Anyone know how to safely remove hands from vintage 12" Megos?

[Type Two]

For past projects, I've been able to pull the hands out of 8" Megos using the old hot water trick, but am having a hard time doing it with the vintage 12"ers.

BTW, I am trying to pull out the full hand, stem and all. Should I focus on pushing out the pin joining the hand piece to the stem piece (the stem fits inside the lower arm piece)?

Thanks in advance for any help.

[piecemaker]

Maybe a little longer soak in VERY hot water.Bring water to a boil in the microwave and put forearm/wrist in and let sit for 2 minutes or so.You can remove hand from wrist joint by removing wrist pin and use a tool to get better leverage if you want.Post 14 here:http://megomuseum.com/community/show...forearms/page2

[Type Two]

THANK YOU Piecemaker! I'll try that out.