Ideas on removal of insert from cylinder

[FJmonkey]

This is like the "Make it Work" scene in Apollo 13. Problem solving...

[Flynt]

This is like the "Make it Work" scene in Apollo 13. Problem solving...

I agree...  put off the mechanic's fingers for a while.  I'm sure there's a harder way that'll work.

[T Legg]

This is like the "Make it Work" scene in Apollo 13. Problem solving...

I agree...  put off the mechanic's fingers for a while.  I'm sure there's a harder way that'll work.

The claw was their first method attempted.
 
  "We have a bore scope and we can see it -- we also are able to grab it with some flexible wire pinchers but the unable to retrieve it with the pinch grabbers due to the overall width of the grabbers once they hold the brass insert.  So basically can pull it through the hole."

[86FJNJ]

what about a drop of fast curing super glue on the tip of the straw. you said you kind of got it with the straw so maybe some superglue on the straw edge and then once the straw touches the piece hold it for a minute or two and then try to vacuum it out

[Pat Conlon]

Eric, Robert and I agree the secret to success is with adhesives.

If you can't mechanically grab it, or hold it with vacuum, then as Timothy Leary suggested, better living thru chemistry...so to speak.

Can we start a betting pool? I'm in for 5 bucks...