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- May 16, 2015
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Not a big deal to get some metal in your eye, it's holding still while they dremel the rust ring out a few days later that's hard
whenever you're trying to loosen a stuck bolt, always be aware of where your hands will go when it lets go. Punched through a thumbnail once, which wasn't very pleasant....snip...
Had my fair share of bruised/cut/rust-embedded knuckles from that too.
Gave up on pushing or pulling wrenches against stuck bolts years ago! All my hand wrenches are dented where I hit 'em with a hammer to produce large amounts of torque over a very short length of time. No more trips to the first aid box after that [cussing expletive cuss] stuck nut finally let go.
Better yet: Impact wrench. Turn it down to start on smaller fasteners. Slowly increase the power, reverse direction.
Last skinned knuckle was from an angle grinder.
I don't hit wrenches or breaker bars, I've had too many lift and round off the bolt head. I'd rather soak with PB Blaster (or similar), walk away and then use alternating heat and freeze spray to get it off. Impact wrench would be nice though, one day