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to: Jasen Betts
from: Phil Marlowe
date: 2003-07-16 09:19:04
subject: TORX

Jasen Betts wrote
 
-----------TORX
 
 JH> Its hard metal OK - kinda reminds me of the metal they use in
 JH> those drywall screws,  which I use for all sorts of things, and I
 JH> have to watch out, because using my 3/8" variable speed electric
 JH> drill, those screwheads will tear up a phillips-head bit in short
 JH> order if the bit ever starts to slip in the slots.
 
> Using a 1/2" drill on those screws I have to be
> carefull not to snap the heads off. (maybe the
> drywall screws are different here...)
 
 That's what I meant when I said in another
 post that they were 'brittle'. Some of mine
 snapped when I was tightening them by hand.
 
 
 

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