three-bladed
Phillips ["tri-wing", apparently]
I've seen those used on airliner
wings -- 737 perhaps.
I have a Nokia cellphone wall-wart charger that is held together with
such a screw. (So far it's the only use I've made of any of the
tri-wing bits - taking that apart out of curiosity.)
Sounds like all you're missing is Bristol Spline.
[...]
I don't think I've ever seen that, neither driver nor screw. Perhaps
they're more common on the European side of the pond? I seem to recall
Tony talking about them a lot.
[...]; if you need to undo a Bristol spline screw,
you'll need the
real tool.
The description makes it sound as though a flat-blade bit should work,
if it's the right width to fit snugly into a diameter of the cylinder;
it should fetch up against two of the splines, and while it likely
would bend them out of true, it seems it should drive/draw the screw.
Or have I misunderstood?
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