Date:         Thu, 9 Dec 1999 08:06:07 -0800
Reply-To:     "ThomasD. Hanlon" <hanran@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         "ThomasD. Hanlon" <hanran@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: "drill out"
Comments: To: Ron Bloomquist <roadcow@MCN.ORG>
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Ray,

Thanks for the good information and opinion.

Here's another result of my surfing the Net on this topic
.
http://www.team.net/sol/tech/BrokenBolt.html

Regards,

Tom Hanlon
Palm Springs, CA

Ron Bloomquist wrote:

> Has anyone used this product (Tom)?  I've twisted off more easy-outs than I
> care to admit.  How well does this product work?
>
> J.Peter
> '85 Weekender
> Alfred,NY
> ------------
>
> Doesn't work for s**t.  I spent six months restoring a lighthouse with many
> rusted and broken screws and bolts to take out.  I had the "four pack" of
> this product - different sizes for different screws - and it was useless.
> The drill part would drill into the bolt/screw but the "take out" part would
> not start.
>
> The best approach seemed to be to carefully drill out the broken screw/bolt
> with a drill that would take out almost everything except the threads.  Then
> pick at the threads with a sharp pick and try to remove the thread, then use
> a tap to bit by bit finish the job and freshen the threads.  All in all, a
> fairly fiddley operation.  For larger bolts, 3/8's and up,  a drill bit that
> would remove most of the bolt and then one of those reverse twist
> "easy-out's" with the square head, firmly tapped in, then carefully twisted
> sometimes worked.  But it sounds like you have already been there, done
> that!
>
> Ron Bloomquist
> http://www.pointcabrillo.org/roadcow/lighthouse.htm