It's also handy to use modest air gun heat to warm the core/coil up before you try to remove it. In small core coils and transformers it's often easy to remove the form and use the other end when the core is not split.
cheers, skipp > As mentioned, for stuck cores, I usually find an allen wrench that fits > and try it. A shot of silicone or teflon spray lubricant down in the > coil, with some heat sometimes helps. I have found, that if it is > stuck, it is "stuck" and the only other option may be to put a very > small "dab" of super glue on the allen wrench and insert it into the > core, when it dries, unscrew the core and replace it with a new core. > If you put just a bit of silicone grease on the allen wrench before you > put on the super glue, you may be able to slip the core off of the allen > wrench when you get it out - otherwise the core is shot. > > GL - John - K3KR >
