Re: OOPS . . .

[Tom Lambrecht <hideo@concentric.net>]

At 08:16 PM 11/15/97, you wrote:
>>>you guessed it . . .two stripped screws (center bottom, and back 
>panel--the
>>>latter in particular had been death-toorqued by the assembler)
>
>>This exact thing happened to me ... It has to be one of the most annoying
>>things to happen ... the tolerances that the screws were tightened at
>>clearly outweigh the strength of the materials involved.  Anyway, two of
>>them had to be removed using horrendous means ... good luck
>
>Err... guys, believe it or not it's not that the screws are overtightened.
>The problem lies in the fact that the screws are not repeat NOT Phillips.
>They are POSIDRIVE of the type used to hold MACs together.  If you can
>locate a Posidrive screwdriver you may be able to salvage the screws.
>NB this is a misprint for the first 350-ish units.  Subsequent ones
>actually _did_ use Phillips screws.
>
>Michael
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>

thanks everyone, for your concern.

Yeah, I forgot yhe name of those damn goofy screws that have the little
arrow and look just like Phillips . . . 

to paraphrase Indiana Jones, why did it have to be posidrive?

Tom "the toolman"
Tom Lambrecht  hideo@concentric.net