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bfauska:
Probably best to go with the appropriate security tip screwdriver, but since I've always enjoyed this story I'll pass it along here.  A friend of mine was doing some work installing or moving some signs on the walls inside of a prison, he had been assigned a helper from the residents of the prison and when he found that some signs had security screws he was going to come back the next day with the proper tools.  His helper informed him that if he heated the end of a toothbrush handle with a lighter and then pressed it into the security screw head he would make a custom plastic security driver for that style of screw.  I don't know if he did it or not, but the idea, and the fact that the convicts knew about it has always amused me.

severdhed:
i had some of them holding my marquee retainer in...nobody locally had the tools to remove them, so i put a reinforced cutting disk in my dremel and turned them into slotted screws.  worked like a charm and i didn't have to buy anything

knave:
I picked up a set of security bits for $2.99 at Harbor freight.  I've since used them quite a few times.  Plus it has some unique bit sizes that I didn't have before.

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: bfauska on July 23, 2007, 01:37:17 am --- I don't know if he did it or not, but the idea, and the fact that the convicts knew about it has always amused me.

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That's a common way to do it in a pinch... most people will use a bic pen as the shaft.  Not really a prison specific task.  I've never had much luck with that method but it does work.

WunderCade:

--- Quote from: bfauska on July 23, 2007, 01:37:17 am ---Probably best to go with the appropriate security tip screwdriver, but since I've always enjoyed this story I'll pass it along here.  A friend of mine was doing some work installing or moving some signs on the walls inside of a prison, he had been assigned a helper from the residents of the prison and when he found that some signs had security screws he was going to come back the next day with the proper tools.  His helper informed him that if he heated the end of a toothbrush handle with a lighter and then pressed it into the security screw head he would make a custom plastic security driver for that style of screw.  I don't know if he did it or not, but the idea, and the fact that the convicts knew about it has always amused me.

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The convicts know about it because security screws are commonly use in jails/prisons.

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