It depends on the DIY'er and how serious they are. I have mig and stick out in my workshop. Even if I didn't, I know of plenty of garages and metal worker who I could take such a small job to.
Snapped Bolt Thread in Cast Iron Housing
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It depends on the DIY'er and how serious they are. I have mig and stick out in my workshop. Even if I didn't, I know of plenty of garages and metal worker who I could take such a small job to.
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For the price of a couple of drills and a helicoil they aren't expensive,
If I had the choice of spending £50 on tools and a bit of my time and the cost to get someone in was £150 I'd do it myself and know that if I have anything similar in future I have the tools. Sometimes the tools purchased have uses far above what you originally buy them for.
Exactly - buying tools can be a good investment.
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Yes, my DIY son-in-law usually justifies all sorts of new tools that way, it can become a bit of an addiction though.
latest is he's intending to completely build a kitchen from plywood, so needs a track/plunge saw, which to be honest he's had hes eye for over a year now. he has a table saw , and mitresaw , plus numerous Dewalt and Milwaukee cordless tools
All you/he has to do is price up the cost of a professionally done job, versus cost of the materials only and the difference between the two = is the value of the tools you can justify
Then the next similar job, you already have the tools to hand.
He and I do that a lot to be honest, sometimes, its very often a case ofAll you/he has to do is price up the cost of a professionally done job, versus cost of the materials only and the difference between the two = is the value of the tools you can justify
But its now a bit of a joke, when he says he doing something I now ask, what tool will you now need to buy ?
Ha ha yes I agree.
Whenever I buy a tool if I'm looking to make a significant investment (fee hundred £) I look at other jobs I might use it on, this then determines the tool I buy.
If it's something I'll use a handful of times I'll just buy a cheap tool. For example I'm looking at removing some redundant joists for the old flat roof in my garage, the ideal tool is a recip saw, I'll probably only use it for this 1 job so I'll get a cheap one from Aldi. On the other end of the scale I was building a pergoda and know that I have other projects which a circ saw will come in really handy for, and so stumped up the couple of hundred quid on a hikoki cordless.
Haven't done any for a while but never been beat in the past (old jap motorbikes). Its very hard to drill centrally (as there is usually a "twist" of broken bolt there) but get as close as you can and work up in drill size till you can see the threads in the side of the hole - you can usually tap round or out what's left with a punch or small flat screwdriver to unscrew it. I usually find it comes out once the pressure is released in the same way a bolt does when you drill the head off.
If there is a broken stub still poking out, grind it so the tip is flat, drop a nut on top - the nut will help keep the drill centred.
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