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I have been looking for a tri wing screwdriver for ages now.. Local stores don't have them, so I have to order online..

Anyways, small introduction to tri wing: Nintendo uses it on a lot of consoles, handhelds and controllers and I wanted to use one to open my DS and clean and repair it a bit.. Use it on my GameCube controller to do the same and clean my GameCube system too..

 

I think there are smaller and bigger tri wing sizes, as a DS is obviously smaller than a GameCube..

So I was wondering what I should get:

 

I recently got a multibit screwdriver (with no tri wing pieces), which uses these type of pieces:

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I went to a hardware store once and they had a big set of these, but it was 20 euros and didn't even feature the size of tri wing I need.. Anyone got links to where I could buy tri wing (multiple sizes) bits??

Or should I just get a 1,40 dollar little tri wing screwdriver from something like DealExtreme? I am not sure if it would be fit for a GameCube system and controller though.. Anybody knows?

 

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Should I look for bits? Or get a small screwdriver? Anyone know if this small screwdriver would work on a GameCube system and controller??

"We're all in this together, might as well be friends" Tom, Toonami.

 

mini eLiXiVy: my open source 65% mechanical PCB, a build log, PCB anatomy and discussing open source licenses: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1366493-elixivy-a-65-mechanical-keyboard-build-log-pcb-anatomy-and-how-i-open-sourced-this-project/

 

mini_cardboard: a 4% keyboard build log and how keyboards work: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1328547-mini_cardboard-a-4-keyboard-build-log-and-how-keyboards-work/

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IFIXIT!!

 

They have bits for everything.

Shipping to where I live is almost 9 euros D:

That's quite a lot for only one or a few bits.. And I couldn't find the bit on their (European) website, do you perhaps have the link?

 

Please don't buy these cheap screwdrivers they strip  so easily and did it when i was repairing my DS buy a multi bit piece ore something.

Hmm, really? I guess I wont go for a small screwdriver.. Don't want to damage stuff.

Do you know where to get those bits? (Other than iFixit)

"We're all in this together, might as well be friends" Tom, Toonami.

 

mini eLiXiVy: my open source 65% mechanical PCB, a build log, PCB anatomy and discussing open source licenses: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1366493-elixivy-a-65-mechanical-keyboard-build-log-pcb-anatomy-and-how-i-open-sourced-this-project/

 

mini_cardboard: a 4% keyboard build log and how keyboards work: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1328547-mini_cardboard-a-4-keyboard-build-log-and-how-keyboards-work/

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Shipping to where I live is almost 9 euros D:

That's quite a lot for only one or a few bits.. And I couldn't find the bit on their (European) website, do you perhaps have the link?

 

Hmm, really? I guess I wont go for a small screwdriver.. Don't want to damage stuff.

Do you know where to get those bits? (Other than iFixit)

Try ebay for that sorta stuff.

 

 

Maybe like this. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Security-Tamper-Proof-Bit-Set-33pc-Torq-Torx-Hex-Star-Spanner-Tri-Wing-Screwdriv-/191348606804?hash=item2c8d440754

 

Expensive but them you have everything.

 

 

 

 

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