5 Jan
2006
5 Jan
'06
3:55 p.m.
On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 22:29:48 +0000 (GMT)
ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) wrote:
It just takes the machine you're working on to have overtight screws, or
the flatblade to be a bit too narrow to strip the heads and then you have
problems.
It's worked very well in the four instances when I have
successfully used this method. I still haven't bought my long
handled T15 Torx driver. I haven't needed one for any other
application. In my thinking this puts me well ahead of the odds
you lay, and I didn't even think I was taking a gamble.
A true craftsman (and for that matter a hardwre hacker) can, and will,
make his own tools were necessary, sure. This is a far cry from using the
wrong tools. I don't think you'll find _any_ craftsman who would use a
flatblade screwdriver on a Torx head screw (or on a cross-head screw).
Nor will you find him using a screwdriver as a chisel or a pry-bar. Or
using a hammer to get a part off a shaft when a puller is the right tool
to use.
Please don't assume an understanding of how someone else uses
tools, and then spin off citing ludicrous extrapolations of tool
abuse. It's getting a little ridiculous. I don't think anybody
in this discussion is a serial tool abuser (though I suppose
fingers will be pointed.)
I maintain that if the tools on hand will do the job, it's
perfectly legitimate to use them. Others would warn anybody
wanting to open their Macintosh to delay and acquire the Apple
sanctioned implements. It's up to anybody with a Mac to decide,
it's all in the list archive now.
Sure, that probabbly is fine 99.999% of the time. But
the one time it
doesn't work, and you do mangle the deeply recessed screws is the time
you have real problems trying to get them out.
I'm not performing this operation 100,000 times. If I were, I
would definitely go out and get the long handled T15 Torx
Screwdriver.
It is claimed that 'the bad workman blames his tools'. I have always
thoguht that this comes from the fact that the good workman buys good
tools, looks after them, and uses the right tool for the job.
I'm not sure who makes that claim, though it is a saying from
folklore. A true craftsman can make do with what is available,
and leverage his skills and dexterity, rather than just go out
and buy more specialized tools.