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Is there a good way to shorten screws? 3 months 1 week ago #73869

Wolfsaber Offline Junior Member Pretty fly for a grey Jedi Posts: 28 Thank you received: 9	I bought some of the acetal screws from tcss. Is there a good way to shorten them without messing them up? I tried a dremel cut off wheel and that did not work for me.
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Is there a good way to shorten screws? 3 months 1 week ago #73872

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The best option is to put it in a vice and use a metal file. It'll give you much less of a chance of ruining the screw than other methods.

If you need to shorten it significantly, you can use a hacksaw with a metal cutting blade first, then finish it up with the file to save time. It can take quite a while using a file on a stainless steel screw. Brass screws are nice and easy to shorten with a file since it's such a soft metal.

Once it's shortened you'd want to use the file on an angle at the end to taper the threads a bit, otherwise it may not thread properly (cross threading is bad) and you can risk stripping the threads when you try and screw it into the hilt.

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Is there a good way to shorten screws? 3 months 1 week ago #73873

Wolfsaber Offline Junior Member Pretty fly for a grey Jedi Posts: 28 Thank you received: 9	Thanks kelbornX. I will try that next then.
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Is there a good way to shorten screws? 3 months 1 week ago #73874

Vechaljian Offline Elite Member Posts: 283 Thank you received: 144	I usually use a metal file ( its a slower process but gives you control), if I have a lot of threads to remove, then I go to my bench grinder, but I invested so I would have all the tap and die sets needed for all the screws I use, to clean the threads when I finish shortening them.
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Is there a good way to shorten screws? 3 months 1 week ago #73875

wamphyri13 Offline Premium Member Posts: 99 Thank you received: 36	I like to use the bolt cutters on a standard electrical crimping tool, the one that comes with all the wire connectors and stuff. It even has an 8-32 sized thread. I've trimmed several to the exact length I needed because you can see exactly how much you're cutting, it cuts clean, and takes very little effort.
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Is there a good way to shorten screws? 3 months 1 week ago #73876

SadiraOrphesu Offline Elite Member Posts: 171 Thank you received: 73	I use a pair of bolt cutters and a small nut. So I don't ruin the threading I put a nut above where I'm cutting and after the cut I use my dremel to grind down the end so its flat and smooth. Then unscrewing the screw from the nut realigns any threads that were crushed or bent during cutting.
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Is there a good way to shorten screws? 3 months 1 week ago #73909

Wolfsaber Offline Junior Member Pretty fly for a grey Jedi Posts: 28 Thank you received: 9	Hmmm thanks! Much knowledge to digest! Lol. I tried some rivet cutting dikes the other night. Idk if the blades are dull or what, but I could not even get them to cut the screw. And the dremel cutoff wheel even took forever! Do they use a stainless steel or really hard steel on those acetal screws or what?
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Is there a good way to shorten screws? 3 months 1 week ago #73911

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