Strut Gland Nut Removal

[rocketscience]

I was having a hard time getting my gland nuts loose, mostly because I didn't have a pipe wrench big enough for it, so I secured the nut in my vice and wedged a chair into the bottom of it. Made it a piece of cake!

DSC05634 by Britton Glenn, on Flickr

[Petros]

great, good way to improvise. I have done things like that. but I try and avoid using the furniture, lest I get chewed out by my spouse.

[rocketscience]

Yeaaah, that chair is one of the only pieces of furniture that is 'mine.' My girlfriend actually took the picture. I'm sure a 2x4 would have worked great too if I'd had one.

[dlb]

top marks for creative solution. well done.

[Mark]

Reminds me of my first few years living on my own after I turned 18 and moved out. My only tool was a steak knife with the tip broken off (I'm not joking). I used it as a saw, screwdriver, prybar, etc... I think I actually still have it somewhere. I think your tool (a chair!) has beat my steak knife.

[Mark]

Plus your chair would make a better hammer than my steak knife.

[Petros]

You can even use it as a chair, its is a lot better for sitting on than a steak knife too!

Though if you actually had an steak to cut, the chair would not be very helpful.

[lannvouivre]

Rocketscience lives up to his name in this thread.

Honestly, if it works, it's not stupid. Heck, this might be the greatest mission that the chair will ever be involved in.

[rocketscience]

Hahaha yup I was pretty proud when I thought of it.... hmmmm... i bet the chair would fit in there........

I think my friends had a steak knife just like that the last place I lived in Idaho, missing tip and all.

[dlb]

I think my friends had a steak knife just like that the last place I lived in Idaho, missing tip and all.

it's trending!

[Mark]

My Excalibur:

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[ARCHINSTL]

@ Mark: Props on the reference!
Perchance - is your wife's name Guinevere?
Tom M.