Doepfer

I don't think that I will attempt this one....
:)
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From: Florian Anwander <Florian.Anwander@consol.de>
> And a fourth suggestion:
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> try drilling a 2mm hole in the center of the screws head. It should make 
> the screws head break! Then you can remove the module, then unbuild the 
> housing, then remove the nut strip, and finally you can grab the rest of 
> the screw with a plier.
> 
> I did this once with some frozen screws in a large 4048 SSL console. You 
> can imagine, that I sweated blood when doing this ;-)
> 
> Florian
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> Gene Schwartz wrote:
> > This sounds interesting - I just don't have experience in this stuff, so I 
> don't know what exists...but I think by this point that it might be stripped 
> also....I'm not sure exactly how to tell. The original owner insists that he 
> didn't put in the modules - they were put in by Enport, when he got it. So it 
> would make sense that it was overtightened (?), but I've probably totally 
> screwed it up by now.
> > 
> > In any case, I've gotten what sound like 3 good suggestions so far, so, thank 
> you!
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com] On 
> Behalf Of Ben Vehorn
> > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 7:08 AM
> > To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [Doepfer_a100] Dumb question/ stuck screw in a-100
> > 
> > 
> > Also, you can buy "stripped screw remover bits" at a hardware store. 
> > It's incredibly handy to keep at least one of these around. Though your 
> > screw sounds like it's overtightened instead of stripped, the principal 
> > is the same and it should provide enough torque to get it out. Just 
> > make sure you get a small enough bit.
> > 
> > On Jan 30, 2006, at 9:29 AM, Gene Schwartz wrote:
> > 
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> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
> >>[mailto:Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com]
> >> On Behalf Of Loren Nerell
> >> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 12:07 AM
> >> To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
> >> Subject: Re: [Doepfer_a100] Dumb question/ stuck screw in a-100
> >>
> >>
> >> >It was suggested that I try a pair of pliers to try to get it out,
> >>but
> >> >all I suceeded in doing was scratching the surface ):
> >>
> >> "Try using vice grips instead of regular pliers."
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> >> Ok - don't have those, but they should be easy to find.
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