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From: leres@ace.ee.lbl.gov (Craig Leres)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Star-shaped screwdriver
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Date: 16 Nov 89 02:43:29 GMT
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Key Young writes:
> If the screw has a spike in the middle of the TORX socket, that requires
> a "tamper resistant TORX" screwdriver (harder to find, but the SNAP-ON
> tool man can get one for you).

I needed one of these (it became... uh, necessary to get into the telco
box at home) so I bought a regular torx driver at Sears and modified
it. First I un-heat treated it, then center drilled it on a lathe, and
finally re-heat treated it.

		Craig

P.S. I really think the psychedelic rainbow colors the heat treating
left on my unit are a plus.