does anyone know the name of this screwdriver bit?

[rasseru]

its a pronged bit i need to get the most annoying beep off my new kettle. which is so annoying theres a youtube video on how to remove it.  but the dude is swedish and cant find a link to the bit. 

never seen a pronged bit like this before, anyone know what it is?

 

[ruairioflaherty]

The last time I needed something like that was to tighten some small collet knobs in something of an emergency.  I was standing around thinking about how to achieve it when my wife asked me if I needed anything.  After telling her she couldn't possibly have what I needed I relented and showed her the collet nut.  She left and came back seconds later with a very small 3 pronged dinner fork, I bent the center prong out of the way and bingo!

 

[rasseru]

apparently its a slotted spanner nut driver - but you have just made me a cheap DIY version, so hats off to you sir.

 

[ruairioflaherty]

Hats off to my wife, the only smart thing I did was marry her

 

[zebra50]

For these applications I have simply taken old screwdrivers and used a diamond file to cut them to shape - just like the one in the photo that you posted!

S.

 

[JohnRoberts]

its a pronged bit i need to get the most annoying beep off my new kettle. which is so annoying theres a youtube video on how to remove it.  but the dude is swedish and cant find a link to the bit. 

never seen a pronged bit like this before, anyone know what it is?

drilled spanner bit.

I had to buy one recently to take something apart I wasn't supposed too... 8) 8)

JR

http://www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/121/2791/=yoxqgs

 

[Zander]

I had to buy this for fastening a concentric knob. http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/potentiometer-knobs/0225760/
I didn't find a better way because I need the hole that could fit over the 4mm inner spindle.

 

[joaquins]

For me is a conventional screwdriver after meeting the angle grinder (or similar tool) 

JS

 

[Gold]

In American English it's called a spanner. In Brittish English a spanner is something else. I have a set of PB Swiss tools drivers with that head. They call them  "slotted for round nuts" in English. Maybe that's a literal translation from the German.

http://www.shop.pbtools.us/PB-196-Screwdrivers-for-Slotted-Round-Nuts_c68.htm

 

[Brian Roth]

Yep, Klein also calls them spanner bits:

http://www.kleintools.com/catalog/magnetic-screwdriver-32-piece-bit-sets/32-piece-tamperproof-bit-set

I bought that set of bits years ago and it covers the vast majority of oddball screws that I encounter.

Bri

 

[emrr]

Here's the previous dance:

http://groupdiy.com/index.php?topic=52540.msg670011#msg670011

 

[hymentoptera]

Just reviving to add that I've got several sizes of these. I got them in a kit of "security bits" I found online.

If anyone reading this doesn't have one of these security bit sets, do yourself a favor a get one, I promise at least a few of them will come in handy for something down the line...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/190828892695

http://www.ebay.com/itm/350583822596

...or something similar. At worst it becomes a regular conversation piece when anyone stops by and starts snooping around your shop!

 

[iomegaman]

"Spanners" and the other semi-security bit drivers are quite common in commercial construction especially for bathroom partitions or stuff that has a lot of public access and requires screws that are "mostly" tamper proof from the general public but also need replacing on occasion...

A "security" set like the one offered on ebay is indispensable especially for companies that use these kind of fasteners to prevent backwards engineering...not that anyone here would ever take apart a commercial piece of gear with such a device...

Everyone's got something to hide except for me and my monkey...

 

[Andy Peters]

Everyone's got something to hide except for me and my monkey...

From our show at the Met in Providence a couple of years ago.