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Meldonmech:
Hi Guys

               More and more I am coming across those horrible screws where there is a lump right in the middle of the screw head slot. Often they are recessed into a hole which makes extraction even more difficult.  This called for a mod to one of my old screwdrivers. 
                     A slot was sawn in the screwdriver blade then finished to size using a square needle file, to fit the corresponding
 screw head. This works perfectly and different sized screw drivers are on the to do list.

                                                       Cheers David

Bigbadbugga:

I've never seen that type of screw before  :scratch:

Are they a form of tamper proof screw?

Meldonmech:
Hi

                Yes they are, and frequently fitted to both small and large domestic appliances, where they want you to buy new, rather than have them repaired. Large manufacturers propagate the throw away society, which contributes to millions of tons of land fill rubbish, unnecessarily. 

                                                          Cheers David

                     

Arbalist:
Good job. Those fasteners don't exactly look good quality either! We've bought a couple of domestic appliances recently and they largely have Torx screws in them, at least the easily accessed ones.

vtsteam:
I've found that most anti-tamper and anti-theft devices are designed to eventually relieve the purchaser of his wallet.

You can postpone this problem for a couple years by purchasing an extended warranty. For additional cash.

Unless of course you can work out a way to break into your own possession.

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