gray wolf
04-20-2011, 06:01 PM
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Well like I said earlier I talked to a Machinist friend??? and He said
"Sure I can take them out for you"
So I think great, no problem. But when I got home his words kept echoing in my mind, the words were.
"Oh yea I just did one for somebody else, he thought he had a real problem.
Took me 5 Min. and I charged him 50 bucks $$.
50 bucks !!!!!???????
Holly Bazooka rounds, If I had 50 bucks I could by some primers and shoot this summer.
Well the new screws from Mi Hec are not here yet so I thought what the heck.
I kept looking at the mold and noticed the blocks were a lot looser than normal
on the handles.
Well the only thing that would make em looser is that the screws must have backed out a little. I flooded the holes with Kroil magic oil last night and again this morning. I kept tapping on the handle hinge bolt ( don't ask how many taps )
Yep the blocks got even looser. I sharpened a paper clip and was able
to get to the broken screw that was 1/4'' below the surface of the mold block
(below the screw head recess) There was a sliver of screw showing at this point and I was able to shake the mold and turn the screw, shake and turn,
shake and turn. Well men they came out, both of them.
I seem to always panic before I figure things out, but I do.
There is no way I could have put back a standard screw.
The thread ends and there is about 3/4 of an inch that is UN-threaded, like a straight shaft to fit into the handles. So as soon as I get the new screws I am back in business, and that's the story.
I want to thank you all for the help and a special thanks to the person that PM me and offered to take the screws out for me.
Sam :Fire: :drinks: :-D
Went to clean my 45 ACP mold today
Mi Hec Brass mold 200 grain HP.
Both screws that hold the mold to the handles SNAPPED off.
I clean and oil every part of my mold before putting it away.
Oil was run on and into the screw holes Two day's ago.
They were not tight and not much pressure was applied while trying to remove them, however they are broke in half with the top half in my hand, and the other half stuck in the mold. The mold may still work ?? but I can't take the handles off.
Can a machinist get in there and extract the broken screw ?
if so I think they are not common to a hardware store.
Any thoughts on this ?.
Sam
Well like I said earlier I talked to a Machinist friend??? and He said
"Sure I can take them out for you"
So I think great, no problem. But when I got home his words kept echoing in my mind, the words were.
"Oh yea I just did one for somebody else, he thought he had a real problem.
Took me 5 Min. and I charged him 50 bucks $$.
50 bucks !!!!!???????
Holly Bazooka rounds, If I had 50 bucks I could by some primers and shoot this summer.
Well the new screws from Mi Hec are not here yet so I thought what the heck.
I kept looking at the mold and noticed the blocks were a lot looser than normal
on the handles.
Well the only thing that would make em looser is that the screws must have backed out a little. I flooded the holes with Kroil magic oil last night and again this morning. I kept tapping on the handle hinge bolt ( don't ask how many taps )
Yep the blocks got even looser. I sharpened a paper clip and was able
to get to the broken screw that was 1/4'' below the surface of the mold block
(below the screw head recess) There was a sliver of screw showing at this point and I was able to shake the mold and turn the screw, shake and turn,
shake and turn. Well men they came out, both of them.
I seem to always panic before I figure things out, but I do.
There is no way I could have put back a standard screw.
The thread ends and there is about 3/4 of an inch that is UN-threaded, like a straight shaft to fit into the handles. So as soon as I get the new screws I am back in business, and that's the story.
I want to thank you all for the help and a special thanks to the person that PM me and offered to take the screws out for me.
Sam :Fire: :drinks: :-D
Went to clean my 45 ACP mold today
Mi Hec Brass mold 200 grain HP.
Both screws that hold the mold to the handles SNAPPED off.
I clean and oil every part of my mold before putting it away.
Oil was run on and into the screw holes Two day's ago.
They were not tight and not much pressure was applied while trying to remove them, however they are broke in half with the top half in my hand, and the other half stuck in the mold. The mold may still work ?? but I can't take the handles off.
Can a machinist get in there and extract the broken screw ?
if so I think they are not common to a hardware store.
Any thoughts on this ?.
Sam