Scott7 5,009 Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 12 hours ago, Bill said: If you start by putting a hammer through the glass, all options will then open up beautifully. Done that although not on this particular job - yet. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaspard 562 Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Is the knob off yet, I hardly slept last night. Show some consideration please, start a thread like this then leave us all on tenterhooks FFS 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 5,009 Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 Waiting for the new handle set to arrive before I hack the old one off. It still functions to open and close but looks daft sticking out an inch. I didn’t have an extractor small enough but what I should have foreseen, the drill will not present. The aperture is in the inside of the handle’s elbow. Looks classy but very impractical when something goes wrong. The Bosch should do it. I had a wee practice. with a bit of scrap. I’ll have to be patient and the blade may turn out to be a onetime use only. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaspard 562 Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 18 minutes ago, Scott7 said: Waiting for the new handle set to arrive before I hack the old one off. It still functions to open and close but looks daft sticking out an inch. I didn’t have an extractor small enough but what I should have foreseen, the drill will not present. The aperture is in the inside of the handle’s elbow. Looks classy but very impractical when something goes wrong. The Bosch should do it. I had a wee practice. with a bit of scrap. I’ll have to be patient and the blade may turn out to be a onetime use only. Oscillating tools can overheat rapidly when cutting metal, take your time, stop frequently and cool blade in water. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 5,009 Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 39 minutes ago, gaspard said: Oscillating tools can overheat rapidly when cutting metal, take your time, stop frequently and cool blade in water. Good advice. Thanks. My next problem may be supply. The manufacturers don’t supply direct and they have a only three UK outlets in Port Talbot, Cambridge and some obscure place in the Midlands. None of them has a product listing. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-1000 174 Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 5 minutes ago, Scott7 said: Good advice. Thanks. My next problem may be supply. The manufacturers don’t supply direct and they have a only three UK outlets in Port Talbot, Cambridge and some obscure place in the Midlands. None of them has a product listing. Is it not possible to buy a small hex key online. Smaller ones tend to be a £1 or less with sets being a bit more. Have a look at ToolStation as they stock them and are still operating some kind of service. As a matter of interest who is the supplier in Cambridge - Mackays? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaspard 562 Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 If I've understood this dilemma accurately and its difficult without photos, it appears the tiny grubscrew is seized, one cause of this is cross threading but if both components are stainless steel galling can occur (cold welding) force can sometimes be the only solution if drilling option discounted, if the Allen key is turning then the female hex on the screw is rounded, in that instance take the next sized key up, sometimes that may be imperial on a metric key and vice versa. Cut a leg off, so you are left with a short hexagonal bar, and tap this home with a hammer, should result in a good tight fit. A small shifter of even a mole can then be used to apply torque. Covid19DIYloyal 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 5,009 Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 3 hours ago, T-1000 said: As a matter of interest who is the supplier in Cambridge - Mackays Nope. Dents Locksmiths 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 5,009 Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 On 15/04/2020 at 20:15, gaspard said: If I've understood this dilemma accurately and its difficult without photos, it appears the tiny grubscrew is seized, one cause of this is cross threading but if both components are stainless steel galling can occur (cold welding) force can sometimes be the only solution if drilling option discounted, if the Allen key is turning then the female hex on the screw is rounded, in that instance take the next sized key up, sometimes that may be imperial on a metric key and vice versa. Cut a leg off, so you are left with a short hexagonal bar, and tap this home with a hammer, should result in a good tight fit. A small shifter of even a mole can then be used to apply torque. Covid19DIYloyal New handles arrived today. Made a starter cu in the jammed spindle with a hacksaw and didn’t stop. Twelve minute job. Thanks for the help. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-1000 174 Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 I hope the handle came with a new spindle. :- ) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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