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TimeTechTalk.com > Time Tech Talk > Straps and Watch Accessories > Got too excited about a new strap - Need help with a problem |
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jsarche 3T WIS
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Hello again everyone. I just realized the other day that I was too excited to begin wearing my new Ted Su kevlar strap, and I put it on my watch without having trimmed down the tubes or taken them out completely. The lugs on my watch aren't drilled, and I can't get my springbar tool between the ends of the tubes and the lugs. Does anybody have some suggestions for how to remove the strap without destroying it or the lugs on the watch? Thanks for any advice -- I'm feeling kind of sheepish about asking, but I'd really appreciate some help. |
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KenC Admin 
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I've run into that problem a few times and have successfully used the blade of a small Swiss Army knife! |
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jsarche 3T WIS
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Thank you, thank you, thank you! A little steel (broken off the tip of my springbar tool, not the watch's lugs), a little blood (it hurts when that sucker slips), a few curse words -- and a ton of patience, and it worked! Won't make that mistake again. Whew! |
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KenC Admin
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jsarche wrote: Thank you, thank you, thank you! Oops! Ouch! Next time, put the watch on a flat surface, face up...puch down with the blade...keep you fingers out of the way!!! Never leave traceable DNA anywhere!  |
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OldeCrow 3T WIS 
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If you have a dremel and a cutoff wheel you can build in some springbar cutouts in the ends of those tubes!! Man I'm so glad I'm not the only one who has done this  |
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jsarche 3T WIS
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Dremels are awesome! I was planning to cut the tubes down by at least 1 mm on each end. But I wore the watch yesterday with springbars only and everything seems fine. I might wrap a layer or two of electrical tape around them just to snug things up a bit, but I am not sure it needs even that. |
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