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wolf_from_wv

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Has what made it?

tamper proof phillips?

or that they are used for things they don't want you to tamper with? :shocking: :lol:

I'm trying to complete my insert bit collection.

I've only seen hex and torx in bathroom stalls.
 

G1GRANDEUR

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interesting, I have never seen one yet.

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I know they are used on outside trim pieces on later Ford Mustangs.

Tom
 
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Recently found lots of button head tamper proof machine screws on playground equipment we had to move to install a 48" drain line. i was likewho the hell is going to steal a slide? Then I realized they used them so no one would remove them and a kid got hurt. I actually had to buy a socket that fit all the hex heads. Now I own a whole set of them !!!!
 
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Used in installing paper towel dispensewrs, soap dispensers and grab bars in Psychiatric departments. Can't back them out with a dime or toothbrush!
 

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I have them holding my license plate onto my car.
The police stations here give them away.
 

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I know this is about phillips, but I always wondered how do you remove these tamper proof flatheads

http://www.nuttybolts.com/catalog/images/PB090030.JPG

They can be screwed on, but not off with a flathead.

I have had to remove a couple of these in my lifetime and I used a very thin dremel cutoff wheel (dremel wheel #420? if I remember correctly) to notch straight across the thickest part of the screw head. Cutting through the thickest part of the head allows for the greatest notch depth. Then I just use a flathead screwdriver like normal, and it has worked every time so far. That doesn't help if you need to be able to reuse the screws though. Luckily, up until now I haven't run into a situation where that type of screw was inset or hard to get to with the dremel.
 
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I suppose you could use a teeny tiny die grinder to remove the pin if you need to get
the screw out and reuse it. But if it's for commercial repair work I guess you just
have to buy the correct tool.
 
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