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Torx Driver Set?
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Hits the nail squarely on the head. Even the manufacturer of Loctite recommends using HEAT to loosen the adhesive's grip on screws, instead of attempting to torque them loose. With a very small-diameter bit like the types used on knife screws, over-torquing by just a little bit can easily break, strip or round off even the 'quality' tools.
I have 2 of the Husky Torx sets, and also have (stashed in my toolbox) 3 different Wiha sets. The Wihas are good, no doubt. But I almost never use them, because the all-bits-in-one Husky drivers are just too convenient. Never broke or rounded them off, either.
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I got a couple sets at Harbour Freight for a few bucks each. They have torque, star, flat and Phillips bits. I got no issues with them at all. I mean we're talking small simple tools that take very little abuse or strain. If you're doing mechanic work with high torque and force, then ya drop the cash on Snap On or Craftsman.... But for all intensive purposes knife assembly/disassembly is pretty light work.
I got the same set, but the smaller torx don't hold up well; the metal is too soft. I had bought a set from Titan Tools; sold through Wally World. They're tough, but only go as small as T6. The Home Depot set has T4+5, so I may get it just to round out the what I have.
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The Benchmade Blue Box came with, as stated above, the T6, T8 and T10. Funny thing, though, is there were 2 of each bit in that set. It's like they expected you to ruin them, eventually. Never would have bought it, but it came with an Ebay purchase of a Benchmade 10 or so years ago.
The only time I have come across T4 and/or T5 is with William Henry knives. I bought the Husky set at Home Depot just for those bits.
I had a WIHA set that had done most of my torx work until I bought the Husky. That one is very convenient, as Obsessed stated above.
The only time I have come across T4 and/or T5 is with William Henry knives. I bought the Husky set at Home Depot just for those bits.
I had a WIHA set that had done most of my torx work until I bought the Husky. That one is very convenient, as Obsessed stated above.
I read about Torx sets for awhile, including recommendations for the HomeDepot, Lowes and Sears sets. I also read of problems that a few people had with them, and problems with loctited screws from people like Spyderco. I decided to get a better set so I found this Wiha set and put it on my Christmas list this year. I found them on the net for about $14. It is a very small set and as a bonus it gives you 2 ends for each size. The smallest is a T6 but I was told that I didn't need anything smaller for knives. I used this set to successfully fix the pocket clip on my daughters Tenacious.
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There's an additional complication, in that there's a huge variation in the quality and dimensions of the screws themselves, depending on who made them (and there are scores of suppliers worldwide, maybe hundreds or even thousands). So, even if a given torx driver is perfect in size/dimension, materials & heat treat, there's still a decent chance it won't fit correctly in a screw that's otherwise the 'same size', and therefore result in damage to the tool or the screw, or both. I'd be willing to bet, most of the size mis-match issues are more likely related to the screws being 'off', as opposed to the tool itself. Screws are made much more cheaply (quantities of 100 or more for a couple or three bucks, oftentimes), and I doubt they get the same level of QC as many tools do, even the less-expensive ones.
If you take a look at torx screws (or hex) with a magnifier, it's not hard to see how imprecisely they're made. The recesses in the heads are often warped/mis-shapen or dented/gouged or otherwise damaged out of 'true' dimensions. And that's when they're 'new'. They can look downright ugly sometimes.
David
