28 Sep
2014
28 Sep
'14
2:24 p.m.
are found in clockmaker/watchmaker and gunsmith supply
shops. I have
such a set that I use whenever I can, because it can?t slip out of the
slot. There?s a nice set available from Brownell?s in the USA, about 6
width at 4 thickness choices each.
THat sounds useufl. I'll bet it has a price to match, though (not that i
object ot paying money for good tools) Yes, I saw those too. And clutch, robinson of several
sizes,
pozidriv, ?tamper torx? and ?tamper allen? (which are drilled in the
center to clear a pin in the center of the screw?s recess), and some more.
Yes, I think I have most, if not all, of thsoe. In the UK, finding
inch-size tmaperproof hex is much harder than finding metric ones.
Tamperproof Torx is common, lthrough the smaller sizes are hard to find.
There's slos 'System Zero' which is designed to be almost impossible to
remvoe without the right tools. The bolt head is a frustrum of a cone (so
a self-lockign wrench ('Mole wrench' over here) will just spring off. It
has 6 little slots in it, the tool is a bit like a femal bristol spline.
I relaly must get a set of thsoe 5-pointed Torx-a-likes...
[Bristol spline tools]
They are still an off the shelf item here: Xcelite brand, available
from Stanley Supply (formerly Jensen Tools) among others.
The Xcelleite set is the onyl one Iv'e seen in the UK (and the one I
have). Even so, it's not common. Yes, you can get it by mailorder. But
tool sops (siuch as still exist :-() and DIY stores don't keep it
(there's a good chance such places will have that set of 30
'tamperproof bits).
-tony