Have you ever saved something for a long long time knowing that 'Someday' you'll need it only to toss it and then not long after tossing it you find you need it?:banghead:
Well I'd taken pictures of Gasman's steel and just recently deleted the files as I 'Knew' I'd never need them. Oh well, I took a couple of quick shots of mine for you.
Every F. Dick steel I've ever refurbished came apart like this one?I'd loosened it a bit so that's why there's a gap in the first pic:
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On a couple of the steels I did, I needed to use some leather scraps to keep the jaws of some vice-grips from marring the steel and a long screwdriver through the ring to provide some leverage.
A couple of the rings twisted before the threads let go but they are easy to straighten.
IF you decide to disassemble yours, you might want to see if you can get some Kroil Oil or another penetrating oil to go down the threads to make things easier.
Hope this has been of some help.
Off to clean up the oxidization on my steel--:w