Security bits

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Wed Jan 23 12:03:44 2002

On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
> On 23 Jan 2002, R. D. Davis wrote:
> > Quothe Tony Duell, from writings of Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 11:45:06PM +0000:
> > > In my experience nothing will grip those other than the right tool. Even
> > > the well known kludgers tool, 'Mole Grips', just spring off....
> > When all else fails, why not use a very strong epoxy to "weld" a piece
> > of metal, or a bolt, screw, etc. onto the heads of these idiotic
> > security screws, and then just unscrew them by putting a tool onto the
> > attached piece metal, screw, bolt, etc.? Ok, it's a kludge. but it
>
> Why don't you just take a very small [such as dental] burr, and just
> cut a slot for a screwdriver?

A dremel heavy-duty cutting disc works quite well for this. I've done this
to a number of those one-way screws that are not supposed to be removable.

-Toth
Received on Wed Jan 23 2002 - 12:03:44 GMT