Wall warts; was: hams on classiccmp

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Roy J. Tellason wrote:
> On Thursday 22 January 2009 02:41:29 pm Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
>> Roy J. Tellason wrote:
>>>>>> That said, I _do_ dislike the fact that they are often glued together
>>>>>> rather than screwed together
>>>>> Hammer.
>>>> I prefer using a Dremel with a cut-off wheel.
>>> Are you guys talking about opening dead ones to recover the load-end
>>> cable off them or opening ones that still work and that will be re-closed
>>> at some point?
>> The latter.
>>
>>> I've been thinking about trying MEK applied along the seam with swabs.
>> I can verify that it works.  You just have to make sure to close the
>> seam up quickly after applying the MEK *sparingly*, and that the seam is
>> clamped firmly while the plastic rehardens.
> 
> Actually I was thinking about using it to *open* these (and similarly sealed 
> stuff) without resorting to things like hammers,  dremel,  etc.

That sounds like it would be a mess.

Peace...  Sridhar