Whats the six sided hexagon screwdriver called?

Question

but in my case, it goes around the screw, the screws are the ones nintendo used in SNES cartridges...

meh, its not one that goes in the screw...

the screwdriver/bit goes around it...

Answer 1

Allen key or Hex driver.

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Response to Additional Details:
Well is that case, a little socket wrench is what you are after.
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There is also a 3.8mm size.

Answer 2

Hexagon Screwdriver

Answer 3

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Whats the six sided hexagon screwdriver called?

Answer 4

It's called a six sided hexagon screwdriver.

Answer 5

The first poster has the right idea, can't think of the fancy word, just describe what you mean. an 11 sided figure is a Hendecagon a 12 sided figure is a Dodecagon What might be a Triskaidecagon? Anyone you know have triskaidecaphobia? Tetradecagon. Ever play Tetris or open a tetrapack? After that, just replace "gon" with "decagon" for petagon through nonogon. For 20, it is icosagon. Ever play a game with icosahedral dice?

Answer 6

If you are referring to the type that has a 90 degree bend in it, it is called an Allen wrench, also known as a hex key, hex-head, or zeta key or wrench, is a tool used to drive screws and bolts that have a hexagonal socket in the head.

Some features of this type of tool are:

The tool is simple, small and light.
The contact surfaces of the screw or bolt are protected from external damage.
The tool can be used with a headless screw.
The screw can be inserted into its hole using the key.
There are six contact surfaces between bolt and driver.
Torque is constrained by the length and thickness of the key.
Very small bolt heads can be accommodated.
The tool can be manufactured very cheaply, so is often included with products requiring end-user assembly.
Either end of the tool can be used to take advantage of reach or torque.
Many manufacturers have adopted hex key bolts and screws for assembling bicycles and for ready-to-assemble furniture.

This tool is also commonly referred to by various trademarks or brand names. "Allen wrench" was originally a trademark of the Allen Manufacturing Company in Hartford, Connecticut, taken out in 1943. In non-English speaking parts of Europe, it is usually known as an "Unbrako key" (often misspelled "Umbrako"), which is a brand name established in 1911. The brand is owned by SPS Technologies. In Germany and the Netherlands, this type of screw is known by the name "Inbus", after the company that patented them in 1936, Bauer & Schaurte Karcher in Neuss (Innensechskantschraube Bauer und Schaurte). (It is still known as an Inbus-key—often misspelled as Imbus-key—in parts of Europe.) In Italy it is known as brugola, after Egidio Brugola, who invented it in 1926. In Sweden it is called insexnyckel (sex being the Swedish word for six).

Answer 7

They are also called a torx screwdriver.

Answer 8

hex head screwdriver.

Answer 9

A hex driver, or in your case a socket driver.