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

[Joe R.]

At 11:03 PM 6/1/05 +0000, Jules wrote:
>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 :-)
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>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...
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>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. 

  You should go check them out again. They make all kinds of sizes. I have
a BIG one in the tool set in my car. A medium one to carry in my pocket
most of the time and at second one of them at home. Plus a couple of little
ones that I carry when I don't want the bulk or weight of a medium one.


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>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 :-)

    Checkout some of the Leatherman "clones", at least one of them has a
1/4" hex socket with interchangeable bits. There are enough clones with
slight variations that you should find one that will do exactly what you want.

    Joe
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>cheers
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>Jules
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