A method for removing a blind rivet includes a workpiece arrangement having first and second surfaces and a connecting hole. A blind rivet is fixed in the hole and has a shell and screw through the shell extending coaxially along a common center axis, the shell having a shell head portion, straight portion, deformation portion and threaded portion having an internal thread. The straight portion is in the hole and the deformation portion and the threaded portion protrude out of the hole, the screw having a screw head portion and pin portion having an external thread. The screw is in the shell such that the deformation portion of the shell is deformed where the outside diameter of the deformed deformation portion is larger than the diameter of the hole. The shell is cut in the region of the thread portion and/or the deformation portion, and the blind rivet is removed from the hole.

A powered tool for removing mechanical fasteners from materials. The fastener removal tool includes: a fastener puller for engaging the head of a fastener; a stand-off mount for placing against a surface having a fastener therein; a rod joined to the fastener puller; and a power source operatively connected to the rod. The fastener removal tool may exert a pulling force on the head of a fastener in the form of repeating intermittent strikes on the underside of the head of a fastener with said fastener puller. The fastener removal tool may have an indicator mechanism for indicating whether the fastener puller completely engages a fastener. The fastener removal tool may have a fastener lubricating system for lubricating difficult to remove fasteners.

A driver for threaded fasteners has helical blades with engagement surfaces on one side and teeth on an opposite side. The engagement surfaces engage surfaces within the recesses in the fastener head to drive the fastener when the driver is rotated in a first direction. The teeth engage the fastener head when the driver is rotated in an opposite direction to remove the fastener.

A bidirectional extraction socket may include a driven end configured to receive drive power from a driving tool, a drive end configured to interface with a fastener, and a body portion extending between the driven end and the drive end about an axis of the extraction socket. The drive end includes a fastener engagement recess extending into the body portion and coaxial with the body portion. The fastener engagement recess is configured to engage with the fastener such that the fastener is drivable in either a clockwise or a counterclockwise direction while avoiding contact with corner portions of the fastener.

A bidirectional extraction socket may include a driven end configured to receive drive power from a driving tool, a drive end configured to interface with a fastener, and a body portion extending between the driven end and the drive end about an axis of the extraction socket. The drive end includes a fastener engagement recess extending into the body portion and coaxial with the body portion. The fastener engagement recess is configured to engage with the fastener such that the fastener is drivable in either a clockwise or a counterclockwise direction while avoiding contact with corner portions of the fastener.

A pliers includes a first handle and a second handle. A first jaw is fixed with respect to the first handle and includes a distal tooth, a cone portion, and a blade portion. A second jaw which is fixed with respect to the second handle includes a distal tooth, a cone portion, and a blade portion. A pivot pivotably connects the two handles such that when the pliers are shut, the two teeth are aligned, the cone portions are aligned, and the blade portions are aligned.

A pliers includes a first handle and a second handle. A first jaw is fixed with respect to the first handle and includes a distal tooth, a cone portion, and a blade portion. A second jaw which is fixed with respect to the second handle includes a distal tooth, a cone portion, and a blade portion. A pivot pivotably connects the two handles such that when the pliers are shut, the two teeth are aligned, the cone portions are aligned, and the blade portions are aligned.

A threaded fastener extractor (110 or 510) includes a drive end configured to interface with a powered driver where the drive end has a shaft, and an engagement end coupled to the drive end coaxial with the drive end about an axis. The engagement end is configured to engage with an extraction hole (330) formed in a threaded fastener (300). The engagement end includes side cutting edges (140 or 530) disposed on lateral sides of the engagement end and end cutting edges (150 or 540) disposed at a distal end of the engagement end. The side cutting edges (140 or 530) and the end cutting edges (150 or 540) each provides engagement areas for torque transfer between the extractor (110 or 510) and the threaded fastener (300).

A threaded fastener extractor (110 or 510) includes a drive end configured to interface with a powered driver where the drive end has a shaft, and an engagement end coupled to the drive end coaxial with the drive end about an axis. The engagement end is configured to engage with an extraction hole (330) formed in a threaded fastener (300). The engagement end includes side cutting edges (140 or 530) disposed on lateral sides of the engagement end and end cutting edges (150 or 540) disposed at a distal end of the engagement end. The side cutting edges (140 or 530) and the end cutting edges (150 or 540) each provides engagement areas for torque transfer between the extractor (110 or 510) and the threaded fastener (300).

A fastener extractor device for removing seized fasteners and aiding in disengaging the extractor device from said seized fastener afterwards. The extractor device includes a shank body, a drive head, a torque-tool body, a tubular sleeve, an external thread, and an internal thread. The torque-tool body includes a plurality of laterally-bracing sidewalls and an at least one engagement feature. The engagement feature is integrated into a specific sidewall to bite into a sized fastener. The drive head is terminally and concentrically connected to the shank body to receive an external torque tool. The torque-tool body is terminally and concentrically connected to the shank body, opposite the drive head. The tubular sleeve is slidably engaged along the shank body through the internal thread and the external thread to physically disengaged the torque-tool body from a seized fastener.