removing broken dart shafts

ChroniC · 28 Jan 2006 at 00:59

I have 2 darts with the threads broken off below the metal sections. Its very hard plastic and have tried scratching a line into it to, to see if we could unscrew it to no avail. Ive tried melting it out, no luck.
Any quick answers as i want to use them now

wo0kie · 28 Jan 2006 at 01:31

use a dremel to drill a small hole through the plastic, get some small screws with an opposite thread, screw em in utill the plastic starts to unwind.

just and idea, but could potentially work.

ChroniC · 28 Jan 2006 at 01:56

Yeah, forgot to mention im at university halls, and tools are scares. So makeshift removal is needed.

Youstolemyname · 28 Jan 2006 at 19:39

heat a thick pin up with a lighter/gas flame while holding it in something heat resistant (pliers ideally). Stab it into the shaft which will melt and then wait for it to cool and set around the pin then twist and unscrew the old shaft

ChroniC · 29 Jan 2006 at 16:03

plastic bearly melts, its damn hard stuff.

Youstolemyname · 29 Jan 2006 at 16:07

ChroniC said:
plastic bearly melts, its damn hard stuff.

get the pin hotter.

laiman · 29 Jan 2006 at 17:10

perhaps try as above with a small knife/screwdriver, heat chosen implement and carefully force tip into the plastic, with a flat section it should be better for unscrewing with better purchase than a pin? I have little knowledge of dards but this seemed logical to me. Knife is potentially more dangerous but its sharp tip will obviously cut better than a screwdriver.