Re: Exausting Stud Controversy

[a6561TB@gnn.com (Igor Kessel)]

On 14-SEP-96 Mike Tipton wrote:

>What I learned from a Lockeed engine man, whom removed broken 
>thermocoulpe studs from engine burner cans, was to use a Dremel tool
>with a very small bit, to make a "pilot hole" for the larger drill bit.
>That way if you messed up with the Dremel, it would be a small boo boo!
>Instead of going for the gusto all at once with the drill.

S**t, I could have thought of it myself! Once I messed up a stud hole real 
well, had to open it up, cut the 1/2-20" thead in it and implanted an insert 
that had 1/2-20" O.D by 8x1.25 I.D.. I found it in Hechinger.

Thanks a lot for the tip.


"Why would anyone in a right state of mind buy just a car,
when the mankind has invented a QUATTRO!"
Igor Kessel, Phila, PA, USA
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