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Topic: 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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Re: How to Remove Pressed-in Nut from New Aluminum Platform

http://www.soliforum.com/topic/2990/bos … -consumer/

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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.

To print or, 3D print, that is the question...
SD3 printer w/too many mods,  Printrbot Simple Maker Ed.,  FormLabs Form 1+
AnyCubic Photon, Shining 3D EinScan-S & Atlas 3D scanners...
...and too much time on my hands.

4 Reply by Briggs

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Re: How to Remove Pressed-in Nut from New Aluminum Platform

Rotate it with vice grips, came out pretty easily for me.