Nut Spliter for M6-M8-M10-M12nuts

[kess]

Sometimes nuts are too much seized on screw or head is so much damaged or too much stuck from rust and they cannot be unscrewed with conventional tools.
With this simple tool, just put the nut you want to loosen into the hole of the Nut Splitter Tool and screw the bolt until the nut breaks.
If needing to be save the bolt in some cases, then do not over tighten to prevent damage to the threads under the nut.
Nut Splitter also is known as Nut Cutter or Nut Cracker.
I made it using a M24 nut
a piece 45mm of rod ø19mm
a piece 25mm which I cut from the tail of an HSS ø10mm drill bit
one bolt MF12x1.25x50mm
two nuts MF12x1.25mm
and a ball bearing ø8mm.

[Altair]

Thanks kess! We've added your Nut Splitter to our Fastening category,
as well as to your builder page: kess's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

Nut Splitter by kess

tags: splitter

[kess]

Thanks a lot Altair

[Jon]

Congratulations kess - your Nut Splitter is the Homemade Tool of the Week!

Good job on a clever and well-documented tool build that will be useful to everyone. Some more nice picks from this week:

Vise Jack by rgsparber
Ribbon Burner Propane Forge by KarlMetalworks
Railroad Track Sheetmetal Brake by Scratch
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Grinding Arbor by xynudu
Reloading Press by athomp
Bathtub Drain Tool by TigerCreek
Vise by daniels1186
Power File by Tuomas
Lathe Threading Attachment by robertt4522
Miter Saw Dowel Rods by Make Things
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Log Maker by mariost


kess - we've added your tool entry to our All Homemade Tool of the Week winners post.

Most importantly - this is your 3rd Homemade Tool of the Week win! You join these other 3-Time Homemade Tool of the Week winners: rgsparber, rossbotics, mr95gst, Paul Jones, Christophe Mineau, Captainleeward, immortalx, scorch, Brendon, Frank S, mklotz, Vyacheslav.Nevolya, brianhw, LMMasterMariner, jjr2001, Tuomas, olderdan, tonyfoale, bobs409, Mikhandmaker, thehomeengineer, old_toolmaker, Stevohdee.

You'll notice the 3-Time Homemade Tool of the Week award trophy graphic in your postbit beneath your avatar.



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Nice work!

Here are all three of your Homemade Tool of the Week winning tools:

Sheetmetal Brake by kess

tags: sheetmetal, brake

Cable Stripper by kess

tags: wire stripper

Nut Splitter by kess

tags: splitter

[G.Paul]

Kess
Nice job but i have to say that i have a nut splitter in my tool box i bought it many years ago

[kess]

Kess
Nice job but i have to say that i have a nut splitter in my tool box i bought it many years ago

Hi G.Paul

I did not know that there was such a tool
until a friend of mine bought one that broke up in the first use
without being able to cut neither one nut.
So he brought it to me, asking what he had done wrong.
Obviously the problem was not from misuse but from the poor quality of the tool.
So I decided to give a try to make a similar tool using what I had available.

[G.Paul]

It may have bean a harbor freight china junk tool. I don't remember what the make on mine is, i have used it and it works just fine.I think it may be a craftsman

[kess]

It may have bean a harbor freight china junk tool. I don't remember what the make on mine is, i have used it and it works just fine.I think it may be a craftsman

Unfortunately the market is full of various inexpensive china junk tools
and most buyers only look the price, not the tool.
Eventually most of them pay it twice.

[kess]

I forgot to upload a sketch with the arrangement;
chisel - ball bearing nest - ball - bolt.
Also is missing and from my YouTube vid.

[that_other_guy]

Nice job Kess!

I really appreciate a number of things about your video:
1) the simple music (and at a reasonable volume!)
2) the still shots used where appropriate
3) the multiple annotations to show hole diameters and bolt sizes.

Thanks for sharing this, it is obvious a lot of work went into the photo taking and editing.

Brian