retrofood wrote:stanislaw1954 wrote:
However, sometimes a hammer or an angle grinder is used, but that is a different topic.
Sometimes it is used, but way too often.
Because it often happens that something has to be done "immediately" and there is no ending.
There is no construction site, it is too long to wait for the parcel from Allegro.
In addition, there is also the issue of profitability. For some crap, buy a screwdriver / bit worth more than the equipment being repaired, or drive and look in stores where we spend more on fuel.
When there is a place, I either use a pair of pliers / clamp and grab the screw by the head or I cut a deep indentation with a flathead screwdriver with a dremel.
If there is no place, well, drill and reaming and then twist the rest of the thread with pliers. An angle grinder is already large screws with good access.
Then I look for a suitable replacement from the next stage or drill for a typical bolt. I sometimes drilled the transistors in TO3 with M5 screws (standard M4) because there were no sufficiently long M4 screws in the construction site. And if something is not worth attention (such as plug-in power supplies) it is just plain insulation tape or a drop.
