04-04-13, 02:10 PM
No, I only cut down one side of the nut, really impressed with the dremel cut off wheels, but they are brittle, shattered one getting it into the gap before I turned the drill on. I did tweak the mandrel to get the disc running as true as I could. And I used a flex drive to get at the more awkward ones.
I found dont cut to mad keep lifting the wheel and you start to see the threads appear and you can still attack the bits you are not there on yet.
Choose where you cut down the nut so that you can get a chisel in with room for a hammer at an angle so that you are both splitting the nut and driving it undone at the same time 45˚ sort of thing, I found as the last bit cracks they start to undo easily, once you have 1/8 to 1/4 of a turn on them they come off with a socket and extension by hand (no ratchet)
Have the chisel reasonable sharp, not a razer but not round ended either, just enough so it grips in the metal.
I did catch a couple, thread damage was minimal with no burs, so quick swipe with brass wire brush and ss nuts went on with no problem.
I found dont cut to mad keep lifting the wheel and you start to see the threads appear and you can still attack the bits you are not there on yet.
Choose where you cut down the nut so that you can get a chisel in with room for a hammer at an angle so that you are both splitting the nut and driving it undone at the same time 45˚ sort of thing, I found as the last bit cracks they start to undo easily, once you have 1/8 to 1/4 of a turn on them they come off with a socket and extension by hand (no ratchet)
Have the chisel reasonable sharp, not a razer but not round ended either, just enough so it grips in the metal.
I did catch a couple, thread damage was minimal with no burs, so quick swipe with brass wire brush and ss nuts went on with no problem.