Yes, it can.cybercarl wrote:That sounds like a gooden Kev, it's not the link extracting that is of concern but the riveting, but as yours is not the pin type all should be good. And I agree with the Hammer it can overly compress, just got to be gentle.
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I use a vernier to measure the distance between the outside faces of a normal link compared to the riveted one, when it's the same; stop hitting.
And I still rivet my link on the back end of the vice; even though I have a brace fitted. You just need two people.....