch/steering
lock to the column. I have neve seen such bolts used in classic computers
[2] That's tap as in 'tool for cutting female screw theads'
-tony