Help! Drilling out a broken 6-32 hardened steel set screw...

Home| Search | About
User Password
Register Now! Lost Password?

General Metalworking - All aspects of working with metal. 

Bookmark this page:  YahooMyWeb Yahoo!  Google Google  Windows Live Favorites Windows Live  del.icio.us del.icio.us  digg digg  Add to Netscape Netscape
Subject Author Date
Help! Drilling out a broken 6-32 hardened steel set screw... fazeka 12-03-2006
Posted by on December 3, 2006, 1:21 am
Please log in for more thread options
>I will give that a try if I can't find the ammonium version. I have some
>pipe flux with zinc chloride but it is only 8%.
>
> --
> Glenn Ashmore


Don't forget, you can make your own (much stronger) by killing some
hydrochloric acid with a handful of zinc. (I presume you have zinc lying
around if you're galvanising stuff.) Otherwise use scrap galvanised steel.

Cheers
--
Jeff R.




Posted by Jerry Foster on December 3, 2006, 1:45 am
Please log in for more thread options
>I will give that a try if I can't find the ammonium version. I have some
>pipe flux with zinc chloride but it is only 8%.
>
> --
> Glenn Ashmore


Don't forget, you can make your own (much stronger) by killing some
hydrochloric acid with a handful of zinc. (I presume you have zinc lying
around if you're galvanising stuff.) Otherwise use scrap galvanised steel.

Cheers
--
Jeff R.




Posted by Harold and Susan Vordos on December 3, 2006, 4:24 am
Please log in for more thread options

>I will give that a try if I can't find the ammonium version. I have some
>pipe flux with zinc chloride but it is only 8%.
>
> --
> Glenn Ashmore


Don't forget, you can make your own (much stronger) by killing some
hydrochloric acid with a handful of zinc. (I presume you have zinc lying
around if you're galvanising stuff.) Otherwise use scrap galvanised steel.

Cheers
--
Jeff R.




Posted by on December 3, 2006, 10:19 am
Please log in for more thread options

>I will give that a try if I can't find the ammonium version. I have some
>pipe flux with zinc chloride but it is only 8%.
>
> --
> Glenn Ashmore


Don't forget, you can make your own (much stronger) by killing some
hydrochloric acid with a handful of zinc. (I presume you have zinc lying
around if you're galvanising stuff.) Otherwise use scrap galvanised steel.

Cheers
--
Jeff R.




Posted by John on December 3, 2006, 9:47 pm
Please log in for more thread options

>I will give that a try if I can't find the ammonium version. I have some
>pipe flux with zinc chloride but it is only 8%.
>
> --
> Glenn Ashmore


Don't forget, you can make your own (much stronger) by killing some
hydrochloric acid with a handful of zinc. (I presume you have zinc lying
around if you're galvanising stuff.) Otherwise use scrap galvanised steel.

Cheers
--
Jeff R.




Similar ThreadsPosted
Re: Drilling hardened carbon steel set screw? July 12, 2006, 4:17 pm
Request for advice machining a flat on, & drilling a hole in, a hardened socket head cap screw (Rockwell C39-C45) July 8, 2006, 1:50 pm
Extracting broken bolt / screw December 30, 2007, 2:39 pm
Compressive yield strength of 4140 versus A2 tool steel hardened to RC 55-60 December 14, 2006, 8:31 pm
Re: Removing broken steel screws in aluminium (this time it's a siren) September 4, 2006, 7:26 pm
Re: Removing broken steel screws in aluminium (this time it's a siren) September 5, 2006, 12:51 am
Steel screw removal using alum - update September 7, 2006, 8:02 pm
Re: Steel screw removal using alum - update September 8, 2006, 9:54 pm
Re: Steel screw removal using alum - follow-up September 19, 2006, 7:57 pm
Re: Steel screw removal using alum - follow-up September 20, 2006, 6:14 pm

Contact Us | Privacy Policy

XML SitemapXML Sitemap