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Offline HeelSpur

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Rainy day project
« on: March 30, 2013, 04:56:50 PM »
Ever feel sorry for a tool and just take it home to mother it :-),
this is gonna be a rainy day project, its pretty rough.



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Re: Rainy day project
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2013, 05:16:14 PM »
I like it already!
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Re: Rainy day project
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2013, 05:24:09 PM »

Looks kinda like the front shocks I just took out of my buddy's '94 GM van (I think they were factory original...

I have saved things that looked as bad, but not much worse, as you say tho, gonna be a project....
Just a weathered light rust/WD40 mix patina.

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Re: Rainy day project
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2013, 05:26:45 PM »
I have that EXACT size and make bolt-cutter.
Definitely USA made. I seem to use it weekly to cut something!
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Re: Rainy day project
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2013, 07:13:53 PM »
They look like old H.K. Porter cutters.  One of the best, although they are a little rough:)

Good luck on the rehab!!

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Re: Rainy day project
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2013, 07:32:25 PM »
They'll never be "pretty", but should be serviceable.
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Re: Rainy day project
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2013, 07:40:00 PM »
Ever feel sorry for a tool and just take it home to mother it :-),
this is gonna be a rainy day project, its pretty rough.




All the time. Fixing and restoring old, abused tools is my "therapy".
This bolt cutter would provide ALOT of therapy! Good grab!
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Offline crankshaftdan II

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Re: Rainy day project
« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2013, 08:15:25 PM »
Gonna need more than a little buffing out!
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Re: Rainy day project
« Reply #8 on: March 31, 2013, 09:08:15 AM »
Ever feel sorry for a tool and just take it home to mother it :-),
this is gonna be a rainy day project, its pretty rough.


Yep, I know the impulse.  It's given me some good tool friends and a lot of pleasure.  I want to see the after pictures.

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Re: Rainy day project
« Reply #9 on: April 21, 2013, 04:53:52 PM »
Ever feel sorry for a tool and just take it home to mother it :-),
this is gonna be a rainy day project, its pretty rough.



Had this soaking and got 3 bolts out w/o a problem, but the one at the 3 1/2" mark on the tape started turning (I thought) but it broke off pretty easily. So, would drilling & tapping be the best procedure to remove the bolt or is there a better way?
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Re: Rainy day project
« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2013, 06:04:37 PM »
It will be a pain to tap as it is a blind hole. I would try a left handed drill bit, the heat of drilling will help free it, and it will eventually stick to the bit and unscrew if you are lucky...
Just a weathered light rust/WD40 mix patina.

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Re: Rainy day project
« Reply #11 on: April 21, 2013, 06:15:50 PM »
OK I'll try that. thanks Rusty.
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Re: Rainy day project
« Reply #12 on: April 21, 2013, 08:13:26 PM »
You might try heating it up first to break some of the rust bond.  Something hotter than propane-  MAPP gas or a torch set.  A couple of hot cold cycles seems to really assist that left hand bit.

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Re: Rainy day project
« Reply #13 on: April 22, 2013, 09:05:13 AM »
I'd "cook" it first.
 Electrolysis or citric acid. Sometimes this frees up parts but it also lets you get a better look at the tool so you can decided if its saveable.

 Easy outs are not that easy, but if you are patient enough they usually work.

Even better if you can pull it off, is to take a nut about the same size as would fit if the broken bolt were an exposed stud. Place the nut over the stub and weld the nut on, down through the hole, keeping the weld off the frame.
 Then, with the nut welded securely on, while everything is still cherry red, quick, grab a pair of pliers and twist it off.
  If you do this well, it works nearly 100% of the time. 
 
  But the timing is critical.
  That is why I said to use pliers. You don't have time for a wrench.
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Re: Rainy day project
« Reply #14 on: April 22, 2013, 03:05:04 PM »
+1 on Scotts' suggestion for doing electrolysis on your cutters.
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