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Brain fade. Can someone remind me what the type of screws you get in electronic kit are? Sort of a cross between a Posidrive and Allen key type head. Common on phones, 'puters etc.

I need to get a set of screwdrivers for them.

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Do you mean the Torx heads, they look like a six pointed star
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Micro screws?
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Apple used to use pentalobe screws on iPhones.
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Taff wrote: Tue Feb 22, 2022 10:10 am Do you mean the Torx heads, they look like a six pointed star
Yay! Them's 'em. Thank you. :thumbup:
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Scrulox or Robertson's screw?
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Skub wrote: Tue Feb 22, 2022 10:27 am Scrulox or Robertson's screw?
Not even 'French Recess' :D

(I just found the Wikipedia entry on 'List of Screw Drives'. There's squillions of 'em! :shock: But these are Torx. :thumbup: ).
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A super-whizzy set of Torx drivers (from size 2 upwards) is winging its way here. Yay! More tools. :lol:

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Then you get the super-sneaky security torx screws that have a little pip in the centre so a normal Torx can't fit in. It's an arms race, I tell ye...
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mangocrazy wrote: Fri Mar 04, 2022 12:16 am Then you get the super-sneaky security torx screws that have a little pip in the centre so a normal Torx can't fit in. It's an arms race, I tell ye...
I've got a cartoon for that too!

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And then I looked further down......
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MingtheMerciless wrote: Fri Mar 04, 2022 9:46 pm 4B338927-CA41-4CBA-BE6B-6E6D25E0C296_1_105_c.jpeg
They'd fit some of my metal and woodworking.
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