[Test-Equipment] Difficult Allen Screws

[B Riches]

Try using metric - may be under or oversize.

73,

Bill Riches, WA2DVU
Cape May, NJ
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dr M J DiGirolamo 
  To: test-equipment at mailman.qth.net 
  Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 1:18 AM
  Subject: [Test-Equipment] Difficult Allen Screws


  Dear Colleagues,

           I need some help and or tips on how to remove frozen Allen 
  set-screws like the ones found on equipment knobs.

           The typical scenario happens when trying to remove a stubborn set 
  screw. The Allen wrench "slips" and rounds the insertion pattern 
  slightly.  Has anyone heard of a slightly oversized set of Allen wrenches 
  (on the order of .001" - .002") or is this the wrong approach?  If they 
  exist, who supplies them?

       Any comments and/or suggestions are welcome.

  Regards,

  Mike DiGirolamo, W4XN
  Charlottesville, VA 22901
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