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@whatfriends
are you against blowtorching? it'll probably work a lot easier than anything else and your 50 budget will pretty much get you a powder coat...
how have you bust the tools? is it cos they are slipping out of the interface? if so, try and use a bunch of washers in increasing size to hold the tool in place.
so it would go ... bb -> tool -> big washers (over the axle) ->smaller washers -> bolt into axle holding it all together. spanner on tool -> hit with lump hammer..
hope that makes sense. sometimes it helps to tighten slightly more before you try to undo, maybe risky on a bb though, dont want to mess the threads up.
or yes to drilling. go slow and be patient so you dont snap bits all the time. let the drill do the work, dont push hard etc etc.
leave it till its dark and go outside in the sunshine.
good luck.