Hey Domino guys ...

I need to swap cutters and the one currently installed won't budge. Before I start hitting it with WD-40, I wonder if any of you have some better ideas.

Larry

On 5/1/2014 2:28 PM, Gramps' shop wrote:
Hey Domino guys ...

I need to swap cutters and the one currently installed won't budge. Before I start hitting it with WD-40, I wonder if any of you have some better ideas.

Larry


Maybe take a wooden clamp (hand screw or regular clamp with wooden
blocks) tighten it on the bit and pull it off twist if necessary. Try
twisting it in the direction it spins... thinking it picked up a burr
and its against the turn direction, with it might free it up.



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Got it ... and I am embarrassed beyond measure to report I was tightening it instead of loosening it. I misread the docs on the direction to turn. That's what I get for trying to read something upside down (the docs, not me).


On Thursday, May 1, 2014 2:04:32 PM UTC-5, woodchucker wrote:
On 5/1/2014 2:28 PM, Gramps' shop wrote:

Hey Domino guys ...



I need to swap cutters and the one currently installed won't budge. Before I start hitting it with WD-40, I wonder if any of you have some better ideas.



Larry





Maybe take a wooden clamp (hand screw or regular clamp with wooden

blocks) tighten it on the bit and pull it off twist if necessary. Try

twisting it in the direction it spins... thinking it picked up a burr

and its against the turn direction, with it might free it up.







--

Jeff

On 5/1/2014 3:12 PM, Gramps' shop wrote:
Got it ... and I am embarrassed beyond measure to report I was tightening it instead of loosening it. I misread the docs on the direction to turn. That's what I get for trying to read something upside down (the docs, not me).


Damn, I had the acetylene torch out ready to help. Have anything else
that needs to be loosened?

On 5/1/2014 2:12 PM, Gramps' shop wrote:
Got it ... and I am embarrassed beyond measure to report I was tightening it instead of loosening it. I misread the docs on the direction to turn. That's what I get for trying to read something upside down (the docs, not me).

Nah, you were just looking at it from the wrong side.

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"Gramps' shop" wrote in
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Got it ... and I am embarrassed beyond measure to report I was
tightening it instead of loosening it. I misread the docs on the
direction to turn. That's what I get for trying to read something
upside down (the docs, not me).


I've been advised to tighten a stuck nut to try to break it free.
Sometimes that reveals the nut turns the other way.

Puckdropper
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Make it to fit, don't make it fit.

Impact wrench or tap a wrench with a hammer.

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"Gramps' shop" wrote in
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Got it ... and I am embarrassed beyond measure to report I was
tightening it instead of loosening it. I misread the docs on the
direction to turn. That's what I get for trying to read something
upside down (the docs, not me).


I've been advised to tighten a stuck nut to try to break it free.
Sometimes that reveals the nut turns the other way.

Puckdropper
--
Make it to fit, don't make it fit.


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On 5/2/2014 11:01 AM, Morgans wrote:
Impact wrench or tap a wrench with a hammer.

NO. Way too radical for this particular situation. Likely to do more
harm than good.





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"Gramps' shop" wrote in
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Got it ... and I am embarrassed beyond measure to report I was
tightening it instead of loosening it. I misread the docs on the
direction to turn. That's what I get for trying to read something
upside down (the docs, not me).


I've been advised to tighten a stuck nut to try to break it free.
Sometimes that reveals the nut turns the other way.

Puckdropper
--
Make it to fit, don't make it fit.


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On 5/1/2014 2:12 PM, Gramps' shop wrote:
Got it ... and I am embarrassed beyond measure to report I was tightening it instead of loosening it. I misread the docs on the direction to turn. That's what I get for trying to read something upside down (the docs, not me).


On Thursday, May 1, 2014 2:04:32 PM UTC-5, woodchucker wrote:
On 5/1/2014 2:28 PM, Gramps' shop wrote:

Hey Domino guys ...



I need to swap cutters and the one currently installed won't budge. Before I start hitting it with WD-40, I wonder if any of you have some better ideas.



Larry





Maybe take a wooden clamp (hand screw or regular clamp with wooden

blocks) tighten it on the bit and pull it off twist if necessary. Try

twisting it in the direction it spins... thinking it picked up a burr

and its against the turn direction, with it might free it up.


Remember that a nut/blade/cutter always loosens in the same direction
that it normally spins.

On 5/1/2014 1:28 PM, Gramps' shop wrote:
Hey Domino guys ...

I need to swap cutters and the one currently installed won't budge. Before I start hitting it with WD-40, I wonder if any of you have some better ideas.

Larry



Yes, support the turret so that you do not force it to move in the
direction that it normally moves. Festool advised me many years ago to
preferably apply force either up or down. Apparently you can knock the
left and right calibration out of whack if you force in those,
left/right, directions. And support the turret on a bench top with the
bit hanging our over the edge.

Other than that a penetrating lube should work, I do find that the bit
does get tight so anything past a little snug when reinstalled is too much.

I wonder if a bit of Teflon tape or grease might alleviate the problem.