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- Subject: Re: Need help removing concrete nails from slab
- Path: sparky!uunet!sci34hub!cdthq!gary
- From: gary@cdthq.UUCP (Gary Heston)
- Message-ID: <HFXgwB1w161w@cdthq.UUCP>
- References: <1992Dec27.045456.28183@oracle.us.oracle.com>
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 92 19:17:16 CST
- Organization: Garys' Home for Obsolete Computers
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- tslee@oracle.uucp (Terry S. Lee) writes:
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- > I need to get rid of about a dozen hardened concrete nails driven into a
- > concrete slab. The nails are about 30 years old, and the heads were broken
- > off during a little demo' work.
- >
- > About a half inch of each nail protrudes up. I've tried cutting them with a
- > solid carbide bit. The bit cuts through some sort of sleeve, but doesn't do
- > much once it hits the nail itself.
-
- Three choices I can think of:
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- Drive it deeper;
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- Grind it off;
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- Cut it with a cold chisel.
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- If you go the cold-chisel route or grind, wear heavy gloves, eye
- protection, long sleeves, etc.
-
- > BTW, around each nail is a smail 1/4" deep crater. Have any you netters had
- > any good experience with the gray resin stuff for filling concrete craters?
-
- Can't help with this; will these be visible, or does it matter?
-
- Gary Heston, at home....
- gary@cdthq.uucp
-