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Originally Posted by chris75
Trouble is , these are a "this is too hard " grade 10.9 bolt ! You really need the things mounted in a drill stand 
Try the stilsons tomorrow first before drilling ; hopefully they will do the trick 
Do check that when you cut the bolt , you have in fact sawn through the threads and not through the plain shank . The cut line will be very close to the changeover from thread to shank. The latter will stop you unscrewing from the bottom ! |
UPDATE!!! - despite my neighbour scoffing at the size of my new stilson ( a whole 6 inches!) it did the trick. After MUCH heating and considerable effort I finally removed the threaded end of the bolt
It fought to the last millimeter though - literally! Heating definitely helped so this weekend's task is to merely heat and hit out the unthreaded end.
Many thanks for all the advice.