Removing steel studs from alloy or desolving steel

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Removing steel studs from alloy or desolving steel

Post by Dean » Mon Oct 24, 2016 7:42 pm

A little trick ive been using demonstrated wonderfully by one of my favourite youtubists (parental advisory but funny as)
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Re: Removing steel studs from alloy or desolving steel

Post by Peter.N. » Mon Oct 24, 2016 10:17 pm

Hi Dean

That's a bit of chemistry that either I didn't know about or have forgotten, very interesting.

I remove my broken bolts/studs by welding a nut on the end, even it it broken off flush, providing you can keep the nut in position you can weld it, the application of heat plus the extra purchase you can get on the nut works a treat, every time for me.

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