[R-390] bristol wrenches

[rbethman]

Richard,

Torx and other fasteners came about in an attempt to keep people from 
"arbitrarily" dismantling things in public places, and equipment where 
they do NOT need to be poking around, i.e., cell phones, hard drives, 
and other items.

Bob - N0DGN

Richard Loken wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Mar 2009, wli wrote:
>
>   
>> That is great info. I had no idea re the history behind these weird
>> screws. It all makes sense thinking as a *mechanical engineer*. I guess
>> the increased cost of manufacture prevented them from being a universally
>> accepted fitting.... too bad for the rest of us.
>>     
>
> How do the mechanical features of Bristol fasteners stand up against Torx
> fasteners?  It seems to me that Torx came about for similar reasons some
> 50 years after Bristol...
>
>   

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Bob - NØDGN