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Need Help, Lost 1/4" Bit Extension in Dist Hole...

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66 Tiger

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JDS68Stang said:
If that didn't work I'd blame the wife and make her miserable,lol, then tell her to go get the part out.

All kiddin aside, good luck gettin that out, I wouldn't want that floatin around in my pan either.
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I definitely blamed her, but in the end, there is NO WAY that I could possibly make her any more miserable! ( I hope she never stumbles on this. Ha, haa. )

Anyway - in the end, I dropped the pan after not having any success with the magnet technique. I would have liked to leave it in there but with the luck that I have been experiencing this week I just didn't want to chance it.

Thanks everyone.
 

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peace of mind > then leaving it in there for years.
 
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JDS68Stang said:
I would try and locate a long (1"-1 1/2") slim rounded magnet, duct tape it good on the end of a simlilar sized small diameter steel rod, most especially around the magnet sides to cut down on it drawing to the sides as it's lowered. Then give it a shot.

If that didn't work I'd blame the wife and make her miserable,lol, then tell her to go get the part out.

When she comes in 10 minutes later smiling holding the 1/4" bit don't even ask her how she did it, she'll probably say I put my gum on a wood stick and pulled it right up, lol

All kiddin aside, good luck gettin that out, I wouldn't want that floatin around in my pan either.
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the only problem with making the wife miserable, is that they usually have a way of making us guys more miserable!!
 

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a little late, but duct tape the extensions and sockets together. It will save you the hassle and worry.
 

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66 Tiger said:


I definitely blamed her, but in the end, there is NO WAY that I could possibly make her any more miserable! ( I hope she never stumbles on this. Ha, haa. )

Anyway - in the end, I dropped the pan after not having any success with the magnet technique. I would have liked to leave it in there but with the luck that I have been experiencing this week I just didn't want to chance it.

Thanks everyone.
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Agreed that your luck has not been running all that great lately. I know exactly how you feel and am glad you got it out.
 

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dredging this back up to mention that this is why I like those locking extensions where you have to slide a little tab back to release the ball bearing. Hopefully they have done a design improvement on them since I got mine because the tabs are plastic on my set and one has broken off making the extension useless. Of course its warrantied but still something that should be improved. Just throwing it out there as an after-the-fact tips-n-tricks type thing
 
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