@RRP or anyone: How do I remove the band SCREWS if they are stuck and bent?

nolaegghead

Am I just screwed?  Should I buy a new band set?

nolaegghead

Can I buy the screws?  Anyone know what the screw hardness number is?  I can always cut them off with a saw.

nolaegghead

I can always plasma cut the screws off...

westernbbq

Heavy duty high leverage torque cutters always work for me...

etherdome

Based purely on what I have available to me, I would go to a rotary tool such as a dremel. I"ve cut through screws with one of of those blades several times.

Eoin

etherdome said:

Based purely on what I have available to me, I would go to a rotary tool such as a dremel. I"ve cut through screws with one of of those blades several times.

Super useful tool.

WeberWho

I've had to use a hacksaw in the past. Dremel would have been nice. The hacksaw wasn't more than a minute or two though 

DMW

Should the spring be removed before cutting the bolt?

nolaegghead

I was thinking thermite might be fun.  For, ya know, the dang SCREWS.

nolaegghead

DMW said:

Should the spring be removed before cutting the bolt?

Dunno.  One way to find out.

MattBTI

Bolt Cutters.

Ozzie_Isaac

Folks, Nola is just turning the screws.

nolaegghead

maybe I'm using the wrong tool?

Ozzie_Isaac

nolaegghead said:

maybe I'm using the wrong tool?

Not the tool, its the tool using it.

bud812

I've got a 3/4" drive Snap On impact if you need it. I think it will go to 10 inch pounds.

lousubcap

Friday is off and running.  

JohnInCarolina

nolaegghead said:

maybe I'm using the wrong tool?

Sometimes it's the Indian and not the arrow...

Killit_and_Grillit

Google BGE SCREW. 

It won't help with your current problem, but makes you appreciate the amount of niche porn thats on the internet. 

fishlessman

hit the dome and base with a big hammer into small pieces, no need to remove the bolts. or just tie a big dog to it

nolaegghead

fishlessman said:

hit the dome and base with a big hammer into small pieces, no need to remove the bolts. or just tie a big dog to it

The "Devastated" method.

fishlessman

nolaegghead said:

fishlessman said:

hit the dome and base with a big hammer into small pieces, no need to remove the bolts. or just tie a big dog to it

The "Devastated" method.

theres your excuse to get that big dog

fishlessman

how did a useful band SCREW thread get buffaloed so quickly

lousubcap

Quick trigger for sure.  Sensitivity meter must be wound pretty tight.  

HeavyG

DoubleEgger

fishlessman said:

how did a useful band SCREW thread get buffaloed so quickly

Someone probably posted a message on the Buff's wall 

nolaegghead

I think I know why.  I mistakenly called them "screws" and they are technically "bolts".  I'm a dumb sh!t!!!  I really need to step up my game and buy some tools and learn stuff. 

HeavyG

I guess in "RonLand" someone that doesn't know the difference between bolts and screws also hates America.

RRP

finally I understand why I was the butt of this - something said in a PM to my buddy, Brandon, over a year or two ago. Guess you went deep mining on Focker's mail box for something and found that. Oh well, I can't un-scramble the egg. It's just my background as I started clerking in a hardware store at age 13. 

Ozzie_Isaac

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Ozzie_Isaac

Nvrmind .... stepping out now.  I like the Romans and the Gauls.  Don't want to get caught on either side.

nolaegghead

RRP said:

finally I understand why I was the butt of this - something said in a PM to my buddy, Brandon, over a year or two ago. Guess you went deep mining on Focker's mail box for something and found that. Oh well, I can't un-scramble the egg. It's just my background as I started clerking in a hardware store at age 13. 

Someone texted me a screen shot.  And it's dated Sept 6th.

Just playing around, Ron!  I thought the wood saw was funny.