[modeleng] Re: Allen heads

John,

I don't know who came up with the stupid TorX bolt head, but it seemed to 
first appear on General Motors products over here.  I don't wish the 
inventor any harm and I hope he had a full and wonderful life, but died just 
before he was able to design the thing!  I feel the same way about the 
Phillips head screw designer.  Yeah I know both fasteners were designed for 
assembly by electric or air powered production screwdrivers, but I still 
despise them.

Jesse the Redneck from Tennessee

 Hi to all,
 While on the subject of fixings,Does anyone know when TorX started to be 
used.

 there seems more and more way of bolting and screwing and the head shapes 
are always changing, all electrical goods coming in from the far east with 
that screw we don't seem to have a tool to undo it so that we can repair 
it(built in obsolesance!!!)

 yours John Burridge

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