You need to use a drill bit, drill a shallow hole in the head of the screw and then use the screw removal tool to extract the tool by turning it counterclockwise. The threads on those items are reversed so they'll bite into the screw going counter-clockwise. ---------------- Bill Gallik E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous." - Henry Ford - "By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher." - Socrates Sender's Note: Makes me wonder what Socrates' wife thought of this philosophy!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Levine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 6:41 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Screw removal tool Hi Folks, Has anyone had any experience with this little tool? They're for removing screws whose heads have been stripped. It's shaped like a nail-set, with threads about the bottom inch. I bought a set of these things... Apparently you need the correct size for the screw you're attempting to remove. You're supposed to place it in a drill, and screw them into the head of the stripped screw-head. You're then, somehow, supposed to be able to reverse the drill and draw the screw out. But, I can't get the procedure to work. All I seem to accomplish is to spin the thing in the screw head, making a stripped screw-head even worse. Obviously, I'm doing something wrong. Any thoughts? --Barry To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
