Monday, July 16, 2012
How to Extract a Screw
Popular Woodworking Magazine: Sawtooth edges make these small tools very handy to have around the shop. Use a drill press, if possible, to bore a clean hole around the screw. Or, a hand-held drill with a guide block works fine for screws located outside of the reach of a drill press. Once the screw is out, patch the hole with a length of dowel or a matching plug.
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I think I almost cried when I saw this post. There has be so many times when I have tried to get a destroyed screw out of the wood and have failed miserably. The amount of wood wasted by my stage crew back at my school is insane due to this pieces of metal stuck forever in the wood. This article is a life saver, for I now know how to get the destroyed screws out without spending hours cursing and sweating with nothing but a screwdriver to help me. I may seem like I'm over exaggerating, and I probably am, but this article has definitely eased some tensions that I have and will have with broken equipment. I may not need the article now but it will help me in the future.
This article was so helpful. Even the best of us break screws when working, and I'm definitely one to speak. In my shop we have broken so many screws that we started a broken screw box in which to keep all of them. We are always trying to figure out ways to remove the broken pieces from the stock, and these techniques will be of much help.
Articles like these are always great to read. They help save resources when a screw breaks off in a piece of wood, and allows the wood to be re-used instead of thrown away. With many theatres facing financial hardships as mentioned in an article previously posted on this blog, learning ways to salvage seemingly "lost" materials. I can also use this to help whenever I'm working in a shop and something like a screw breaking in half happens. Definitely an extremely helpful article.
Talk about out of the box thinking. For all the stripped and broken screw removal techniques I thought I knew, this is still totally new insight. I don't think I'll ever look at a broken screw the same way. More likely is that I'll give it an evil grin and break out the dremel. I can't remember how many times we've tried to remove a broken screw and failed miserably. These tips are a must read for anybody who has unsuccessfully dealt with a broken screw!
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