For some reason I was thinking about Henry Phillips today...

[Andrew Sak]

They need to bring back shop. Kids today don't know the difference between a Phillips and a flat head screwdriver.

 

[jrockbridge]

 

[Bob411]

They need to bring back shop. Kids today don't know the difference between a Phillips and a flat head screwdriver.

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The square head is so much better.

 

[Andrew Sak]

The square head is so much better.

The torque is pretty impressive.
The round head never caught on.

 

[Bob411]

The torque is pretty impressive.
The round head never caught on.

Now you've triggered me. You mean Torx, right?. I hate Torx with a passion, specifically Torx Security, the ones with the pin sticking up in the middle. My hatred for Torx Security is only surpassed by my wish for slow painful deaths for everyone at LG appliance. Wife cleaned the inside of our microwave and pushed the light into/down into the cabinet. Took forever with a pair of vice grips to get the shell off, put the light back and put all the screws back with, a pair of vice grips. Second time it happened, I replaced all the screws with Phillips heads.

 

[Peen Simmons]

Now you've triggered me. You mean Torx, right?. I hate Torx with a passion, specifically Torx Security, the ones with the pin sticking up in the middle. My hatred for Torx Security is only surpassed by my wish for slow painful deaths for everyone at LG appliance. Wife cleaned the inside of our microwave and pushed the light into/down into the cabinet. Took forever with a pair of vice grips to get the shell off, put the light back and put all the screws back with, a pair of vice grips. Second time it happened, I replaced all the screws with Phillips heads.

Nothing is more annoying than getting into some dumb task and then encountering a fucking Torx. Then you have to go digging for that dumb thing.

 

[Andrew Sak]

Now you've triggered me. You mean Torx, right?. I hate Torx with a passion, specifically Torx Security, the ones with the pin sticking up in the middle. My hatred for Torx Security is only surpassed by my wish for slow painful deaths for everyone at LG appliance. Wife cleaned the inside of our microwave and pushed the light into/down into the cabinet. Took forever with a pair of vice grips to get the shell off, put the light back and put all the screws back with, a pair of vice grips. Second time it happened, I replaced all the screws with Phillips heads.

Yes dammit, yes!
In my defense, the Torx name was derived from the word 'torque'.

 

[Andrew Sak]

Now you've triggered me. You mean Torx, right?. I hate Torx with a passion, specifically Torx Security, the ones with the pin sticking up in the middle. My hatred for Torx Security is only surpassed by my wish for slow painful deaths for everyone at LG appliance. Wife cleaned the inside of our microwave and pushed the light into/down into the cabinet. Took forever with a pair of vice grips to get the shell off, put the light back and put all the screws back with, a pair of vice grips. Second time it happened, I replaced all the screws with Phillips heads.

I'm pretty sure the folks at Phillips, the flatheads, and the Allens did a bunch of cocaine at the screwhead convention in Vegas, and came up with Torx.

 

[Bob411]

Thank you all for your support. Just want to make sure everybody understands, I only hate the Torx Security. I don't have a problem with the normal Torx but, it's made by the same company so, I hate it too.

 

[Gorgon90]

I've got a set of torx security bits in my always ready to hand small toolbox so they don't bother me but before I had them I knew your pain.