Tips and tricks for removal

[eSGEe]

and for why I am in this non solder thread. I am fixing to do some soldering today as I work toward fixing my Laney Amp 50 watt head.

OH and I got one of the most fun Ferengi trips under my belt yesterday. I went to the same Goodwill Restore store where I got my first of 3 Target Tile Wetsaws for $50 instead of $1500+. Only yesterday I was hunting in case I could find some electrical gizmo I could scavenge some wiring I intended to use on amplifiers.

I told Ampmad and ivan how freaking lucky I got and totally unexpectedly found a friggen Solder sucker as I was fishing through 3 sweet scewdrivers and about 8 files. Mind you, this is not the electronics warehouse or anything like wiring related. and WTFn there is a solder sucker when I really was hunting just by sheer luck to maybe find a few yellow, blue, red and brown wires. of the right temp and voltage specs. WTF do I see a few feet to my left in a box of non descript unrelated stuff? AND it was the right dang rating!!!!

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$2 freaking awesome BUCKS for this socket and 11 strands of 20 awg 105 degree C 600V wire . EACH strand was like 5 feet long too.
I am now processing the seven 4 inch to 12 inch pieces of wire I cannibalized off it.

Anyway, good luck Adrian and all who are messing with guitar knob removals.

WOW WELL DONE!

 

[Amp Mad Scientist]

But.....I want different knobbies

You can drill and thread the knobbies for set screws.

 

[eSGEe]

that sounds like a lot of TINY intricate work

--- Im 'Merican -- Id rather buy something with 400% mark up--made in CHina --to sit in a drawer for 2 years till I actually get around to using it.........

 

[Cadorman]

Why don't you just crush the old knobs with a big pair of pliers? Doesn't cost a thing and you can do it now. Plus, it seems like you might enjoy that!

 

[eSGEe]

er uhm.............. well....... hey thats not a bad idea.....
but I would LIKE to retain the reflector knobs for OTHER projects----- or resale -- or --- no no that is a TERRIBLE idea .........why dont I just HIT IT WITH A HAMMER>???

 

[eSGEe]

Happy to announce the whopping 8.00 investment paid off--
no damage--- no issues...easy peasy.

 

[DirtySteve]

I love it when stuff works the way it's supposed to.

 

[Amp Mad Scientist]

er uhm.............. well....... hey thats not a bad idea.....
but I would LIKE to retain the reflector knobs for OTHER projects----- or resale -- or --- no no that is a TERRIBLE idea .........why dont I just HIT IT WITH A HAMMER>???

That hammer solution has been popular lately.

 

[onemoreguitar]

Of the knobs on a PUSH PULL pot equipped guitar ...... ???

Last time I tried it I DEMOLISHED the pot ---- anyone got a way to do this WITHOUT damaging the guitar AND requiring SOLDERING

ANy help apprecaited

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[eSGEe]

That hammer solution has been popular lately.

The Hammer is always the best answer ......... well except when its not

 

[Don O]

The Hammer is always the best answer ......... well except when its not

I have a friend on a small Corvette forum who’s signature line is:

If you can’t fix it with a hammer, you have an electrical problem.

 

[Beagle]

The Hammer is always the best answer ......... well except when its not

 

[iblive]

I have a friend on a small Corvette forum who’s signature line is:

If you can’t fix it with a hammer, you have an electrically problem.

My background in the work force was tractors and combines... seriously..... sometimes a hammer WAS the answer. Then I moved to the boating business at a Marina. Fiberglass and Teak don’t take as kindly to the judicious use of a hammer. Probably a good thing I worked in the parts department.

 

[Don O]

When I worked in a car repair shop in my teens, every mechanic had a BFH.

 

[iblive]

When I worked in a car repair shop in my teens, every mechanic had a BFH.

When one worked in a tractor shop. The BFH in your personal tool box wasn’t alway quite right for the job. That’s when you reached for the shops sledge hammer. If that didn’t work. Fire up the torch.

 

[eSGEe]

ROck beats scissors ....but FIRE beats all........