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Screw stuck in tool

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  • 10-10-2007 12:43pm
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    ThomasH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 231 ✭✭


    Hi,

    The head of a screw on my router is now damaged after I tried to take it out but it was so tight that the head is now just a hole and my phillips just keeps turning in circles. Any idea of how to take this screw out?


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    Mr Magnolia
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,435 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr Magnolia


    You could maybe drill it out. Any photos?


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    10-10-20
    Registered Users Posts: 7,165 ✭✭✭10-10-20


    If it's turning, you mightn't be able to drill it...


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    amerden
    Registered Users Posts: 164 ✭✭amerden


    There is a Screw Extractor Set you can buy, it fits onto a drill and very similar to a drill bit except the twist goes in the opposite direction (anti clockwise), so when you start to drill the bit cuts into the screw head and unscrews the screw.


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    CJhaughey
    Registered Users Posts: 14,907 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    Those screw extractors are not designed for use with a power drill, they should be used only with a T-handle like the one that comes with a tap and die set.
    I would drill the head out as far as you can, and then use the pointed end of a file tapped into the hole then try and unscrew the screw.
    If it still won't budge after some heat/wd40/time then drill it out completely.


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