On Thursday 22 January 2009 04:45:43 pm Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
Roy J. Tellason wrote:
On Thursday 22 January 2009 02:41:29 pm Sridhar
Ayengar wrote:
Roy J. Tellason wrote:
>>> That said, I _do_ dislike the fact
that they are often glued
>>> together rather than screwed together
>>
>> Hammer.
>
> I prefer using a Dremel with a cut-off wheel.
Are you guys talking about opening dead ones to recover the load-end
cable off them or opening ones that still work and that will be
re-closed at some point?
The latter.
I've been thinking about trying MEK applied
along the seam with swabs.
I can verify that it works. You just have to make sure to close the
seam up quickly after applying the MEK *sparingly*, and that the seam is
clamped firmly while the plastic rehardens.
Actually I was thinking about using it to *open* these (and similarly
sealed stuff) without resorting to things like hammers, dremel, etc.
That sounds like it would be a mess.
Maybe I'll try the stuff out on some scrap plastic first, then. I've heard
about it being handy, but haven't used it yet.
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