First Generation Early First Generation designs concentrated on reducing the rounding of fastener corners by moving the stress zone farther away from the corner. However, these modifications known as First Generation AS954 tools result in a reduction of leverage. While First Generation designs reduce the tendency to round fastener corners, the relatively limited flat contact area still tends to mark, indent and distort fasteners and fittings made of soft steel and brass. It actually improves the torque load capabilities of every fastener, whether it's a soft stove bolt or a hardened aerospace fastener. Stress is distributed over a much larger area of the fastener.
Leverage is improved, eliminating fastener rounding and increasing tool strength.
The 6 pt. Design Also Provides a Better Grip. It offers many of the same advantages of the 12-point design, including greater strength, more torque and reduced rounding of the fastener corners. The main advantage of the 6-pt. The Wright Drive's minor circle diameter, which is a measure of the ability to grip an undersized fastener, is exactly the same as a traditional 6-point opening.