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Post by Warlokk on Apr 19, 2012 12:33:02 GMT
Hi all-- So I did my first bit of backyard cutting the other day, had an army of plastic bottles that was threatening to take over my garage and they had to be dealt with Lots of fun, but I really need to work on my technique, and sharpen up my blades a bit. I took the Munich to about a half-dozen standard 2-litre soda bottles, and it cut them pretty well... but afterwards, the hilt assembly has come just loose enough for the handle to shift and the blade to wiggle back and forth a tiny bit. I understand this is a screw-on pommel, is there any trick to disassembling or tightening these up? I can't seem to get anything to budge, but I didn't want to mess anything up.
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Post by chuckinohio on Apr 19, 2012 13:41:53 GMT
Windlass uses either a form of loctite or some sort of epoxy on a lot of their threaded pommels.
Heat it up a bit, let the heat soak into the pommel to break the bond, then remove the pommel. Clean the threaded section up a bit, and retighten the pommel. You can use some Loctite or Epoxy to keep it secure if you want, but I usually just tighten them up with a small strap wrench from Harbor Freight. It will get it plenty tight for you.
Use a small propane or butane torch to heat the pommel up, you don't have to get it red hot, just heat it to where it is too hot to touch . Let the heat soak in for a minute and you should be good.
If you don't have, or can't get a small strap wrench, wear a glove to protect from the hot pommel.
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Post by Warlokk on Apr 19, 2012 13:48:01 GMT
Cool, thanks Chuck, I'll give that a try. They have strap wrenches at Home Depot right down the road so it shouldn't be a problem.
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Post by chuckinohio on Apr 19, 2012 13:52:22 GMT
Get a small one, it will grip the smaller radius of various sword pommels better. It really helps to get them tight without straining the old finger bones. :lol:
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Post by Ninjadave89 on Apr 20, 2012 17:28:41 GMT
My munich didn't have any kind of epoxy or loctite on it. It was difficult to unscrew the pommel the first time, but I just put the pommel in a bench vice and twisted the guard and it loosened up.
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