I really can't believe that you haven't read the chronicles of Fred
Flintstone.
He has simplified the descriptive use of hammers and chisels.
As cheap as Pneumatic Panel Rippers and chisel sets are it looks like
that would be the simple solution to cutting away rusted nuts.
I've had occasion that just required a few licks with the hammer chisel
routine to get the nuts to break loose with a standard socket wrench. No
worry with cutting the nut off; it got the rust loose.
I've removed many parts in auto wrecking yards and the hammer chisel
routine has always worked for me.
There have been occasion where I broke a stud but in most cases it will
come out of the head (the stud) if the nut doesn't get loose.
Its a catch 22 on rusty bolts and as you see by the spray lube
technology, they haven't figured it out either.

Stan Wilder

On Wed, 11 Sep 2002 01:09:15 EDT George Goff <THX0001@AOL.COM> writes:
> In a message dated 9/10/02 8:23:29 PM, shea@GTSDESIGN.COM writes:
>
> << Using hammer swings of 2-3", I can take away about a 1/2" of
> granite
>
> over a 6" x 6" area in an hour, if I work at a pace that insures
>
> survival of the block... >>
>
> This affirms what an old mason told me when I asked him how long it
> would
> take to dress by hand enough stone to build a cut stone house.  He
> said in
> the old days it would take a master with two helpers about a month.
> But, he
> added, back then men knew how to work, so, today it would take a
> year.
>
> George
>

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