We have a screw loose, but not with the help of a screwdriver. Has anyone seen one like this before?
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Specifically designed to prevent access without the proper tools.
Like reverse threading on gas lines so it can't connect to other pipe lines anciently.
Willow_Wisp
Level 8
Nov 2, 2020
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Oh, there you go. Thanks.
@girlwithsmiles Auto correct weirdness, leaving it though, somehow it got anciently from accidentally.
@Willow_Wisp no worries, my mind autocorrect-ed it back again 
It is called a tri-point. Of course it uses a different driver than everything else.
GeorgeRocheleau
Level 8
Nov 2, 2020
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Thank you.
That's the one you're not supposed to mess with. You have three seconds to run.,.,..........3.........2..........
PondartIncbendog
Level 8
Nov 1, 2020
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And it doesn't do a damned thing but look smug...
I would think a small flat screw driver could be wedged into the center in such a way as to provide a decent amount of torque.
Barnie2years
Level 8
Nov 1, 2020
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I searched and found that it's called a tri-wing screw. You can buy a tri-wing screwdriver (e.g., [walmart.com] ) or, if you have a torx screwdriver set, you can use a smaller torx bit:
resserts
Level 8
Nov 1, 2020
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yes the torque are six sided,so i can see that working also,,usually can find something small enough to work
Brilliant, I think we may have a socket set with some in. Thank you very much 
It is a specialty screw for something regular people are not supposed to mess with. Not seen one before but I get to see all kinds of things people use. Probably the only place you will find a driver for it will be by searching Google with the picture. I tried and it did not work, will need to isolate the picture to the screw.
dalefvictor
Level 8
Nov 1, 2020
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@resserts found the solution. Many thanks for your help. Someone had used it to bodge a fix on the mailbox of the house we moved into. It wasn’t working, it was too big and the flap was staying up. It looks, above, like it was taken from a computer originally.
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