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Posted by S. Barker on February 1, 2008, 7:53 pm
Cutting torch. AKA: blue tipped chisel, acyetlene sixteenths, gas ax.
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> My wife and I recently needed to remove to very rusted nuts from
> carriage bolts that we also rusted on that side, but not the other
> end.
>
> after trying drilling a hole in the head end we put and easy out in
> and attempting to remove the nut from the rusted end of the bolt. We
> tried eating on it with a cold chisel to no avail. Finally we were
> able to split the nut with a chisel and a ballpien hammer.
>
> When I wake up this morning I thought why not try a saws-all. First we
> cut off the end protruding beyond the nut. We still couldn't bulge it
> even though we had soaked it with penetrating oil last night. Then by
> prying with a cheap screwdriver I was able to get the blade of the
> saws-all between the metal it was bolted to and the rest of the bolt.
> That enabled me to cut through the bold and the rounded end of the
> carriage bolt fell off.
>
> What I am wanting to know is if there is a simpler way to do such a
> chore. The head of the carriage bolds were still very shiny and I
> could not get a grip on them wish anything including various sized
> Cannel Locks.
> --
>
> Grandpa Chuck
> -τΏτ-
> ~
>
> Please grant me:
> the serenity to accept the people I cannot change
> the courage to change the one that I can
> the wisdom to know that it is me
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