Getting a grip on your stripped out hex head bolts on your pellet stove!

Hello
My trick of the day was just to remove this bolt on the shroud just to get the stove in the door!
The round head was already stripped in the sunk in head so the ratchet and the socket could not cut the mustard and crack that bolt even with wire wheeling and spray PB Blaster lube on it!
So I pulled out the Dremel and installed the small cutting wheel on it and cut a flat spot on each side to get a grip with the vise grips and bingo!
See Pics
Pic 1 - cut the flats
Pic 2 - attach the locking pliers
Pic 3 - push and turn and heat a crack - Bingo
Pic 4 - put the ratchet and hex head socket in and it is working
Pic 5 - just keep turning
Pic 6 - Bingo - It is out!!!
Simple as that???

 

Good one Don.

 

The small button head Allen screws are nice looking but can be a pain for sure once the internal Hex goes away.

Good one Don.
I had one a while back on another job and simply dropped a hex head nut down over the button head and zapped it with the wire welder down through the nut.

The was not enough room to get a grinder in the area and do much.

These tricks are so helpful when stuff will not come apart.

 

Great Idea Snowy! Thanks for sharing that! I will remember that one too.

 

I need a small wire welder......

 

I own a Millermatic 250... PRETTY GOOD all around machine for home/small shop usage.

 

LW
It may be a bit more in cost but the new inverter multi-processor welders with the auto presets that automatically calculate the wire speed, voltage and amp settings so you only have to measure and enter the Guage of the metal your are welding is the only way to go for me! Not only does it save time but it is just easier to come up to speed to make good welds!

OmniPro™ 220 Industrial Multiprocess Welder with 120/240 Volt Input
I am no expert but just learned to cut and weld over the summer and for short money, I went with Orange
The big mult-Processor Vulcan Omni-Pro welder and Simandra 5200DX for all our Plasma Cutting and a 14” Rigid Abraision Cutter for the chops on the cheap!

My trainer showed me how to make an indestructible bench coffee mug holder Using a 3” steel car exhaust pipe too!

This setup just works great for slicing off the bottom of a burnpot where the Igniter burned a big hole and welding on a heavier bottom so it will really last long! See 3rd to last pic