JIM HOLSONBACK wrote
 
----------TORX
 
> Hi, Roy.  (About tamper-proof torx screws)
>-=> ROY J. TELLASON wrote to PHIL MARLOWE <=-
 
 PM> Did anyone find a solution to removing that
 PM> type of screw when this was being discussed here?
 
> In the earlier thread, BIR the main suggestion was
> to buy the torx bit with the little hole in the
> tip to receive the pin. In some of the recent
> replies, folks have suggested some more
> alternatives. BIR, I've had a bit of success
> sometimes with taking a center punch and knocking
> the top of that pin down far enough that a
> standard Torx bit would fit down in there far
> enough to catch.
 
 RJT> I have only a vague recollection of this
 RJT> thread, but if it comes down to it I'll buy some
 RJT> tools. Or drill the buggers out...
 
> Back in the earlier thread, I had written that I
> burned up a high-speed drill bit trying to drill
> some of those things out from an IBM power supply.
> Those screw heads are made of _hard_ metal, and
> standard drill bit configuration doesn't do much
> cutting right in the center, where that pin is
> located. I probably had the drill press set at way
> too high RPM, and BIR about the time I noticed
> that the bit wasn't cutting anymore, I looked down
> and saw that the bit was now red hot. :-(.
> Needless to say, when I saw that I was a bit
> torked. (hee)
 
 [g]
 
 So I wasn't exaggerating when I called the
 stuff kryptonite.
 
 
 

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