Nope the only "tool" I have to display and not use is my Great Grandfathers bamboo fly rod.
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Finally got a Wilton Bullet, lots of questions.
- Thread starter BHH
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Nope the only "tool" I have to display and not use is my Great Grandfathers bamboo fly rod.
Ok I need some serious help!
How the fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck do you get the jaw screws out? I am pretty sure they have been in there for 70 years and never once removed since the jaws had a bit of the red paint on them. The jaws are in excellent+ condition but now the screws are a bit marred from trying to get them out.
So far they have been soaked for 3 hours (small drops in the screw holes) with penetrating fluid. A screwdriver was a no go. An impact driver was a no go. Blowtorching + screwdriver was a no go.
Right now they screws are soaking in EvapoRust (drops in screw holes) and then after cleaning with break fluid I will soak them with another round of penetrating fluid.
Please!!! Any advice is greatly appreciated. I could just leave the jaws on and mask them for painting but I would really like to get them off and clean up the vice properly. I am really shocked that the screw heads have not snapped off yet.
How the fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck do you get the jaw screws out? I am pretty sure they have been in there for 70 years and never once removed since the jaws had a bit of the red paint on them. The jaws are in excellent+ condition but now the screws are a bit marred from trying to get them out.
So far they have been soaked for 3 hours (small drops in the screw holes) with penetrating fluid. A screwdriver was a no go. An impact driver was a no go. Blowtorching + screwdriver was a no go.
Right now they screws are soaking in EvapoRust (drops in screw holes) and then after cleaning with break fluid I will soak them with another round of penetrating fluid.
Please!!! Any advice is greatly appreciated. I could just leave the jaws on and mask them for painting but I would really like to get them off and clean up the vice properly. I am really shocked that the screw heads have not snapped off yet.
mryyc
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I hit this with one of my Records. In the end I use an adaptor and bit in my impact wrench (air) and it did the trick. Not sure if this is the right or best or safest answer - used adapter and bit from my hammer type impact socket set (after the hammering failed).
mryyc
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PS this is the set I used - typical CanTire I got it 75% off.
http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brow...Maximum+49-pc+Impact+Socket+Set.jsp?locale=en.
http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brow...Maximum+49-pc+Impact+Socket+Set.jsp?locale=en.
Catalyze
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BHH.....here is what I have been known to do. I take it to a machine shop and let them get the fasteners out. It may seem like a cop out but my machine shop has always thanked me for not bringing it in with broken bolts....extractors....or messed up holes that they have to drill and retap. I haven't had them charge me yet for doing it. They do some other machine work for me so I do some business with them. If it goes beyond heating the fastener to get it out.....I just take it to the shop.
Craig
Craig
Catalyze that may be a smart way to go. Is all they do is drill the screw and use an extractor? I just really really don't want them to mess this up. Plus I know no one at a machine shop so it would be just some joe coming into their shop with his old *** vise that they could care less about.
It is soaking in penetrating fluid, a mix of a few actually haha. The last two things I am willing to try before taking it to a pro is letting it soak for 12 hours and if a screwdriver can't take them out I will try a socket driver on a breaker bar. After that I guess I have to trust a pro.
It is soaking in penetrating fluid, a mix of a few actually haha. The last two things I am willing to try before taking it to a pro is letting it soak for 12 hours and if a screwdriver can't take them out I will try a socket driver on a breaker bar. After that I guess I have to trust a pro.