Young Chang Agraffe

[Tom Cole]

NBWW wrote:
> 
> 
> Last Item. A customer called me to replace a broken agraff in the bicord
> section of her Young Chang G150 Grand. I have removed an replaced many a
> broken screw and stud and am familiar with the techniques, but have never done
> this before. Are the some pitfalls to watch for? I hate looking like novice in
> someone's living room.
> 
Paul,

In reference to a broken agraffe in the Young Chang, center punch and
drill for a small easy out. If the agraffe stud goes clear through the
plate, make sure that you drill your hole all the way through the broken
stud. That way, when your easy out breaks, you can bang it out from
underneath.

When you get back from the hardware store with your new easy out, see if
you can get the stud to budge with less bite - IOW, if you drive in the
easy out too hard, you tighten the stud in the hole and make it hard to
withdraw.

Isaac Sadigursky suggested using a left-hand drill bit. The beauty of
this idea is that when the bit bites into the stud, it frequently
unscrews itself and no easy out is necessary. Special order the
left-hand bits from woodworkers supply houses.

Another approach, if the break is at least somewhat level, is to grind
an old screwdriver blade into a fishtail shape and sharpen, place the
blade on the stud in question and give a few taps with a hammer. If the
stud is at all loose, it should come out.

Tom
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Thomas A. Cole RPT
Santa Cruz, CA