/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Use a dremel to cut a slot in the other end, then use a flathead screwdriver to hold it.

Drill and tap the other end and screw in a bolt hold on to the bolt.

Can you hold it with some vice grips? Or is it flush with the bottom surface?

can you use a dremel tool or similar to cut a groove or a slot in the nothing at all side to insert a flat blade screw driver? Or even just cut/grind one half of the fastener off all together? Then it'd just fall out.

>>1544201
It's flush. Don't have a dremel tool but I'll try with a file or something

>>1544205
A file may work, if you have a flat punch or a chisel you could hammer that in enough to hold it too.

>>1544195
Can you take a picture of it?

>>1544205
>It's flush.

OP's drawing shows the lower piece protruding same as the top piece. Is that flush to you, or is the carefully made drawing not accurate?

>>1544212
There you go. The problem here is that the screw is too tiny

>>Masking tape up everything around that smooth head.
>>Use channel locks/vise to hold Allen key and the part steady.
>>Center punch the smooth head.
>>Drill off the head.
>>Profit?

Get a very soft piece of rubber and press it as hard as you can against the smooth side while turning the keyed side. Soft silicone balls are sometimes used by watchmakers to remove non-keyed watch casing backs.

>>1544195

You can use a hacksaw or a dremel to make a slot and then use a flat head screwdriver.

>>1544219
This >>1544201

Otherwise try and hold the part firm on a surface so all of the weight is on the flat part of that screw. And then push some weight down on the whole assembly so all of the pressure is bearing on the flat screw end, this will help to hold it in place so you can try and loosen the other part at the same time as you’re putting pressure on it. Using an impact driver would help too.

You could use a dremel grinder or a file to make two flats, then easily use pliers or a wrench to hold this end.

>>1544233

derp. forgot to post image

>>1544219
difficult to show with pics available to me but
hold a small, sharp pair of diagonal cutters vertical
with the points in the groove around the head

press down (not squeeze) on the pliers while turning the allen wrench

>>1544230
OP Here. Made it this way. Thank you guys, definitely keeping this tips for the future

>>1544240

This is what I would do.

>>1544195
Wd40 my fren

>>1546385
Ahh I always forget, spray WD40 on something and the nuts and bolts will magically unscrew themselves!

>>1546406
They prefer not to hang out with hydrophobes, they’re very progressive