Ulix!
You da man !!!
Consider me thrown off.
A standard nut fits very loosely onto the one old stud that I have. Now I
feel more confident.
Thanks!
Robert D.
-----Original Message-----
>Robert,
>
>try nuts on the stud rather than a die. A die can be a tight fit and
>throw you off.
>
>Ulix
>
>
>On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, Robert Duquette wrote:
>
>> No, all the studs are out! I just left some of the threading from one
stud
>> in the hole. Or. in other words, the stud came out a little thinner, but
>> the right length ( when the 2 pieces are put together ).
>>
>> If it had to foul, I'm happy that the hole is too small instead of too
big.
>>
>> My grandfather had some joke about somebody cutting a board over and over
>> and saying: " no matter how many times I cut it, it's still too short".
>>
>> The good stud doesn't fit into the same size die though, < he says
pensively
>> > and I didn't want to force it, since it is my only good reference right
>> now.
>>
>> Thanks for the info!
>> Robert D.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: JustBrits@aol.com <JustBrits@aol.com>
>> To: RobertDuquette@sympatico.ca <RobertDuquette@sympatico.ca>
>> Date: December 5, 1999 7:29 PM
>> Subject: Re: Fw: In hindsight ...
>>
>>
>> >In a message dated 12/05/1999 6:12:35 PM Central Standard Time,
>> >RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca writes:
>> >
>> ><< Seems I might have been a tad short of penetrant and patience. I'll
be
>> > going thru' the books trying to find out what size of tap I need to
clear
>> > the threads of the remnants of the stud. I brought the one good one to
a
>> > store today and tried it in some dies. The closest seemed to be
5/16ths
>> > 18UNF, but I wasn't convinced.
>> > >>
>> >
>> >Robert - yep, right size. BUT, are both fractured stud still in head??
>> >
>> >Ed
>> >
>>
>>
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