Ever strip a philllips head screw on your printer?

[cajun312]

I've changed a few parts on my VersaCamm and never could find a phillips head screwdriver that would fit really tight in the screws, real easy to round one off. One day on a car forum someone was complaining about stripping screws on a Mazda dashboard removal.

Turns out some Japanese products use a different type of screw, it's called JIS, Japanese Industrial Standard. Couldn't find any of those screwdrivers locally, did find a set at McMaster Carr. They fit the Roland screws perfectly. They have a slightly different taper and a different radius in the corners.

 

[Gino]

......and here I thought they just had a different metric set up that was slanted a little different.
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[nashvillesigns]

screwdriver

i see what you did there.

 

[phototec]

I've changed a few parts on my VersaCamm and never could find a phillips head screwdriver that would fit really tight in the screws, real easy to round one off. One day on a car forum someone was complaining about stripping screws on a Mazda dashboard removal.

Turns out some Japanese products use a different type of screw, it's called JIS, Japanese Industrial Standard. Couldn't find any of those screwdrivers locally, did find a set at McMaster Carr. They fit the Roland screws perfectly. They have a slightly different taper and a different radius in the corners.

Thanks for the TIP, what did you pay for your jis screwdriver set?

What sizes id you get (that works on the Roland printer)?

I found a set of 4 on Amazon for $27.10 (see photo below), FREE shipping if I add something else to the order to make $35.

http://www.amazon.com/Hozan-JIS-4-JIS-Screwdriver-3rd/dp/B00A7WAHTU

 

[DizzyMarkus]

If the stripped screw is in a good spot -- you can dremel a groove across it and use a flat screwdriver to remove it :0)

Markus

 

[cajun312]

Thanks for the TIP, what did you pay for your jis screwdriver set?

What sizes id you get (that works on the Roland printer)?

I found a set of 4 on Amazon for $27.10 (see photo below), FREE shipping if I add something else to the order to make $35.

http://www.amazon.com/Hozan-JIS-4-JIS-Screwdriver-3rd/dp/B00A7WAHTU

I bought this set that has #1,#2 & #3 size heads and this set of small drivers http://www.mcmaster.com/#53325a21/=rv0ucq http://www.mcmaster.com/#53325a61/=rv0v0u

 

[phototec]

I bought this set that has #1,#2 & #3 size heads and this set of small drivers http://www.mcmaster.com/#53325a21/=rv0ucq http://www.mcmaster.com/#53325a61/=rv0v0u

Ok, thanks for the info, looks like the $27 set of four screwdrivers at Amazon is a good deal compared to the $34 for three!

http://www.amazon.com/Hozan-JIS-4-JIS-Screwdriver-3rd/dp/B00A7WAHTU

This may help others if they want to get a set....

 

[Mosh]

My step brother works on computers at a nuclear plant, he got me set of those. I had the same problem, he knew about the difference.

 

[signage]

My step brother works on computers at a "nuclear plant, he got me set of those". I had the same problem, he knew about the difference.

Mosh do they also glow in the dark