At one end of the belt that goes around my waist, is a loop with two snaps
to connect a belt buckle. Oddly, one of the snaps won't open/unsnap. I
tried prying with a small screwdriver but there's no gap to fit it into. I
tried a squirt of penetrating oil with no sucess.

Any suggestions - besides a new belt?

TIA


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You know it's time to clean the refrigerator
when something closes the door from the inside.

On 12 May 2015 16:27:26 GMT, KenK wrote:

At one end of the belt that goes around my waist, is a loop with two snaps
to connect a belt buckle. Oddly, one of the snaps won't open/unsnap. I
tried prying with a small screwdriver but there's no gap to fit it into. I
tried a squirt of penetrating oil with no sucess.


Is one side a snap and the other side a rivet?

Any suggestions - besides a new belt?


Get a Jethro belt made a rope

"KenK" wrote in message
...
At one end of the belt that goes around my waist, is a loop with two snaps
to connect a belt buckle. Oddly, one of the snaps won't open/unsnap. I
tried prying with a small screwdriver but there's no gap to fit it into. I
tried a squirt of penetrating oil with no sucess.

Any suggestions - besides a new belt?


Loose some weight, you 800 pound gorilla!
LOL

On 05/12/2015 11:27 AM, KenK wrote:
At one end of the belt that goes around my waist, is a loop with two snaps
to connect a belt buckle. Oddly, one of the snaps won't open/unsnap. I
tried prying with a small screwdriver but there's no gap to fit it into. I
tried a squirt of penetrating oil with no sucess.

Any suggestions - besides a new belt?

TIA




It should open up if you pry hard enough.

If all else fails just drill it out and replace with a rivet.

Oren wrote in
:

On 12 May 2015 16:27:26 GMT, KenK wrote:

At one end of the belt that goes around my waist, is a loop with two
snaps to connect a belt buckle. Oddly, one of the snaps won't
open/unsnap. I tried prying with a small screwdriver but there's no
gap to fit it into. I tried a squirt of penetrating oil with no
sucess.


Is one side a snap and the other side a rivet?

Not sure. Looks a little like a rivet. But really just a regular snap
connector like on clothing. Only bigger, a half inch in diameter.

Any suggestions - besides a new belt?


Get a Jethro belt made a rope

Wouldm't work. Need to get it through a cell phone holster loop. g



--
You know it's time to clean the refrigerator
when something closes the door from the inside.

On 5/12/15 12:27 PM, KenK wrote:
At one end of the belt that goes around my waist, is a loop with two snaps
to connect a belt buckle. Oddly, one of the snaps won't open/unsnap. I
tried prying with a small screwdriver but there's no gap to fit it into. I
tried a squirt of penetrating oil with no sucess.

Any suggestions - besides a new belt?

TIA

You'll have to drill it out. If you don't have a belt stapler, you can
use a license-plate nut and bolt.

"KenK" wrote in message
...
At one end of the belt that goes around my waist, is a loop with two snaps
to connect a belt buckle. Oddly, one of the snaps won't open/unsnap. I
tried prying with a small screwdriver but there's no gap to fit it into. I
tried a squirt of penetrating oil with no sucess.

Any suggestions - besides a new belt?

TIA

Why do you need to unsnap that? Just leave the buckle on the belt.

On 12 May 2015 17:44:15 GMT, KenK wrote:

Oren wrote in
:

On 12 May 2015 16:27:26 GMT, KenK wrote:

At one end of the belt that goes around my waist, is a loop with two
snaps to connect a belt buckle. Oddly, one of the snaps won't
open/unsnap. I tried prying with a small screwdriver but there's no
gap to fit it into. I tried a squirt of penetrating oil with no
sucess.


Is one side a snap and the other side a rivet?

Not sure. Looks a little like a rivet. But really just a regular snap
connector like on clothing. Only bigger, a half inch in diameter.

Wire cutters. There is a name for the kind I mean.... like pliers.
The kind used by radio technicians.

I don't mean for cutting rivets but for pushing one's way between the
halves of the snaps.

Any suggestions - besides a new belt?


Get a Jethro belt made a rope

Wouldm't work. Need to get it through a cell phone holster loop. g

KenK wrote:
At one end of the belt that goes around my waist, is a loop with two snaps
to connect a belt buckle. Oddly, one of the snaps won't open/unsnap. I
tried prying with a small screwdriver but there's no gap to fit it into. I
tried a squirt of penetrating oil with no sucess.

Any suggestions - besides a new belt?

TIA


A vise and Vise Grips? It's just like ketchup. If a little force
is good, a lot of force is better.

On 5/12/15 8:28 PM, micky wrote:


Wire cutters. There is a name for the kind I mean.... like pliers.
The kind used by radio technicians.

I don't mean for cutting rivets but for pushing one's way between the
halves of the snaps.


Dikes. "When in doubt, dike it out."

I like the kind with bare steel handles. Once I diked some wires
carrying 290VDC. I tossed them away and diked some more. The technician
with me said his heart stopped the first time. He thought it was a
fatal oversight. When I did it again, he realized he'd been wrong in
assuring people that I wasn't really crazy.

On Tue, 12 May 2015 19:58:26 -0500, Dean Hoffman
wrote:

KenK wrote:
At one end of the belt that goes around my waist, is a loop with two snaps
to connect a belt buckle. Oddly, one of the snaps won't open/unsnap. I
tried prying with a small screwdriver but there's no gap to fit it into. I
tried a squirt of penetrating oil with no sucess.

Any suggestions - besides a new belt?

TIA


A vise and Vise Grips? It's just like ketchup. If a little force
is good, a lot of force is better.

When you pour ketchup from a bottle,
first a little will come out, then a lot'l.

On 05/12/2015 11:46 AM, J Burns wrote:
On 5/12/15 12:27 PM, KenK wrote:
At one end of the belt that goes around my waist, is a loop with two
snaps
to connect a belt buckle. Oddly, one of the snaps won't open/unsnap. I
tried prying with a small screwdriver but there's no gap to fit it
into. I
tried a squirt of penetrating oil with no sucess.

Any suggestions - besides a new belt?

TIA

You'll have to drill it out. If you don't have a belt stapler, you can
use a license-plate nut and bolt.


Chicago screws would be a little classier:

http://www.tandyleather.com/en-usd/p...-1290-051.aspx

The local ranch supply has a good selection but ymmv.

Ken,

Use a soup spoon as a lever and fulcrum. Try two spoons. Do not use the
wife's good silver. If two spoons won't do it buy a new belt.

Dave M.

rbowman wrote:
On 05/12/2015 11:46 AM, J Burns wrote:
On 5/12/15 12:27 PM, KenK wrote:
At one end of the belt that goes around my waist, is a loop with two
snaps
to connect a belt buckle. Oddly, one of the snaps won't open/unsnap. I
tried prying with a small screwdriver but there's no gap to fit it
into. I
tried a squirt of penetrating oil with no sucess.

Any suggestions - besides a new belt?

TIA

You'll have to drill it out. If you don't have a belt stapler, you can
use a license-plate nut and bolt.


Chicago screws would be a little classier:

http://www.tandyleather.com/en-usd/p...-1290-051.aspx

The local ranch supply has a good selection but ymmv.

It is easier for me to remember that the female threaded ones are also
known as "sex bolts":

https://www.boltdepot.com/Sex_bolts_...ng_screws.aspx

Often (longer ones) are used to hold scrapbook covers and pages together.

Jeff

--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight.

"taxed and spent" wrote in
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"KenK" wrote in message
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At one end of the belt that goes around my waist, is a loop with two
snaps to connect a belt buckle. Oddly, one of the snaps won't
open/unsnap. I tried prying with a small screwdriver but there's no
gap to fit it into. I tried a squirt of penetrating oil with no
sucess.

Any suggestions - besides a new belt?

TIA

Why do you need to unsnap that? Just leave the buckle on the belt.



There's currently no buckle on the belt and I wish to add one and wear
it.



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You know it's time to clean the refrigerator
when something closes the door from the inside.

micky wrote in
:

On 12 May 2015 17:44:15 GMT, KenK wrote:

Oren wrote in
m:

On 12 May 2015 16:27:26 GMT, KenK wrote:

At one end of the belt that goes around my waist, is a loop with two
snaps to connect a belt buckle. Oddly, one of the snaps won't
open/unsnap. I tried prying with a small screwdriver but there's no
gap to fit it into. I tried a squirt of penetrating oil with no
sucess.


Is one side a snap and the other side a rivet?

Not sure. Looks a little like a rivet. But really just a regular snap
connector like on clothing. Only bigger, a half inch in diameter.

Wire cutters. There is a name for the kind I mean.... like pliers.
The kind used by radio technicians.

I don't mean for cutting rivets but for pushing one's way between the
halves of the snaps.

Tried diagonals. Didn't have any effect. Also tried a larger pair of
crimpers that had cutters like dikes on the end. No help either.

Any suggestions - besides a new belt?


Get a Jethro belt made a rope

Wouldm't work. Need to get it through a cell phone holster loop. g




--
You know it's time to clean the refrigerator
when something closes the door from the inside.

Dean Hoffman wrote in
:

KenK wrote:
At one end of the belt that goes around my waist, is a loop with two
snaps to connect a belt buckle. Oddly, one of the snaps won't
open/unsnap. I tried prying with a small screwdriver but there's no
gap to fit it into. I tried a squirt of penetrating oil with no
sucess.

Any suggestions - besides a new belt?

TIA


A vise and Vise Grips? It's just like ketchup. If a little force
is good, a lot of force is better.

I tried vice grips. Thought they might deform the snap enough by barely
squeezing it that it would open up. The vice grips were too thick to get
in between the parts of the belt to get at the snap. I tried three
different ones.


--
You know it's time to clean the refrigerator
when something closes the door from the inside.

On 5/13/15 1:54 PM, KenK wrote:
Tried diagonals. Didn't have any effect. Also tried a larger pair of
crimpers that had cutters like dikes on the end. No help either.

Hedge clippers!