<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — How to Remove Pressed-in Nut from New Aluminum Platform]]> 2013-11-23T17:52:32Z PunBB https://www.soliforum.com/topic/4634/how-to-remove-pressedin-nut-from-new-aluminum-platform/ <![CDATA[Re: How to Remove Pressed-in Nut from New Aluminum Platform]]> Rotate it with vice grips, came out pretty easily for me.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/1282/ 2013-11-23T17:52:32Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/42337/#p42337 <![CDATA[Re: How to Remove Pressed-in Nut from New Aluminum Platform]]> Thanks for the link.   Unfortunately I already had the printer disassembled and I couldn't print the plastic piece.  BUt I kept working the nut with my vice grips and eventually started to give, and I got it out.

Thanks for all the help.

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]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/663/ 2013-11-23T05:27:09Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/42291/#p42291 <![CDATA[How to Remove Pressed-in Nut from New Aluminum Platform]]> I just got a new aluminum platform as a replacement for the original wood one.  I want to put my ballscrew on this, but I can't remove that pressed in nut no matter how hard I try.

I mean, I could get a pry bar or breaker bar, but I don't want to warp the frame.  I tried to rotate it, I  tried to wiggle it back an forth, nothing.  It just won't budge.

Has anyone removed that yet, if so how?

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