who here HATES torx screws?

I LOVE them.....beats hex head, slothead and phillips. The only thing I might like better would be clutch head and square head screws....don't see them on knives.



Thomas Zinn
 
I've never had a problem with them either. As long as you don't overtighten, or try to remove one that's been red-Loctited without first heating it, they work fine.
 
Torx are great.

Who here hates SLOTTED?

And who hates Phillips just a little less than Slotted?
 
Ya... they work fine!

So take your whining, sniviling..... Sorry, got carried away there.

I actually like them as well. I have a set of drivers from sears in T4-T12, and they work quite good. The pattern lends a more polished and profesional look to a knife than a slotted or philips screw would.
 
Put me in the "like 'em" category.

Midget, any particular issue you have with them?

The only problem I've ever had with Torx is when they've stripped, usually due to someone forcing a Phillips head driver into them.
 
I like them, work much easier than slotted or phillips. I think they look cooler too actually.
 
Keith Mayton said:
I've never had a problem with them either. As long as you don't overtighten, or try to remove one that's been red-Loctited without first heating it, they work fine.
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i like torx so far.

but i've had one problem that i haven't pursued.
i think i may have made the loctite mistake
when trying to remove the clip from my crkt apache.
the torx wrench (not the screw) stripped..
so... heating it up you say?
 
Midget said:
they are awful. who's with me?
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Torx and their drivers are not that common -
so didn't like them for that reason -
.....but if truth be known probably just because I didn't have the right tools/torx drivers.

However things changed when I bought these, and I'm no longer that "passionate" about them -
HuskyTorx.jpg


Torx driver set @ Home Depot

for all of $5.97 with full lifetime warranty.

The thread actually has a sort of identi-kit locator photos... ;) -
check it out -

then please tell us how you feel
after you own a set - for under $6........ :D

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Torx are my favorite type because they come attached on the coolest things. And I've never had trouble with not having the right size driver since I got a torx kit. Phillips screws are 2/3 as cool as Torx because they have 2/3 the slots. Were they named after a guy called Phillips? He must have had a !@#$%ed up shaped head. I hate slotted screws.
 
The Phillips head is actually a clever idea. When the screw is designed right, you can use a range of drivers to tighten and loosen the head, since it accepts a range of driver bit sizes.

Plus, it self-centers--unlike slotted heads which can cause a power driver to slip off at the worst moment. With automated assembly lines, that's a Very Big Deal.

Henry Phillips invented it in the 1930s, somewhere, and intended it for use in assembly lines...where it saved a lot of money with guys working at high speed. It's designed to go in quickly, but was never designed to be removed!

So that's the deal: they're not designed for folks like you and me who repair things and take apart things... only for people who _solely_ build things.
 
mosplat said:
i like torx so far.

but i've had one problem that i haven't pursued.
i think i may have made the loctite mistake
when trying to remove the clip from my crkt apache.
the torx wrench (not the screw) stripped..
so... heating it up you say?
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I doubt that crkt used permanent red Loctite on clip screws. It could just be a defective torx driver. What brand torx driver was it? I've never had any problems with my Husky or my Craftsman.
 
Watchful said:
Henry Phillips invented it in the 1930s, somewhere, and intended it for use in assembly lines...where it saved a lot of money with guys working at high speed. It's designed to go in quickly, but was never designed to be removed!
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Torx was designed by Textron for the automotive industry for automated assembly lines. Because of the angles in it, Phillips heads confuse machine vision systems. Because of those same angles, Phillips also has some problems with high-RPM drivers. Torx is designed with machine-vision in mind. It features many of the same benefits of Phillips, self-centering, high torque, low camout, and it works great with high-RPM drivers.

http://www.textronfasteningsystems.com/products/torxplus/tp_benefits.html
 
The important thing to remember about Torx is that it is intended to be driven straight-on, zero-drive-angle. People get into trouble with Torx when they get lazy and try to hold the driver at an angle to the screw. Like cap screws, Torx needs to have the driver inserted straight into the head.
 
Gollnick said:
(Torx)... is designed with machine-vision in mind. It features many of the same benefits of Phillips, self-centering, high torque, low camout, and it works great with high-RPM drivers.
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And can be easily removed!
 
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