Patent ID: 7334307

Claim:
A disposable set screw system designed to achieve a specific length set screw protruding from a work piece regardless of how far said set screw in threaded therein, said set screw system comprising: a) a framework forming a fixture retaining a work piece having at least one threaded recess extending therethrough; b) a supporting structure attached to said fixture through the use of an anchoring screw extending through said threaded recess into said supporting structure, said supporting structure being immovable on said fixture; c) a set screw that is intentionally longer than needed with a head for driving the set screw, said set screw threaded through a threaded opening in said support structure; d) means comprising a cutting tool having at least one handle and at least one cutting edge for removing excess length of the set screw after said set screw is set, which removes at least the head of the set screw; and e) said supporting structure thereby being a secondary means of removing said set screw when said set screw is no longer needed.