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RE: rounded off nut removal

To: "'Nils O. Ny'" <n.ny@intest.com>, <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: rounded off nut removal
From: kengano@advant.com (Gano, Ken)
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 23:23:01 -0600
I've heard tem called "fire wrenches" in the business.

Ken Gano
downstate illinois
'59 TR3A TS57756L
'58 TR10 TBE9239LDLB


-----Original Message-----
From: shop-talk-owner@autox.team.net
[mailto:shop-talk-owner@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Nils O. Ny
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 1999 3:03 PM
To: shop-talk@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: rounded off nut removal


At 11:34 PM 2/6/1999 -0500, Trevor Boicey wrote:
>
>  Nothing works like heat. If you can heat it cherry
>red then throw a rag on it, it will likely be finger
>tight after that. (and certainly loose enough for
>a vice-grip)
>

You do mean a WET rag right?

>  I have an oxy-acetylene rig that I never use for
>welding, but just the cutting and the rusty-bolt
>heating has been so handy.
>

Couldn't agree more ... My Oxy-Acetylene outfit is
the best wrench I ever bought!

Regards,  Nils


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