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vk6zgo:

--- Quote from: station240 on October 14, 2018, 10:34:16 am ---Using side cutters to grip the head of a completely stripped screws, from the side.
Works as not only are you gripping the head, but slightly underneath it at well.

Downside is not only due to damage/chip the cutting surface, but on one cheap set of side cutters, I managed to break one cutting part off entirely.

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Dentists forceps can also be useful for a number of such jobs.

Another trick I discovered was in a non-electronic situation, where I had to tighten a "cup head" bolt where the square part had turned around in the chipboard it was securing, chewing the hole round.

As luck would have it, I had a worn out car universal joint.
Taking a couple of the rollers from the "needle roller bearing", I drilled two holes through the mushroom like head of the bolt, into the chipboard.

Tapping the rollers into the two holes secured the bolt, and enabled me to tighten it.
In case I ever wanted  to unscrew the bolt, I covered the head with epoxy to stop the rollers ever coming out.

IDEngineer:

--- Quote from: vk6zgo on October 14, 2018, 04:08:46 am ---
--- Quote from: coppercone2 on October 14, 2018, 04:04:42 am ---scratch back with iron :-\

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Off I hope? :-DD

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I bet it was off for sure the SECOND time. Question is, what about the first time?

coppercone2:
Also something inappropriate is using solder to tie things down as strain relief. I like using very thin solder and it is actually kinda decent when a few loop are made..

this forum is amateur hour though, check this out
https://failblog.cheezburger.com/thereifixedit

james_s:

--- Quote from: IDEngineer on October 14, 2018, 02:00:21 am ---Another favorite of mine is using a very normal C-clamp to install PEM nuts and other press-in fittings. I don't have a hydraulic press but you can impart a LOT of force with a C-clamp, and using sockets or other devices (even custom-shaped ones if necessary) you can focus that force down to very small, or even custom-shaped, areas.

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I do that frequently too, also for pushing the piston(s) back into a brake caliper so I can install new pads.

PointyOintment:
Flush cutter (CHP-170!) to slowly and painfully cut away plastic enclosures of consumer electronics to get parts out.

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