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The Hobbit Hole XXXVIII - There and Back Again!
Posted on 09/23/2009 6:19:16 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!
TOPICS: The Hobbit Hole
KEYWORDS: corinnumber1; firstkeyword; jrgotanewjob; secondprecious
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To: hiredhand
Since that time, I've had GOOD success with BLUE Loctite and finger nail polish. :-)I've had mixed results with thread sealants. Of course, I've had mixed results with a lot of things. I was thrilled that the screws came out of the P556 without trouble. Of course, they used Torx screws, which are the most forgiving, and durable, and I took my time.
I have a special hatred of tiny hex-head screws. You can strip the hex out so easily, or round the corners of the wrench. Then it's panic time, as I try a slightly larger metric hex, or try to jam a Torx into the screw. In desperation, drill the head off, and hope for the best.
Sometimes "the best" turns out even better than hoped for. I had to remove the safety on a Mossberg 500, and they used those "one way" screws. I drilled the head off, and then used an even smaller drill on the stub still in the hole. I intended to drill through the screw, and then clean everything up using a tap to remove the remains.
I started to drill, and the point of the drill bit into the screw stub. But the path of least resistance meant that rather than drill the hole, the drill bit just ran the rest of the screw out of the bottom of the hole, where it just fell into the trigger mechanism.
The hole was undamaged, and I was grateful that all I had to do was fish the stub of the screw out.
A special curse upon those who use weird fasteners on firearms. Their lawyers must have made them do that.
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posted on
10/11/2009 10:08:28 PM PDT
by
300winmag
(Zero to abject failure in under a month. A new land speed record!)
To: 300winmag
That makes me think of Mondays. Which it is, now. Ugh.
362
posted on
10/12/2009 4:35:11 AM PDT
by
JenB
To: RosieCotton
I’m stealing that for my Nanowrimo profile. If nothing else, I can get a Nobel for plagiarism.
363
posted on
10/12/2009 5:43:55 AM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
("Failed Obama Administration" (TM))
To: Corin Stormhands
I posted something similar on Facebook Friday...
364
posted on
10/12/2009 6:33:17 AM PDT
by
JenB
To: 300winmag
Torx are (IMHO) the best so far! Do you have one of those inch pound, "click" type torque wrenches that basically looks like a screwdriver? I've been thinking about picking one up. But haven't needed one so far. I was looking at one at a gun shop not long ago that we frequent. My buddy was using it and me and my daughter checked it out. I thought it was "cool" and I'm a tool hound anyway, but I'm just not sure it's worth the expense.
I'm with you on the little hex head screws. I hate them too! I know EXACTLY what screw your talking about on the Mossberg 500! My son has one and we were looking at it one day. I remember we both agreed that it would definitely be trouble to get out if required! Lawyers PROBABLY had something to do with it! :-)
365
posted on
10/12/2009 7:46:19 PM PDT
by
hiredhand
(Understand the CRA and why we're facing economic collapse - see my about page.)
To: hiredhand
Do you have one of those inch pound, "click" type torque wrenches that basically looks like a screwdriver? I've been thinking about picking one up. But haven't needed one so far.No, I have a Proto dial torque wrench, which sells for about $175. I paid $20 for it on eBay, because it came out of a retired 1980's vintage IBM mainframe. It was used to set circuit modules into the liquid cooling channels.
The screwdriver type may be easier to use, but it has a narrower range of torque measurements. Brownell's sells the screwdriver, dial, and ratchet wrench styles.
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posted on
10/12/2009 8:27:38 PM PDT
by
300winmag
(Zero to abject failure in under a month. A new land speed record!)
To: Corin Stormhands
To: RosieCotton; Corin Stormhands; JenB; HairOfTheDog; ecurbh; All
Latest news today from TORN:
on the UK’s Channel 4 Paul O’Grady Show. Sir Ian McKellen was a special guest today, and confirmed a few things: He has received ‘both’ scripts. Original LOTR cast members will be returning. He has signed the declaration that he will not talk to friends, family or even his agent about the script! He does not know who is cast as Bilbo, but believes he will be an English actor
368
posted on
10/13/2009 7:15:40 PM PDT
by
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
(He said red, yellow, black or white, All are equal in his sight, Mmm, mmm, mm!, Barack Hussein Obama)
To: 300winmag
eBay?! Good deal! We actually have one of those at work...just like the one in your photo. At least I “think” we do. We’ve got IBM mainframes too, so it makes sense! Maybe they have a spare?! I know somebody I can ask. :-)
369
posted on
10/13/2009 7:49:44 PM PDT
by
hiredhand
(Understand the CRA and why we're facing economic collapse - see my about page.)
370
posted on
10/13/2009 9:20:32 PM PDT
by
ExGeeEye
(Keep your powder dry, and your iron hidden.)
To: ExGeeEye
Had to look him up, but I do remember "Volare"!
Volare, whoa oh
Cantare, whoa oh oh oh!
371
posted on
10/13/2009 9:28:24 PM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: SuziQ
I only remember his role in
The Godfather Trilogy.
He's the one the horse lost his head over.
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posted on
10/13/2009 9:32:57 PM PDT
by
ExGeeEye
(Keep your powder dry, and your iron hidden.)
To: ExGeeEye
He's the one the horse lost his head over.*shudder* I remember THAT scene!!
373
posted on
10/13/2009 9:55:35 PM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: ExGeeEye
374
posted on
10/14/2009 5:45:36 AM PDT
by
JenB
To: ExGeeEye
375
posted on
10/14/2009 6:09:48 AM PDT
by
Overtaxed
(Last one to secede pays the debt.)
To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Interesting he’s not supposed to talk about the script, at all!
To: HairOfTheDog
The studio insist on controlling all information about their product, especially when there is great interest in details such as what is going to be in the movie not in the book.
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posted on
10/14/2009 5:49:17 PM PDT
by
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
(He said red, yellow, black or white, All are equal in his sight, Mmm, mmm, mm!, Barack Hussein Obama)
To: 300winmag
Have you ever considered just going into the gunsmithing bidness? It just seems what you were born to do. :-)
379
posted on
10/14/2009 6:16:57 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: Rose in RoseBear
Rose... apologies... but I was unable to see this tonight and not think of you and your "bodice-rippers"... LOL.
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posted on
10/14/2009 6:20:05 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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