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(...) I concur with Rob's method, that is the exact same way that I removed the tube from 2x2 bricks when I made my (URL) custom valve stem caps>, works great and is easy to do. jt (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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"Joe Strout" <joe@strout.net> wrote in message news:I30Ju4.1MIp@lugnet.com... (...) Honestly, what I do is a little brute force , but it works nicely. Take a small pair of needle nose pliers and grip the cylinder in such a manner that one jaw of (...) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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I tried my very first part mod today -- my objective was to drill a clean hole in the side of a 2x2 brick, and then remove the center cylinder from the inside of the brick so I have room to stuff some things therein. The hole in the side of the (...) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) Unfortuneatly the drips of solder would not stick to each other, so unless you put a few drops of glue in afterwards to hold it all togather, you'd loos you weights. But this isn't a bad solution. It would fill the brick near solid, and the (...) (20 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) Thanks guys, This will do nicely. I've used theis alloy before, but had no idea where to buy more. Mat (20 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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