From: Woody Smith (woody_at_bitstream.net)
Date: Tue Jun 01 2004 - 15:05:09 PDT
Dan
Don't give up, Sears offers an extractor that is essentially a reverse
low angle drill bit. But I have had good luck just drilling off the
head of screws/bolts which will leave a stub that you can remove once
the case is opened. Use a drill bit that is slightly larger than the
thread diameter. If you have difficulty finding a replacement,
contact me off list i have a few.
Woody
On Tuesday, June 1, 2004, at 04:45 PM, Dan wrote:
> Hi all,
> Well I went to take appart emate #1 today (finally got a T-8 bit from
> sears), and I got all the screws (and plugs) out except for the one at
> the
> handle. Imagine my suprise when I find that one is all rounded out.
> Apparently someone tried to take it appart at one point with the wrong
> tool,
> destroyed the screw head, then put the plug back in so no one would be
> the
> wiser. Drat! I am certainly not up to drilling out, so it looks like
> this
> emate will just have to keep going till its cable fails due to spring
> problems (which is amost a given from what I hear) then try to get it
> drilled out.
>
> *lots of grumbling going on in the background*
>
> -Dan
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