Breaking bolts free

04/11/2017

Spent 2 hours disassembling the chop saw from upstate to clean and degrease the stuck turntable.

Getting the Allen head bolts out that were threatening to break Allen key was interesting.

15 seconds of heat with a map gas torch and then a few squirts of water really break stuck bolts free.

I tried just heat first but cooling it quick with the water worked better in this case.

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