Trying to take apart a 25 year old concrete panel coal bunker I was getting fed up with
1) - releasing corroded bolts on the brackets 2) - hacksawing through the brackets where '1' failedThis afternoon discovered that a heavy hammer and cold chisel is a quick'n'dirty way to to remove the bolts, dirtier than '1' but a damn sight quicker than '2'
The project progresses
Shortly got similar project coming up, thanks for the tip.
Though surely you would have followed standard uk.diy advice and tried an angle grinder first ;-)
Adam
Or an angle grinder used to do the same if u don't mind the sparks.
I used to have an angle grinder as part of a cordless drill, driver, saw, sander combo - worked fine until a couple of the recharegable cells turned to mush. I can't get an exact match replacement set, but I have considered buying a 'close match' and bodging the new cells into the old cell holder.
However, in this instance a cold chisel is a lot quicker, and quite a bit more satisfying too!
I assume you don't want to rebuild it elsewhere?
The bolts go through holes in the panels, so I'm just breaking the nuts off. The panels are undamaged, and there's not even that much damage to the brackets.
In fact, I'm going to lay the concrete panels on the ground as a base for a shed.
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "OG" saying something like:
When in doubt, clout.
Well done. A true recycler! R.
Fair enough! I had visions of smashing holes in the concrete to remove the bolts and nuts, complete!
Brute force & ignorance is a wonderful thing...
You obviosuly never did te mandatory student repairs old banger course.
When in doubt, blowlamp and angle grinder, hammer and cold chisel.
In this case a concrete saw could have been hired and the thing cut into handy sized chunks in an hour or so.
if you don't mind, grind
Slightly lateral way of disposing of large concrete coal bunker;
Another slightly more "elegant" method that can often work if you want to preserve bolts or have a more fragile mounting is 2 hammers. a lump hammer held against one side of the nut and another one to hit the opposite side of the nut.
try that on all oposing faces and the addition of a small squirt of "penetrating" oil can work wonders.
Also suitable if you don't want sparks of flames flying around. Just don't hit so hard you turn the nut into a rivett.
:¬)
That guillotine looks a bit cobbled together, if you don't mind my saying so. Not a good advert for a flatpack assembler.
Owain
As Dolly Parton said, "It costs a lot of money to look this cheap". Those things are a work of art to get right e.g. not slicing someones head off accidentally. Built like a Swiss watch under that dodgy looking exterior. Cost a grand retail.
I built one for Joe Pasquale once, love to see him use it. Its designed so that bits keep falling off during the act.
'ow much!!!
A decent gibbet would be half the price.
Owain
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