How To Build Your Own Slide Hammer For Key Extraction
How To Build Your Own Slide Hammer For Key Extraction
Here's how you make a DIY slide hammer using vise grips.
You will need:
6" Long Pan Head Bolt 1/4" Diameter
1.5" W Washer with 1/4" Hole
3/4" Coupling Nut
How to assemble:
STEP 1: Put the washer on the 6" pan head bolt
STEP 2: Put the nut on the 6" pan head bolt
STEP 3: Take the bolt out of the vise grips
STEP 4: Replace it with the 6" pan head bolt
Done!
The best part is once you're done using the slide hammer, you can easily disassemble it back to its original form.
Disassembled to its original form
We'll see you next time.
Article by Pj Slauson
In 2004, PJ Slauson (then only 19 years old) was working as a locksmith for his dad’s locksmith company and going to college. His dad had a little DBA side business selling locksmith supplies to locals. He had a few shelves in the back of his key shop with some keychains and padlocks which PJ started selling online to make a little extra money.He quickly sold out, eventually PJ decided to setup his own website, and clksupplies.com took off immediately.
