Star head screws

[Xfaxman]

Now you need two Torx driver sets, inch and metric.

Edit: Wrong, see post #18

 

[cqaigy2]

I've not had any problems with the torx head. Like dickfoster, i use impact driver, mine is a smallish cordless Ridged and they go in like butter. There are "security" torx that have a little nub in the center, those are hard to use with a normal torx bit, ive tried until i put on my closeup glasses and saw they weren't normal torx.

 

[JRobyn]

Now you need two Torx driver sets, inch and metric.

Nah, there's only one sizing spec - Torx - Wikipedia

But there is now "Super Torx".

 

[motownbrowne]

Now you need two Torx driver sets, inch and metric.

Haven't seen those. Any links? I thought torx was torx. T25 = T25, no room for SAE or metric interpretation.

Anyone stripping torx screws should double check they aren't using a t20 in a t25. It actually works alright, but for long screws it will strip them. I've driven thousands of t20 and t25 screws. Lots of 5" screws even. I even reuse them frequently. Out of all of them, the amount that I've stripped wouldn't fill a pocket of my Carhartts.

 

[Egon]

I feel for those folk who spent years with Phillips Head screws. ( blame Henery )

Up north we got to use Robertson Screws. I do like the Torx better though.

 

[hslogger]

the star head screws come in different sizes and so they have different headinsert sizes also. It is incredible the way they have revolutionized building today. With he onslaught of cordless and fuel cell systems it is a heck of a lot easier to build with screws of this type. A really great aspect is that if you put up a wall and don't like it, or find some measurement off, you can go back to those star head screws and back them all out. In doing lay out work they are invaluable that way. They very very seldom don't fit, hardly ever strip out and will take about all the punishment imaginable.

 

[dfkrug]

If you have German 2-stroke equipment (Stihl, Makita/Dolmar) you will need Torx T27.

Note that what looks like P2 Philips head screws on Japanese machines are often JIS
cross, not Philips. They are marked with a dot, and shallower than Philips, tho
a P2 screw driver works in a pinch.

 

[Xfaxman]

Now you need two Torx driver sets, inch and metric.

Sorry, wrong, I thought that I had a metric torx bit, so I searched "Metric Torx Screws" and got a lot of sellers. But it is the threads that are metric, not the torx head. My bad.:confused3:

 

[EddieWalker]

the star head screws come in different sizes and so they have different headinsert sizes also. It is incredible the way they have revolutionized building today. With he onslaught of cordless and fuel cell systems it is a heck of a lot easier to build with screws of this type. A really great aspect is that if you put up a wall and don't like it, or find some measurement off, you can go back to those star head screws and back them all out. In doing lay out work they are invaluable that way. They very very seldom don't fit, hardly ever strip out and will take about all the punishment imaginable.

Pretty much exactly what I was going to type.

Every now and then the store I'm at will be sold out of star drive screws. I will not buy another type of screw, but will drive to another store to get them. It's night and day better then anything else!!!!

 

[motownbrowne]

Sorry, wrong, I thought that I had a metric torx bit, so I searched "Metric Torx Screws" and got a lot of sellers. But it is the threads that are metric, not the torx head. My bad.:confused3:

Thanks for letting us know. You had me worried there for a second.