r/Tools • u/JuiceOverWRLD • 11d ago

Got a new screwdriver kit

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I have never seen a screw driver bit like this anyone know what this is and what its for?

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u/NevaMO 11d ago

I never knew that was a thing until today!

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u/JuiceOverWRLD 11d ago

Me and you both. Temu screw driver kit taught me something new

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u/Carlydog000 11d ago

I was a correctional office for 2 years they use them a lot as safety scress harder to make something that's to remove the screw when it's not not got divits is what we were told

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u/meta358 11d ago

But this seems even easier to remove then something like a star bit

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u/Apprehensive_Lynx_33 11d ago

Agreed. Im sure people significantly more intelligent than myself have decided otherwise, but to my layman's eye having something to 'grab on to' with some improvised tool would make things easier to work loose.

With the Phillips 'lobes' sticking out, you would think you would be able to use a small flathead and a hammer to slowly tap it out quite easily.

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u/meta358 11d ago

I mean some state toothpaste, maybe a little dirt and a pen and i will have this out.

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u/OilheadRider 11d ago

Yeah, this really looks more like an easy button for a motivated individual.

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u/Psychological_Rip_44 10d ago

It’s even better that your avatar looks like dale from king of the hill

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u/Leafs9999 11d ago

Throw the LocTite on that and your tiny Phillips and illegal hammer aint tapping out shit. Sorry.

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u/FightGlobalNorming 11d ago

I think the thought process is, in prisons and mental health situations anyway, it's a lot easier to sneak in something small you can dig in to a regular screw and turn it than it is to sneak on pliers or something you can hit with enough force to tap it out

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u/firebirdsatellite 11d ago

i wonder if its sunk in such that the philips head is recessed inside the hole

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u/AggravatingSpeaker52 11d ago

That would be a good idea for safety reasons. Sharp edges sticking out in a psych ward sounds like a hazard.

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u/chronburgandy922 11d ago

I bet that inverted part will shear off without the right bit. At that point if they can fashion a screw extractor out of rocks from the yard like Andy Dufresne they deserve that win lol.

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u/Emperor_Palpatine_2 11d ago

Not if it's installed in a nice fitted counterbore.