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lag-bolts : 4, hours : 1

Ever spent a dang hour doing nothing but removing 4 lag bolts?
“insert wrench into tiny space, turn wrench one-twelfth of one full twist; flip wrench along axis B {½ turn}; insert wrench into tiny space, turn wrench one-twelfth of one full twist; repeat ad nauseum!!
I finally got the idea to insert a piece of cloth into one of the drills, wrap the other end of the cloth around the lag bold, and hope that when the drill spun it would wrap up on the bolt and twist it out. It failed. I should’ve tried again – this time holding the cloth (carefully) to the lagbolt. I think it should have worked. Oh well.
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Edit: (Aug. 21)
Note that by the time I tried the cloth/drill, the bolt was at least ½-way out (& pounded-in {not my idea} ¾ of the way initially [but I think it was way-overbuilt at that]). I would expect no cloth to be able to pull enough torque to begin pulling a lag-bolt. (But I’ve been wrong before.)



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Hawk~ won't trade freedom for safety

I know your pain

A socket wouldn’t fit?

idkbrblol is taking a breather ☺

re: socket set ["sight for sore-eyes"]

I thought of that, I prayed for that, I was ‘bored to sleep’ & dreamed of a socket set!
But no sockets were available.

(and thinking of the specific contraption being worked, on… well, it might’ve helped a little – might’ve only taken 10-minutes (each) for the two most-troublesome bolts.)
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