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RE: I'm sure many of you can empathise with the following...

To: "'Donald H Locker'" <dhl@chelseamsl.com>, goalie_john@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: RE: I'm sure many of you can empathise with the following...
From: Davies William-qswi646 <William.M.Davies@motorola.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 13:27:09 +0100
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donald H Locker [mailto:dhl@chelseamsl.com]
> 
> Have you considered a nut-buster?  It's a tool with a screw-mounted
> cutting head in a ring-shaped anvil.  Put the ring around the rounded
> nut, crank on the screw until the cutter penetrates the nut.  Ganz
> einfach!

Similarly, you could try using a small metal cutting chisel struck
vertically down onto the top of the nut at 90 degrees to the stud - this
should split the nut and open it enough to make unscrewing it easy,
        Cheers,
                Bill.

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