[SEL] WALLA! Stover Gib Key Out - Thanks to All

[John Hall]

The same technique is how you remove drill chucks from Jacobs tapers. Works 
well, but I have had some so tight that the removal tools didn't fair so 
well.

John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arnie Fero" <fero_ah at city-net.com>
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Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] WALLA! Stover Gib Key Out - Thanks to All


> Hi Paul (and others),
>
> When I was looking into gib key removal techniques I had gotten some good
> recommendations from Roland Craven in England.  He suggested using two
> tapered wedges with the tapers together.  The wedges are secured (as Dave
> Croft had suggested) using a clamp (with a V-block under the shaft) to
> keep the wedges from jumping out.  You then use a BFH in each hand and
> strike the two wedges together.  The advantage of the method is that you
> apply a lot of force very smoothly and square to the key rather than at an
> angle as the case would be with a single wedge or drift.
>
> I do like the idea of the Kroil dam.
>
> See ya,  Arnie
>