Manly-Man Skill: Repair Stripped Threads with Nothing but a Bolt, a Wire and a Flat Bastard

Here I sit, broken hearted. There were some threads, but they departed. It's up in the rails, the location's a sin. Me too big to reach, I need a Nguyen. She went halfway in and she started to curse, and my 1/2 inch Milwaukee made it much worse. I walked 'er back out with a jack and a pipe, 7 extensions and a big fuckin snipe. Now there is one bolt where there used to be dual, as I browse AvE on my Powerfist stool. I won't be defeated by the bolt-hole of lore, I'll weld that prick in there if the hole won't restore

How this guy uses the English language is extraordinary.

"Look around make sure no one noticed" 😂 I feel that

Little did I know that 7 years after I first watched this video that the knowledge you passed on would save the day. I was working on some equipment today and there were 4 blind holes that needed to be cleaned out and re-threaded. The taps of course were missing from the set and it's a Sunday. But by God I had grade 8 bolts and a angle grinder.

I only come here to learn new words.......

Did you just stand in front of a what is essentially pneumatic gun loaded with a steel bolt?? That's what I call confidence in your repair!

Grampa used to say, "There's more than one way to sin a cat, but any way you do it, the cat ain't gonna like it..." Great stuff, AvE

sneak into the office and lay it on his desk.. classic move :D

Am dutch, know farmers. Can confirm: stripping threads and destroying machinery is something they're very good at. Proud even.

Things to add to my list of equipment to get: Lathe

This video is actually really awesome and is a great way of getting around not having all the tools that a machinist has

Such a wealth of knowledge. Hopefully one of these pearls sinks in for when it counts.

Nothing tighter than stripped!

This is great. Self tapping screw tap, compression metal gaskets, and a broken real tap in the process. The things you do just for our love.

"The internet, she's good for something more that the naked ladies heh?" LOL

Thanks for the video! I've used the 'ol "make your own tap" a million times, but never would have thought to use wrapped solid copper wire as a gasket. Well done.

Languages required to understand everything AvE says: Canadian hillbilly English, Murican hillbilly English, Canadian French, German...the list goes on?

I'm a software guy. I hate working on hardware. But owning a German car and watching your channel is inspiring me to get my hands dirty.

Dont how long it will take or if you'll ever see this comment but if you do and the next time your tapping stuff, for every full turn you do on the tap down do a qtr turn back. it brakes the slag and lets you cut ur thread with less effort hope it help keep fighting the good fight cheers

"the right way is going to be the best way 99% of the time"