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    Drill out a carbon steel screw :-o

    Just to be clear... It would need to be 0.5 mm for this job. I've used my smallest, a 1.5 , to remove all plastic I could. Still doesn't bash through. now I am going to try drilling the core again with some new bits
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    Drill out a carbon steel screw :-o

    Have a look at the picture again, the width of plastic you are talking about drilling through is less than 1mm after accounting for threads
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    Drill out a carbon steel screw :-o

    After accounting for threads there is less than 1 mm of plastic to drill through around it , so this is not possible
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    Drill out a carbon steel screw :-o

    Idk what chain drilling is and after watching an extremely Canadian video about it I still don't know. Anyway what you got to imagine here is a a 5mm plastic plug with a 3mm carbon steel core... That's why I posted in this section
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    Drill out a carbon steel screw :-o

    Thanks yeah I think the lining will have up come away for this job anyway. Will see if heating can soften the plug sufficiently to bash through
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    Drill out a carbon steel screw :-o

    Thanks hmm it would have to be 4mm for this job, can't see any titanium cutters in that size?
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    Drill out a carbon steel screw :-o

    Yeah I think this is something a bit hard to grasp.. the screw in question is barely visible in the picture because it is lodged glued into the plastic plug which is in turn also stuck in its hole. The screw you can see in the picture are there to illustrate what the pieces are, that are stuck...
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    Drill out a carbon steel screw :-o

    Thanks ok what sort of tube would you buy for that and how would you heat it? I'm hearing induction mentioned... Is that something that can be used on this small scale?
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    Drill out a carbon steel screw :-o

    Dissolving the plastic and or heating the screw to soften it are all sounding very interesting. What tool would you buy for that? Have you done this before?
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    Drill out a carbon steel screw :-o

    Yeah by drill it I basically meant obliterate it haha but anyway are your suggesting that a correctly sized/heated metal tube could slice through the surrounding plastic? That sounds appealing in theory.... Albeit well beyond my current capability.
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    Drill out a carbon steel screw :-o

    Not quite sure what you mean about drilling the heads off... There are indeed no heads left and that's my problem. This plastic plug was stuck in before I glued in and then broke the head a carbon steel Screw. It's definitely not gonna wind itself out now. Yeah apparently cobalt bits don't...
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    Drill out a carbon steel screw :-o

    Hi Firstly yes I am a DIY novice. Trying to fit front roof bar on a 12 year old ford fiesta. Its a bit of a job.. have to excavate the holes and remove plastic plugs before you can bolt into them. But back bar all went fine. Front plugs didn't want to come out and just bored out really soft...
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    Comment by 'Dave did what' in album 'Car Mess'

    Hi Firstly yes I am a DIY novice. Trying to fit front roof bar on a 12 year old ford fiesta. Its a bit of a job.. have to excavate the holes and remove plastic plugs before you can bolt into them. But back bar all went fine. Front plugs didn't want to come out and just bored out really soft...
  14. Broken Carbon Steel screw in plastic plug

    Broken Carbon Steel screw in plastic plug

    On One side of the car, a plastic plug has been successfully removed. On the other side, the carbon steel screw head has sheared off
  15. Car Mess

    Car Mess

    MIstakes Made on a car
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