"Pozidriv" [was Re: Tools (was: IBM 5155 analogue display fault]

[Jules Richardson]

On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 23:36 +0100, Pete Turnbull wrote:
> On Jun 1 2005, 18:14, der Mouse wrote:
> > >>> My first repair job was when I used a butter knife on the toaster
> > >> a good start, and hopefully you have better tools now :-)
> > > Personally I still find myself places I have to check the cutlery
> to
> > > repair something (when I'm at someone elses house).
> >
> > There's a reason I always carry my Swiss Army knife. :-)  (It's not a
> > very elaborate one, and not nearly up to comparison with, say, a
> > Leatherman, but it's pretty versatile given a little imagination.)
> 
> I always carry one, too.  I do actually own a fairly elaborate one, but
> the one I carry is quite simple.  I carefully ground the end of one
> blade so it fits (approximately, but "well enough") many
> Philips/Pozidriv screws, and is useful if they're not too tight.  The
> real challenge wa geting it to also fit the rather odd slotted Torx
> screws used on HP equipment :-)

Heh :) I lost mine which was particularly annoying as it got me out of a
lot of scrapes over the years. (*and* the little pair of tweezers hadn't
yet vanished :) Still need to get a decent replacement...

Regarding the Leatherman tools, all the ones I've seen have been way
bigger than a swiss army knife and so a lot less practical for carrying
about in a pocket. 

I'd quite like to have a swiss army knife that could be dismantled and
the tools swapped around depending on the likely use to be honest. Of
course then you need a second knife to reassemble the first :-)

cheers

Jules