From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Tue Oct 05 2004 - 16:34:41 PDT
FYI Trained U.S. Army mechanics are among the very best in the world.
Sonny
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Farber <farber@f-tech.net>
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Broken Bolt ? Out in 8 minutes!
> Wayne Harris wrote:
>
> > The Army has a new broken bolt remover. Read all about it at:
> >
> > http://www.brokenbolt.com/index.html
> >
> > 8 min is their claim not mine. Wayne
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> So this is just an alignment jig that needs to be C-clamped or bolted
> down? Seems to me that the Army needs to train people on how to drill
> out and tap a bolt. Seems like High School Shop class stuff to me.
>
> Grind bolt flush - what if grinder is not able to get to bolt? Most
> angle grinders need 6 inches clearance. Air grinders need less. Not
> all bolts/studs are gonna be in the wide open to get C-clamps on them.
>
> This 8 mintes HAS to assume that all tools are at the workbench.
>
> At least with $8000 hammers they had multiple uses. This looks like it
> will work in the few situations that will allow it to.
>
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