this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2023
17 points (90.5% liked)

Home Improvement

9030 readers
2 users here now

Home Improvement

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

I am re-arranging the shelves in an old bookcase, and I'm having trouble removing a few broken shelf pins inside the holes I want to use. They don't protrude enough for me to get any kind of grip with the needle-nose pliers that I used to take out the other pins.

The shelf pins are this style. Quarter inch diameter. Not sure what kind of metal they're made out of. The pin itself is hollow, which rules out most of the common solutions for this kind of problem.

Does anyone have any suggestions for how to remove these?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Windswept@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Try threading a wood screw into the hollow pin until it grabs, and pull it out while twisting with a pair of pliers.