How to loosen the screws that have lock tight or something on them?

[alan0354]

I just bought a Browning Knife, I tried to open it, But EVERY single screw are glued tight. I don't want to crank it blindly. Any way to loosen the glue? Problem is the scale is G10, any solution that can melt and penetrate those glue might ruin the scales.

Thanks

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

Heat is generally your friend with that stuff. G10 is okay up to about 284° F so a bit of time warming it with a variable temperature heat gun would be fine.

 

[alan0354]

I actually have soldering iron. I heat up the head of the screws. I got 3 off, but one still stripped. I can't get the pivot screw loose because it can be turn, there is no key. Those screws are FULL of glue!!1

 

[Kbrasmodeler]

That's how the Browning engineers make it strong, for shanking and plying.

 

[davek14]

As has been said, heating the screw is where to start. A trick used in machine assembly (etc.) which will likely not help you a bit, is to have one guy hitting the T-handle (above the screw) with a hammer repeatedly while the other guy is trying to loosen it with a breaker bar. So, impact while turning will help locktite break free as well. Likely this is for bigger screws and won't help you. Just some input.

 

[craytab]

I actually have soldering iron. I heat up the head of the screws. I got 3 off, but one still stripped. I can't get the pivot screw loose because it can be turn, there is no key. Those screws are FULL of glue!!1

This is what happens when you buy cheap garbage knives. They aren't meant to maintenanced. Pot metal screws that strip and free spinning pivots happen. You never know which cheapos will be that bad until you get them in hand. Even reviews can mislead because of production changes. Best to buy from reputable brands that use quality materials and understand a user will need to maintenance their knife.

Browning doesn't make knives, they buy bottom dollar and slap their name on them.

 

[Kryme]

Soldering iron and quality bits, make sure to apply downwards pressure when unscrewing - helps avoid stripping.

Generally you want to avoid gun brand knives such as Smith&Wesson, Browning, Glock etc, with very few exceptions such as Hogue and H&K. Pretty sure Smith and Browning sold their branding off to chinese companies which use it to pump out cheap crap that's not worth the metal its made of.