Threaded insert removal tool

An apparatus for removing threaded inserts from a hole, the hole having a radius, the threaded insert having an inner radius, the apparatus comprising:

• a drive shaft configured about a central axis and having an insertion end and an engagement end;
• a blade positioned at the insertion end of the drive shaft, the blade extending outwardly from the central axis and configured to engage the threaded insert;
• a channel adjacent the blade for receiving fragments of the threaded insert produced by cutting action of the blade;
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• a guide shaft positioned at the insertion end of the drive shaft, the guide shaft having an outer radius substantially the same as the inner radius of the threaded insert, the guide shaft configured with a plurality of braces, with each brace including a plurality of contact points positioned at the outer radius of the guide shaft, the contact points of each brace defining a brace region which intersects the central axis, the contact points positioned such that at least two brace regions intersect the central axis at different points, such that upon insertion of the apparatus into the hole, the guide shaft aligns the apparatus with respect to the threaded insert.

An apparatus for removing threaded inserts from a hole, the hole having parent threads and a radius, the threaded insert having an inner radius, the apparatus comprising:

• a drive shaft configured about a central axis and having an insertion end and an engagement end;
• a substantially cylindrical guide shaft positioned at the insertion end of the drive shaft, the guide shaft having an outer radius substantially the same as the inner radius of the threaded insert;
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• a plurality of blades positioned at the insertion end of the drive shaft, the blades extending outwardly from and spaced equidistantly about the central axis, the blades having an outer radius greater than the inner radius of the threaded insert and less than the inner radius of the parent threads;
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• a channel adjacent each blade for receiving fragments of the threaded insert produced by cutting action of the blades.