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I seriously doubt it's any of the above. Straight out of high school I worked at a light-aircraft manufacturing plant. Any time you came across a funky fastener
by bradleyland 16y ago
I seriously doubt it's any of the above. Straight out of high school I worked at a light-aircraft manufacturing plant. Any time you came across a funky fastener, it was usually at the behest of a clever (or at least that's how they see it) engineer.
I don't mean that like it's a bad thing. If you've ever had to reach up behind an instrument panel and attempt to guide a #00 philips screw in to its destination, you'll quickly come to appreciate the ingenuity of these odd-ball fastener types.
Another common cause is automated assembly. Fasteners like torx screws work better with automated machinery because they don't suffer from cam-out.
What I'm getting at is that it was probably an engineering decision, not a device security decision.
- elai 16y agoWhat advantage is there for torx vs. this pentalobe screw?
- regularfry 16y agoMy guess is that you'll get less tool head wear with pentalobe, but torx are in more peoples' toolboxes.
- bradleyland 16y agoI'm no engineer, but here's my guess: At these tiny sizes torx bits end up with some very thin material at the tips of the star pattern. The pentalobe has one fewer tips and the curves are inverse, resulting in more meterial in the bit and less in the fastener head. That makes for a more durable tool at the expense of the fastener durability. These screws weren't intended for frequent removal though, so it's a good trade-off from a tooling perspective.