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[Roy J. Tellason]

On Tuesday 22 July 2008 15:47, Paul Koning wrote:
> >>>>> "Roy" == Roy J Tellason <rtellason at verizon.net> writes:
>
>  Roy> On Tuesday 22 July 2008 15:21, Fred Cisin wrote:
>  >> Take a look at:
>  >> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=97517
>  >>
>  >> They don't go down to the truly TINY sizes.  Those are NOT 1/4"
>  >> drive.
>
>  Roy> What are they, then?  That's the sort of bit that I acquired
>  Roy> most recently, and I can either use them with my Snap-On SSDM41
>  Roy> (magnetic handle) or with a 1/4" nut driver if I don't mind the
>  Roy> bit falling out all the time.
>
> It says "5/32 shank".  Bizarre.

I must have missed it,  there's a headache out there on the fringes of my head 
that won't completely leave...

> There are some unusual bits in there.  Triwing, for one.  5 pointed
> star -- haven't seen that before.

Yes,  that's why I considered maybe at least looking at that.

> I recently ordered a security bits set from Harbor Freight.  Stuff
> like torx with a hole in the middle... nice to have.

I know,  I need to get some of those too.  One place I recall using them was 
for an IBM external floppy drive enclosure -- though they used standard 
philips-head screws in some of the holes.  I got them out finally and 
threw 'em out.  :-)  It'd be nice to be able to deal with them easily though.

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