Removing hollow dowels

[Soft 02]

Joe was my mentor, so yeah. That's where the idea came from. 

No "Potty mouth"! Cool guy! He lived here with his wife for a number of years. Did work for her on the ranch as a kid.

[mattVA]

I use these:

https://www.amazon.com/IRWIN-HANSON-Multi-Spline-Extractor-53227/dp/B0002SRG66



They have a left hand spiral, they bite harder the more you tighten and twist the dowel right out. Assortment of sizes, hasn't let me down yet. To remove the extractor from the dowel I clamp the dowel in a plastic attachment for my bench vise to hold them in place.

[les]

you can also grab the exposed portion with a small pair of vise grips and then use a pry bar under the v/grips or tap them upward with a hammer and they will usually come right out...sometimes I can just pull them out

Inserting a bolt will also help this technique, to minimize the crushing of the dowel.