Hardware help, anyone?

June 11, 2012 10:37 AM

Hardware help, anyone?

Side A
Side B

Is there a way to take apart this piece of hardware other than prying it apart forcefully?



Water bottle

Where can I find a rubber gasket for this water bottle, 1" diameter, 5/16" hole center? The cheap plastic one that came with it broke.



Glasses

Where can I find screw-in nose rests for my glasses locally? I've seen them online, but the shipping costs as much (if not more) than the nose rests themselves. Drug stores have offered no solutions.

posted by dolce_voce to Home & Garden (3 answers total)

Best answer: On "Side A/B", generally you take out rivets by drilling out the far side. If it's big enough, you could also use an angle grider to grind the rivet off, and then pull the thing out. I'd think you'd have better luck cutting/grinding than prying.
posted by straw at 10:43 AM on June 11, 2012

Response by poster: this is why I come here :-)
posted by dolce_voce at 10:47 AM on June 11, 2012

Agreed with drilling out the Side B side. If you wanted to keep the look of both sides but didn't care about the structure, you could use a sawzall type saw with a wood blade to cut a slice in the wood until you hit the metal bar and then switch to a metal blade to cut through the metal. If the wooden post is the size it appears in those pictures that is.

Not sure where you are, but I'm 99% certain I could find a rubber gasket that would fit that bottle in my choice of thicknesses at my local chain (not big-box) hardware store in the slide-out trays in the back that are so full of bits. My only concern would be food safety issues if that's important for its use.

I got nose rests for my glasses at a local optometrist that I'd never been to before. They put them on and adjusted them for me. When I went to pay they said there was no charge. I go there regularly now.
posted by Clinging to the Wreckage at 10:49 AM on June 11, 2012 [1 favorite]