Any small + screwdriver from Craftsman is appropriate.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "dreammoose" <dreammoose@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Best way to remove stuck motor drive cap on OM-2
> Some of the little 5-6 screwdriver sets in plastic boxes sold by Radio
> Shack and others have cross point drivers. The one they call Crosspoint
> #0 is perfect for most Oly screws.
>
> Fortunately, if your MD cover is really messed up, wonderful replica
> versions (some say better than the originals) are available from Beljan
> Mfg. in regular *Bay dutch auctions. They were completely unavailable
> for years.
>
> Moose
>
> Mark Dapoz wrote:
>
> >Yes, cross-point screws are not the same as phillips screws. You may be
> >able to remove a cross-point screw with a phillips driver, but you run
the
> >risk of damaging the screw. There are two key differences between a
> >cross-point driver and a phillips driver. A cross point has a flat
bottom
> >whereas a phillips ends in a point. In addition, the pitch of the blades
> >are somewhat different between the two. Sometimes you can get away with
> >grinding away the tip of a phillips driver to make it fit better. It'll
> >probably work for 990f cross-point screws, but it'll fail at the worst
> >time, when the screw is really tight. That's when the head gets
stripped,
> >then you're really screwed (pun intended :-).
> >
>
>
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