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(edit: driver bit, not drill bit)

Sorry for the double posting this morning, but this so good I got to share a short story with you.

A week or so ago I was being a little dumb with my Impact. instead of making the tomato support out of wood, then taking it to the plant, i thought it would be better to just slap the screws in right where i needed them with the post already in the ground. Well, my unique starshaped tip wasn't locked in with a magnet or special shaped side, so when i flung my drill around, it fell out somewhere random. I looked for it for like an hour, and i looked for it a couple days in a row where i thought i lost it.

I was resigned to my fate that i would never find it again. After watering the plants and moving the dirt around, it would be hopelessly lost.

Well, today i went to pick the ripe tomatoes and was in for the shock of my life. There the damn thing was, sitting like happy dude motorboating two ripe tomatoes. It had to be there when the tomatoes were still plenty green and stayed till i picked them. Gave me a good laugh, thought i would share with y'all

(edit: driver bit, not drill bit) Sorry for the double posting this morning, but this so good I got to share a short story with you. A week or so ago I was being a little dumb with my Impact. instead of making the tomato support out of wood, then taking it to the plant, i thought it would be better to just slap the screws in right where i needed them with the post already in the ground. Well, my unique starshaped tip wasn't locked in with a magnet or special shaped side, so when i flung my drill around, it fell out somewhere random. I looked for it for like an hour, and i looked for it a couple days in a row where i thought i lost it. I was resigned to my fate that i would never find it again. After watering the plants and moving the dirt around, it would be hopelessly lost. Well, today i went to pick the ripe tomatoes and was in for the shock of my life. There the damn thing was, sitting like happy dude motorboating two ripe tomatoes. It had to be there when the tomatoes were still plenty green and stayed till i picked them. Gave me a good laugh, thought i would share with y'all

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I hate to tell you, but torx bits are clearly Jewish.

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i mean, i guess, but the shape has been around for a long time.

imagination storytime:

Pewpoo has been recruited by an elite team of whites to help overthrow their evil satanic overlords. All the pedophiles heads are on pikes by the entrance of most major cities now. Whites have won!

"this is great" says the leader of Pewpoos division "We have won! One of the first missions as free men is to go to each library and purge it of LGBQ material..... Pewpoo, what are you doing?"

PewPoo heard what he was saying but took this as his queue to move on. He puts a cigar in his mouth but doesnt light it. "I'm a free man now Mr. Leader, and theres something i MUST do to continue being a MAN." his leader slowly nods.

"i understand. please go, with God's spead. Dont go alone.... take this" the leader hands PewPoo a flame thrower "Youll need this where youre going."

Hours later, geared to the teeth, PewPoo arrives at the parking lot of a HomeDepot. Satan himself stands before him "You cannot pass. This is as far as you go."

Pewpoo throws the now burnt up butt of his cigar onto the ground and smooshes under his worn boot. "You know why im here. IM HERE FOR THE HEX TORX BITS. YOU CANNOT STOP THE SERVENT OF GOD FROM DOING GOD'S WILL. STAND DOWN OR SUFFER!"

But, alas, satan does not. He charges forward, Pewpoo shoots him seven times in its chest and satan falls down at his feet, sliding to a stop. Its body writhes, laughs, and disappears into a puff of smoke. Pewpoo only has moments before it regained its form. He ran into the Home depot and looked for the Powertool isle, dousing the halls along the way with fuel. He found what he was looking for.

Hex Bits. Lots of them. There was no time to waste. Everything with six sides or points needed to be burned and destroyed. Taking a hammar, imbued with God's power, he crushed everything associated with the number six.

Leaving, back to the entrance, Pewpoo says "Goodbye mother fucker, and good riddance." He lights a match, and without looking, throws it over his shoulder. The entire home depot exploded into a fiery ball of fury, and you could hear satan's wailing screams as his soul died in that burning hell.

the end

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... Ex-Feminist rolls in on an Indian and smiles to Pew, "You forgot the lag bolts, retard."

I'm just bitter because I own five cases of drywall screws of differing sizes and I HAVE to use them SOMEWHERE. The Jews are absolutely right about proper driver bit function. Ph sucks. Why are there any Phillips heads anywhere? Square heads are even better.

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damn now i want to watch a documentary on the origin of the different shaped heads that eventually make up our modern screws etc.

You really got me rolling with that indian comment, lol damnit the image in my head is so silly

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It’s always nice to find a lost bit. Your title had me a bit confused and excited. You lost a driver bit, not a drill bit. There are square drill bits, basically a drill bit flanked by chisels. Never heard of a star drill bit, thus my excitement. Star driver bits are called torx bits. Most commonly t25s that come with standard deck screws. Sometimes t20s for fancier screws, or t30s for beefier screws. The other sizes are less common.

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ah yeah, that's making a lot of sense. I haven't had to express my knowledge on tools in a while and its a bit rusty. I tend to know how to use the tools I have though. In general, I wasn't aware that star driver bits were called torx bits, so that's pretty cool. It didn't have that groove on the back that locks it into the impact so it was pretty easy for the little thing to just slip out, and it was the only one like it I had.

I have a driver kit that has all the standard stuff you might want to shove into a impact or a drill motor. I think I have bits and drivers in that kit, but alas it was a driver bit I lost, but I was still very happy to get it back

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Yeah impact bits are the best. I hate using the 1/4” drive even if it has a magnet. It’sa great way to lose bits.

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Sadly most of my bits are like that in my little arsenal, they want you to shove it into one of those magnetic tips but i dont often like how much farther out the bit is when i do that. The only magnetic extender thing i have is one of those sleeved guides for long screws, and its stuck half mast, RIP

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Me too, I thought I was coming here for a jew joke. Then it's just boring ole tools.

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Some folks also call the triple square a star bit... They are different than Torx bits.

But yeah I read it and figured that he lost the torx for his 1/4".

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Well, it won't fix the clips on me and my partners multi tools, both stripped (really Gerber?), And we always have to bend em, but congrats

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i spent way too much on mine, but its in great shape still. although i busted a replaceable part due to missuse of the tool.

everything is probably manufactured in china by now though

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Slant eyed yellow devils, too busy cooking dogs, and getting mangled by escalators

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Torx?

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lol, yeah, ChristoDeFetus corrected me on that too. still glad to have it back though

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Magnets on a stick or string help find lost metal things in the wild occasionally. Could also paint it with yellow nail polish.

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those tricks would help i think, thanks for the tips :) I'll put that one in my tool belt

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T=torx PH= Phillips Etc

Number is the size designation.

T15 PH10 Etc

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It gets stupid complicated when you go deep down the socket rabbit hole.

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Hence the reason I just did the Phillips and torx and left the stars, Reed and prince, etc, out.