Tricks to removing blades

[rubberduckie 0]

This is removing a wood blade from a dolo tapered shaft. It wasn't the easiest getting the blade in... but is there any tricks to getting the blade out easier. My buddy and i couldn't pull it apart. Right now, i screwed a 1x1 perpendicular to the shaft, into the blade, for a foot pushing point, and I have been pushing, and it has yet to budge.

What can I do? Any tips or tricks?

[JR Boucicaut 3810]

Heat it up, put it toe down on the ground and step on it, pull upward.

[TBLfan 25]

Go to the gym.

[flyerman 0]

This is removing a wood blade from a dolo tapered shaft. It wasn't the easiest getting the blade in... but is there any tricks to getting the blade out easier. My buddy and i couldn't pull it apart. Right now, i screwed a 1x1 perpendicular to the shaft, into the blade, for a foot pushing point, and I have been pushing, and it has yet to budge.

What can I do? Any tips or tricks?

Lock it in a vice and pull hard. I used to tie rope around the blade, where the hosel meets the heel, and then tie the other end around a tree, and pull as hard as I could. That did the trick. But that part of the blade has to be in tack for it to work.

[brettlynch11 0]

If you dont have a vice, put it in the gap inbetween the door and the wall near the hinges. Close the door so it locks it in there and pull apart. Be carful though, it can damage the door or the wall so do it somewhere it wont show.

[JR Boucicaut 3810]

Just use your foot!

[RadioGaGa 162]

I've never had one that I couldn't just pull out by hand (wood blade/standard shaft)...and I'm not stronger a guy. Maybe you haven't heated it enough to soften all the glue.

[jimmy 194]

If you dont have a vice, put it in the gap inbetween the door and the wall near the hinges. Close the door so it locks it in there and pull apart. Be carful though, it can damage the door or the wall so do it somewhere it wont show.

This advice is right on and the best way to do it. I use a door but don't use the hinge side, just put it in the door, close the door on it and pull. Nothing works better than the door!

[fastmiele 59]

not all shafts and blades have the same dimensions. Also, whenever hockey tape is used on the tenon it is more difficult to pull out.

Once in a while I get a tough one. I even have a heat gun and it doesn't come out easily. Only after heating it for a very long time was I able to get it out. I am not sure if there is some type of vacuum suction inside.

Be patient, just keep heating it up on all sides and start pulling when it has properly expanded enough. It was a bad sign when you said it was not easy putting in the blade.

If you dont have a vice, put it in the gap inbetween the door and the wall near the hinges. Close the door so it locks it in there and pull apart. Be carful though, it can damage the door or the wall so do it somewhere it wont show.

This advice is right on and the best way to do it. I use a door but don't use the hinge side, just put it in the door, close the door on it and pull. Nothing works better than the door!

I don't want to sound stupid but can someone take a picture of this setup, how can you close the door and not snap off the blade/shaft ?

[mickz 107]

This is removing a wood blade from a dolo tapered shaft. It wasn't the easiest getting the blade in... but is there any tricks to getting the blade out easier. My buddy and i couldn't pull it apart. Right now, i screwed a 1x1 perpendicular to the shaft, into the blade, for a foot pushing point, and I have been pushing, and it has yet to budge.

What can I do? Any tips or tricks?

What are you using to heat up the shaft? Switching to a heat gun from a hair dryer works wonders...

[RadioGaGa 162]

This is removing a wood blade from a dolo tapered shaft. It wasn't the easiest getting the blade in... but is there any tricks to getting the blade out easier. My buddy and i couldn't pull it apart. Right now, i screwed a 1x1 perpendicular to the shaft, into the blade, for a foot pushing point, and I have been pushing, and it has yet to budge.

What can I do? Any tips or tricks?

What are you using to heat up the shaft? Switching to a heat gun from a hair dryer works wonders...

If a hairdryer got hot enough to get blade/shafts apart...I wouldn't be pointing it at my head...*L*

I use a red hot burner on the stove. Nice even heat...I've never bothered buying a heat gun.

[tjdangles 0]

dont use an open flame. that is a really bad idea. you can drop a olympic weight down the shaft and step on itand pull it up. you can also drill a hole in the straight part of the blade and put a big screw driver in it and sit on the ground. put the stick inbetween your feet and pull. heat it up alot before you do it each time. just use a heat gun.

[Fletch 219]

Heat it up as hot as you can get it, grab some oven mitts, sit on the ground with your foot on the top of the blade and your hands down low (but not on the glue) and yank it out..

[english15x 3]

this really shouldn't be a hard discussion. Heat gun + vice/door. It always works.

[Rustpot 1]

My solution? Blowtorch. It got one of my really stuck blades out in about 5 seconds after trying for 20 with the heat gun. The trick is to not use the flame but the hot gas being shot out of the torch

hair dryer > heat gun > blow torch

I've never had a blade/plug that I couldn't get out by grabbing one side of the fuse in each hand and grunting. Apply elbow grease (read: beer) as needed.

[chippa13 1844]

this really shouldn't be a hard discussion. Heat gun + vice/door. It always works.

Heat gun and foot is even better, no potential damage to door, no explanation to the Mrs.

[Rustpot 1]

this really shouldn't be a hard discussion. Heat gun + vice/door. It always works.

Heat gun and foot is even better, no potential damage to door, no explanation to the Mrs.

Until she walks in and you're grunting, straddling one of your hockey sticks, trying to keep it nice and warm, sweating from the strain, and your arm muscles are starting to cramp.

[TBLfan 25]

It's not cheating because its YOUR hockey stick.

[mickz 107]

This is removing a wood blade from a dolo tapered shaft. It wasn't the easiest getting the blade in... but is there any tricks to getting the blade out easier. My buddy and i couldn't pull it apart. Right now, i screwed a 1x1 perpendicular to the shaft, into the blade, for a foot pushing point, and I have been pushing, and it has yet to budge.

What can I do? Any tips or tricks?

What are you using to heat up the shaft? Switching to a heat gun from a hair dryer works wonders...

If a hairdryer got hot enough to get blade/shafts apart...I wouldn't be pointing it at my head...*L*

I use a red hot burner on the stove. Nice even heat...I've never bothered buying a heat gun.

Well the difference is when you're heating up a shaft you're leaving the hair dryer in one place for a longer period of time compared to your head where you're constantly moving it around. If you left the hair dryer, full power on and pointing at one place for just a minute it's going to start burning.

[Andoy 5]

I found that inserting/removing blades out of dolo shafts always required a bit more elbow grease than usual.

I heat up the shaft using a heat gun and pull...if it doesn't go out all the way I heat it up a little bit more until it slides out.

[lotus 2]

I usually just pretend I'm King Arthur and the blade is my Excalibur.

[brettlynch11 0]

this really shouldn't be a hard discussion. Heat gun + vice/door. It always works.

Heat gun and foot is even better, no potential damage to door, no explanation to the Mrs.

Until she walks in and you're grunting, straddling one of your hockey sticks, trying to keep it nice and warm, sweating from the strain, and your arm muscles are starting to cramp.

Ha... One of the quotes of the year.

[Keith 0]

Heat gun, step on top, pull....

[mack 44]

Heat gun plus curtain rod pushing it out from the top.

[xaero604 0]

agreed. as soon as i read that, i tried it out and it totally worked. there is no way in hell that your arms will produce nearly as much force allowed by the leverage that your leg will give you.

i was refering to JR's post about stepping on the toe of the blade and pulling up with both hands.