Comments on: The 12 Best Ways to Remove Stripped Screws

By: mary

mary — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:29:46 +0000

Ref #5: I did happen to have a sufficiently wide rubber-band that I had just removed from a bunch of asparagus. It worked beautifully with the first turn. I will keep the rest of the 12 steps in mind in case I run into one a screw that is not so giving. Thanks

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By: Keith

Keith — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:55:45 +0000

I read this great article and use a combo of the concepts. I filed the round head flat on two sides and used a small socket over the screwhead to remove the screw.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:00:34 +0000

The welding idea is not the best option for removing studs and screws unless you remove any coatings the metal may have on it (I.E. zinc, nickel etc). If you don’t remove these metals they will contaminate your weld.
Also, welding changed the temper of the metal. usually this will make the metal around the weld softer and decreasing its tensile strength. The metal needs to be heat treated to give it a high tensile strength.

I recommend Dremeling.

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By: nosila

nosila — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:38:04 +0000

Here’s one that just worked for me. Take wire cutters and use them to put grooves in the side of the head. Keep the wire cutters in the grooves and turn enough to unstick the screw.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:30:58 +0000

…and the next 12 ideas are…?

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 05:30:13 +0000

Your step 5 with the rubber band worked perfect, thank you!

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By: Seksit

Seksit — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:14:00 +0000

Hey guys I just want to let you know that the rubber band did not help with my totally stripped out tiny iphone screws. I’ve also tried JBWELD glue Eproxy. But let me back up, my first helpless trial was indeed rubber band, why not its free lying around the house. Second I tried my drill bits since I though it would be the same as drumel? Not good, got the gut to hammer it with screw driver, nope not working. So I went to Acehardware store know some of the ideas will not work, I’d ended up buying just about $40 worth. This include Screw Extractor, JBWELD glue, finally Drumel. I tried all three in this order and guess what, drumel works!! Thanks, I should have tried it first but oh well, now I know….