At 08:58 PM Friday 5/11/2007, Robert G. Seeberger wrote: >On 5/11/2007 7:45:36 PM, Ronn! Blankenship >([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Not that kind. Get your mind out of the gutter. > > > > > > There are screws which have a hexagonal-shaped depression in the > > head > > which require a tool which is variously called an "Allen wrench" or > > a > > "hex key" to turn them. Then there are some which have a hexagonal > > depression in the head but instead of being flat the bottom of the > > depression has a raised bump in the center, which means that a > > regular Allen wrench or hex key will not go far enough down into the > > depression to turn them. (Which I think is the point.) Any of you > > engineering types or handypersons know what the latter are properly > > called? I need to open something to [attempt to] repair it, and it > > is held together with that type of screws, and since all I have are > > regular hex keys (some plain, some with ball ends), I need to know > > what kind of tool to get in order to remove and replace those > > screws. I've tried searching on-line for things like "hex key" and > > "bump" together, with no luck so far . . . > > > > TIA. > >Easy one! >What you have is an "Allen Head Security Screw" AKA "Allen Head Tamper >Resistant Screw". >That little bump is there to keep people (unqualified people you might >say) out. >I have several security tip sets and they are somewhat hard to find. I >know you can get them at Frys (well.....an overpriced mediocre set),
What think you of the two on this page? <http://www.rainbowkits.com/tools/tools.html> >and I have found them at a couple of computer/electronics stores. (The >kind of electronics store that sells resistors and capacitors mind >you) When I think of "electronics store" I always think of Radio Shack before thinking of Circuit City. (It does seem that there are a couple of Fry's locations in Georgia, both off on the NE side of Atlanta, which would be a 3-hour trip each way assuming traffic on 285 was moving and not its frequent parking-lot status, and the gas for the trip would probably be more than the price of both of the sets at the above link . . . and all the ones with "Tamper Resistant" in the name I see listed on their web site are star/Torx drivers . . . http://shop4.outpost.com/search?search_type=regular&sqxts=1&query_string=tamper+Resistant&cat=0&submit.x=8&submit.y=10 which would do the job if I wanted to vandalize the men's room at the Wal-Mart Supercenter I was at on Saturday, but would not help me fix what I need to here . . . ) -- Ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
