

| Subject: | Re: NVC -- Need easy-out or similar tool for 10-32 stainless steel bolts |
| From: | Jim Arnott |
| Date: | Sun, 11 Dec 2016 20:14:00 -0800 |
Looks like a #1 straight extractor is used for #10 screws. http://www.irwin.com/uploads/documents/18_screw_extractor_selection_guide.pdf 10-32 has a minor diameter of about 0.15 and a pitch diameter of about 0.16 or about 4 mm to 5 mm. Shouldn’t be too hard to find. Your local hardware store probably has one. On Dec 11, 2016, at 7:50 PM, John Lauterbach <john@JHL.MGACOXMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > I am hoping for the wisdom of the list is locating an easy-out or > similar tool for SS 10-32 bolts. If any of you have worked with high > performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) equipment (particularly that > made by Waters Associates), you are probably familiar with so-called > ferrule nuts. These are hex-head 10-32 SS bolts with a hole down the > center to clear 1/16-inch OD SS tubing. Basically the 1/16-inch tubing > is connected to pumps, columns, etc., with the ferrule nut followed by a > ferrule. You screw the ferrule nut -- ferule combination into a > specially machine fitting and tighten it down to make a tight seal. > This passed summer, I bought a collection of 1980s-vintage HPLC > equipment to teach my Son lab instrument repair and computer > interfacing. In the process of letting him learn by doing, he snapped > the heads off a couple of the ferrule nuts leaving the end and the > ferrule stuck in the equipment. Parts involved are NLA so there is need > for a way of extracting the remaining part of the ferrule nut and > ferrule. I can get the parts to a Dremel drill press to drill the > tubing out of the broken nut, but then need something to extract the > remainder of the ferrule nut. Are there miniature easy-outs or similar > tools? > > Thank you, > > John
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