Re: (ET) trimming bolts on T-105s

["Travis Creswell" <ozsolar ipa net>]

Within in the last few years didn't someone post that they used a grinder 
to
trim the bolts and that one of the cut bolts fell into the battery box and
melted a hole in a battery case?  Oops!

Be careful with whatever method.  The hacksaw could easily get a across two
battery terminals.

Travis Creswell
Joplin, MO

-----Original Message-----
From: elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu
[mailto:elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu] On Behalf Of Michael
Neverdosky
Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 10:04 PM
To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: Re: (ET) trimming bolts on T-105s

For things like this I use a 4.5" angle grinder with a thin cutoff
wheel. It slices right through steel smoothly and easily.

Then again I do enough metal work to have a grinder dedicated to use
with cutoff wheels and another with a grinding wheel.

For cutoff use even the light 4.5" grinders are fine and use a thin
cutoff wheel. My B&D uses the flat "Norton" wheels that are about
$1.70 at Home Depot.

Be sure to cut with the edge of the wheel and be careful to NOT bend it.
Wear safety glasses!

michael

On 7/1/06, Dave & Deb <daveb drizzle com> wrote:
> I took a hacksaw to the threaded posts on my Interstate battery
workaholics.
> didn't seem to damage anything... the posts were veryy sturdy
>
>
> >
> > Almost done putting the E-15 back together after all the painting and
> > everything, and I discovered that the bolts on the T-105s are a bit too
> > tall for the battery boxes (I've seen many posts saying this was a
> > possibility, so I'm not surprised). What do people recommend using to
trim
> > or grind down the bolts some? I'm not sure how sturdily attached those
> > bolts are, so I don't know how much force they'll take.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mike

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