MIKE ROSS wrote 
 
----------TORX
 
 PM>           here on how to extract one of
 PM> those screws with a star-shaped slot with a pin in
 PM> the center.
 
> They sell the torx bits that remove those security
> screws
 
  Canadian Tire? Specialty item? Expensive?
 
> but I simply use a tempered flat
> screwdriver to break out the center pin.
 
 Tried that with small screwdrivers. Thought it
 would be easy. Ended up ruining the screwdrivers.
 Amazingly tough for a pin so thin.
 
> First I line up the blade on edge so it catches
> the pin.  Then I rap it sharply in one direction
> then turn it around and rap it in the opposite
> direction. It usually snaps off after that.
 
  Will give this a try -- if possible. The
 screws are recessed somewhat in the body of the
 appliance, which might make it difficult if not
 impossible to get any angle.
 
> If it's a pan head screw, another method is to
> simply cut a slot across the head for a flat
> screwdriver with a hack saw.
 
  The screws are too recessed for that possibility.
 
> After removing the screw I usually replace it with
> a non-torx one.
 
  Oh, they go. No question about that.
 
> The security torx are far from invincible but
> they sure are annoying. -- Mike
 
  I'll say.
 
 

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