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Rebuilding a clutch, got three of the rusty 10-32 Allen heads to break loose, but I accidentally rounded the last one using a cheater bar. "Sigh", now I'm screwed, it's in a recess, no way to get tools to it, and it's surrounded by a crimped flange that can't be removed. Dropped a thin center punch down the hole, and hand held it on the drill press while I put an 1/8" pilot hole through. Straight through, without touching the threads......that's how it's supposed to work, but it rarely happens. Everyone in our production department rolled their eyes & told me to buy a lottery ticket. 😄

 

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sheesssss  don't tell my secret TLCB 

1/16th thats how  do it when i get twisted off bolts / screws and yes you only 1 chance hitting dead center and use a left hand drill bit after pilot hole done. eg  broken 1/4-20 use 3/16 bit

if enough material can dress the end flat and try again

 patience is the best tool when getting those out 

tip: allen cap  knock head dead on top to release tenson and make the hex tighter

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Well done!

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"Easy Outs" are a mechanics best friend.  Lord knows they saved me a lot of headaches throughout the years.

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Have to ask.  What does that clutch pack go to ? 

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5 hours ago, MikeB said:

"Easy Outs" are a mechanics best friend.

 

Or there worst nightmare if ya twist one off.  :wallbash:

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6 hours ago, bds1961 said:

Have to ask.  What does that clutch pack go to ? 

We rebuild our Halm, Heidelberg, and Konami presses in house. This part belongs to a Bell & Howell mail inserter. We put out a couple million pieces of mail each month, so there's always a machine torn down in the warehouse. The book calls these clutches, but they act more as a shock absorber in case of a jam.

 

2 hours ago, J3st3r said:

 

Or there worst nightmare if ya twist one off.  :wallbash:

Nothing makes your day like a broken drill bit, or a snapped off tap. I had to drill & tap a cast iron flange the other day. Just cringed waiting to hit a pocket of sand, but lucked out again.

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8 hours ago, MikeB said:

"Easy Outs" are a mechanics best friend.  Lord knows they saved me a lot of headaches throughout the years.

correct if TLCB and his lazer eye to hit dead center, if fails there still  hope with Heli-Coil. works great in alu block, twice as stromg 

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TLCB

when the tap is busted in a blind hole, time to call in the EDM machine 

we call your clutch a slip clutch, prevents parts from getting mashed up when the timing goes off and shearing shafts off  

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EDM's are a godsend too for broken taps and drills.  We had two where I retired from.  One was from the 70's and the other we had was from the late 90's.  Funny everyone hated the new one and loved the old one.   I worked in the Aerospace industry for 30 years as a machinist / hand fabricator and those machines were always in use.   We also had drill/tap extractors which were hit or miss with getting a broken tap/drill out.  They had two or four small steel posts that extended into the flutes of the drill or tap and you backed it out.  Would not work on "spiral taps" though.  

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