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On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:39:39 -0700, wrote:

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He's trying to free steel bolts from aluminum after 30 or 40 years.

Ahh...

We
are in agreement about the hammer driver vs. the pneumatic gun for
screws, although, when I had air available, I always tried each screw
first with the small air gun first, because it usually worked, and was
so fast. Recalcitrant screws got a follow-up from the hammer driver.
Occasionally a screw was so welded to the aluminum that the screw head
would twist and break off, but that thankfully didn't happen often.

No, but it happened *too* often :-) And 30-40 years ago, I couldn't
afford a compressor!

Keith