Damaged Screw Heads

Depends on the type of srew head. If they are round or mushroom heads, you may be able to use a "Dremel" or similar with a slitting wheel to cut a slot into which you can fit a screwdriver. Unfortunately, if they are countersunk screws this would probably damage the panel. You may have no option but to drill the heads off & then remove the remaining screw with mole grips.

 

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I have tried these screw removers before. Not once have I had them bite in & "remove the screw effortlessly"....

 

Alternatively, you could buy a new oven..

 

John your doing yourself no favours saying you've got a screw loose

 

If you have trouble getting the screw-removers to work, try sharpening a drill-bit the wrong way and using that as if it were a screw-remover.

In reverse gear of course.

It isn't easy to sharpen backwards because of the way a twist-drill is made, but it can be done.

Use a drill bit the same size as the thread(so if it happens to drill instead of unscrew, you will have drilled the head of the screw off, which is not bad).

Start drilling(in reverse) then stop and drill in very short bursts(in an effort to 'grab' the screw).


No loss, cheap and cheerful and will get you there in the end.



Mr. HandyAndy - really

 

It isn't easy to sharpen backwards because of the way
a twist-drill is made, but it can be done.


Mr. HandyAndy - really

no its not easy as its totally imposible :^O

 

What a load of *****.....Yes, you can get left handed drills (used for some automatic production jobs)which have the helix ground the opposite way, but grinding a left hand cutting edge on a right-handed drill....You're 'avin a larf Mate. Please..Don't waste your time trying this idea. Malkie.

 

What a load of *****.....Yes, you can get left handed
drills (used for some automatic production jobs)which
have the helix ground the opposite way, but grinding
a left hand cutting edge on a right-handed
drill....You're 'avin a larf Mate. Please..Don't
waste your time trying this idea. Malkie.

you watch now HandyAndy will argue the toss for days and say it can be done.

 

Posts: 5
Registered: Jan 26, 2007
Damaged Screw Heads
Posted: Jan 26, 2007 2:06 PM Reply


I want to gain access to the element in my oven. the internal back plate is positioned with 6 screw, all corroded. I have managed to remove 3 of them but the corrosion to the other 3 is too bad and the Philips heads have stripped. Can anyone advise a tool to remove these screws? Thanks


If the element is sparking & tripping the mcb when you turn it on? Check the connector blocks for the cable see if they are melted.

 

Squirt some WD40 on the screws & use a braddle or thin electrical screw driver. The screws are only a short thread. Preasure is the key. Now wheres my drill bits, must test handypandies theory.

 

I've fkin done it, so screw you, especially the FOOL fooman.

I also converted a long (8") TCT tipped masonry drill bit, into a normal twist drill because i needed a long 5mm drill bit for wood. Tell me that can't be done.


Anything else, just ask.

I'll convert screw crosses(philips) into slots, and slots into crosses if I have to.


Ain't much can't be done if you think about it.


Sorry, 'think' not in your vocabulary ?



Mr. HandyAndy - really

 

The mind boggles don't it !!!!!????.....

 

HandyPandy I need to build a rocket ttp://www.flickr.com/photos/philgyford/142651544/ to send you to the moon, because you’re defiantly on another planet. Next you will be saying WD40 isn’t water repellent..