Ugly Duckling Project... Part3 How to remove a rounded Allen bolt

[@Moonfleet41]

Wicked tip buddy....love that idea, what ever works aye..! Thanks for the shout out, pleasure to be aboard mate.. ! Del.

[@doberman74]

Moonfleet41 haha awesome man :) honour to see you here! my next upload if you get a chance to watch shows the main side of the workshop and what I do. What I thought might grab your attention is the forge I made, made me think of youre vid where you repair the screw driver. Just a thought, didn't have the Kahuna's to say anything at the time, your better off using oil to quench as most (granted not all) tool steels are high carbon and designed to be oil quenched. Using water can shock the steel causing micro fractures in the grain. Unlikely enough to be fair but just sharing the knowledge. I will happily stand corrected tho if the steel used in the Snap-On screwdrivers are made from the water quenched variety of steel :)

[@Moonfleet41]

Doberman Knives You're right buddy, it should have been oil, and hot oil too...i usually only do it to blades, and i use water for those as it keeps them flexible.....learning all the time aye.. always happy to know new things... and just a 'pass on' for yah.... have a look at "Chandler Dickenson".....he'll be right up your street if you like smithing...! laters brother... keep it real.. Del.

[@doberman74]

Moonfleet41 a very highly qualified blacksmith, who does courses on pattern welding amongst other things (like f#ck off big swords lol) taught me that the oil does not necessarily need to be hot, just warm enough to take the shock off it. but many blacksmiths will say many things lol. The process of drawing the steel back to the desired hardness for the job, tempering, is done by heating the steel back up again but only to a desired amount dependant on its role, this is measured normally by using the Rockwell scale. So, if I was to take 3 pieces of O1 (very common tool steel used in many applications) and heat/quench in oil they would all come out in a very hard but fairly brittle state. The 1st piece could be left like that (ish) at around 65HRC, this would cut normal steel and make a great bastard file but hit it off a vice and it would shatter. The 2nd would be controlled heat to say 250 degrees it would end up around 58HRC and make a fantastic knife blade, not too brittle but hard enough to hold a good edge, but will still chip under hard use. The 3rd piece could be heated to say 270 degrees and would not hold an edge very well as a knife but hard enough not to deform, but never shatter allowing flex.. Perfect screw driver :) Hope that makes some sense I'm very tired. I'm off to check out Chandler right now too!

[@MrKBartlett]

Learned something today! thanks and all the best with the rebuild! :-)

[@Eyeball1975]

Nice tip. You can sometimes wedge a flat head screwdriver in them too.

[@doberman74]

Eyeball1975 Yes mate you can! Only reason I prefer the Torx is that once you have hammered it into the already Hex shape, I find it easier to then use that bolt repeat ably afterwards again. Anyway, hows it goin mate? :)

[@Eyeball1975]

Doberman Knives I'm good mate, thanks. Just finished work and catching up on the interwebs! My mate had surgery on his back, for a similar thing to yours, he had instant improvements and was back to work (light duties) in 3 weeks. WTF are you doing up at this time!?

[@DocDeatonKnives]

Great little tip. Thanks for sharing. Have a great day! - Doc

[@doberman74]

***** Thanks Doc

[@bushblade]

Gonna definitely check out copper grease it pritt style tubes that's great and I've not seen it before.

[@doberman74]

bushblade oh for sure! Halfords stock it at a good price

[@digi8902]

tried this and it worked super helpful thanks!

[@unclecow]

awesome dude

[@doberman74]

unclecow :) not quite but thank you Brother

[@frizt091]

under 5 club always e joy these vids

[@doberman74]

***** under 5 club lol?

[@frizt091]

5 viewers lol

[@doberman74]

***** hahahaaa :D understood

[@RubberTyres]

hahaha... It works! Thanks man. Great help.

[@Bugoutvehiclesuk]

60% of the time it works every time.

[@doberman74]

Torn Apart self sufficiency see works EVERY time for me!! and this is the first attempt ;)

[@RDPproject]

Neat trick. Will of course only work with proper bits...Not those cheap ones from china....

[@doberman74]

RDPproject oh hell no! it MUST be quality gear or you might as well try it with a fork