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.
Peace... Sridhar
Actually I was thinking about using it to *open* these (and similarly sealed
stuff) without resorting to things like hammers, dremel, etc.
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