broken agraffe

[Thomas Cole]

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To add to the good advice given, my favorite remedy is to drill out the 
remaining stud with a left-hand drill bit. Quite often before you finish 
drilling the hole, the bit snags on the brass enough to twist it out of 
the hole.

Lacking that,  I'd try drilling all the way through the stud (plate 
permitting). Then if the easyout breaks, you can tap the broken part out 
from below with a small punch (or nail). I'm always trepidatious about 
using an easyout because if you've driven into the hole enough to firmly 
engage the broken stud, you are also tightening that stud against the 
hole making it all the more difficult to remove.

This is why I prefer the sharpened screwdriver technique the best. Just 
take an old screwdriver and grind the tip to a fishtail profile and 
sharpen. Sometimes it works to tap the stud loose with a hammer and awl, 
especially when the broken area is very uneven.

Tom Cole

Phil Bondi wrote:

> ..just got a call from a client..sounds like a broken agraffe.
>
> Any suggestions for this fix other than what Arthur Reblitz 
> suggests(sounds easy enough)?
>
> Thanks,
> Phil Bondi(Fl)


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