Maybe I can add a poignant note to Dale's precautionary message. There's an old joke: Q: why are spoke wrenches sold so cheaply by bike shops? A: Because the unskilled can do so much damage with them, so quickly.
It was a sad day for me when I was asked to look at a nice British frameset with the seat tube cut about all the way through by a hacksaw blade, in a clumsy effort to remove a stuck post. Nice long slit that didn't go quite through the wall, and was mostly in the area reinforced by the lug. But, not a pretty sight.
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Chris wrote:
<<...am finally considering simply cutting the post off then cutting it internally in two places, the length of the post, to remove it in pieces. >>
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This sounds good and can work... but in actuality it is a lot more difficult than it sounds, is messy in extreme and is sooo much work. See my earlier post.
Dale Brown
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