Re: Interesting programming description for bank selection

From: Gerrit Heitsch <gerrit_at_laosinh.s.bawue.de>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 17:09:23 +0200
Message-ID: <5357D7A3.7050700@laosinh.s.bawue.de>
On 04/23/2014 03:34 AM, Clockmeister wrote:
>
> On 23/04/2014 9:15 AM, MikeS wrote:
>
> Given that you have plenty of European cars driving around in the US, as
> well as being a product of US manufacturing industry conglomeration I
> beg to differ ;-)
>
>> What are they called, BTW?
>>
>
> We call them Torx bits/sockets but they are also known as star
> bits/sockets in other places.

And I can see a number of advantages using Torx over flathead or 
Philips. It's self centering like Philips but allows much higher torque 
without slipping.

I prefer to use them when I can. Bits are cheap nowadays.

  Gerrit



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