[email protected] writes:
>
>They make broken screw extractors. Basically nothing more than a
>hardened steel tube with teeth on one end. You cut out a small (like
>1/4" or so plug with the broken screw in the middle. Glue in a dowel
>and you are ready to go - of course now you are putting a screw into
>end grain instead of cross grain, but you can't have everything. You
>could make your own dowels or plugs to get the right grain I suppose.
Been reading this thread and I've seen no one mention something Ron
Hazelton showed on his program. Drill a hole down the middle of the
broken screw, then use the screw extractor bit (not as mentioned above) to
remove the screw. The s.e.b. is a reverse bit that backs the screw out of
the hole. Of course, when he showed it, it worked very well.
Glenna
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>
> I like the idea of the copper pipe system with a plug. I'll try it next
> time if I remember. With brass screws in moderately hard (e.g. Doug
> Fir) and harder woods, I most often run a steel screw first to cut the
> threads and then screw in the brass screw.
>
Without a doubt, my favorite tool to get broken screws out is the hot
wrench. Works great in metal - just get the area nice and red, and you can
almost turn it out by hand. On wood, you don't even have to bother with the
turning part...
--
-Mike-
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Glenna Rose wrote:
>[email protected] writes:
>
>
>>They make broken screw extractors. Basically nothing more than a
>>hardened steel tube with teeth on one end. You cut out a small (like
>>1/4" or so plug with the broken screw in the middle. Glue in a dowel
>>and you are ready to go - of course now you are putting a screw into
>>end grain instead of cross grain, but you can't have everything. You
>>could make your own dowels or plugs to get the right grain I suppose.
>>
>>
>
>Been reading this thread and I've seen no one mention something Ron
>Hazelton showed on his program. Drill a hole down the middle of the
>broken screw, then use the screw extractor bit (not as mentioned above) to
>remove the screw. The s.e.b. is a reverse bit that backs the screw out of
>the hole. Of course, when he showed it, it worked very well.
>
>Glenna
>
>
>
Not easy to do on a #6 screw. Heck, the wood envelopes it and you can't
even see the shaft anymore. Plus the Easy-Outs I've seen don't go down
to that small of a diameter. You might back it out if you are able to
drill it with the left handed drill bit.
On Thursday 27 Jan 2005 5:35 am, Glenna Rose scribbled:
> Been reading this thread and I've seen no one mention something Ron
> Hazelton showed on his program. Drill a hole down the middle of the
> broken screw, then use the screw extractor bit (not as mentioned
> above) to
> remove the screw. The s.e.b. is a reverse bit that backs the screw
> out of
> the hole. Of course, when he showed it, it worked very well.
I have a set. Sometimes it works, other times not, maybe 50 percent of
the time for me. Two problems:
1. Often, it is difficult to get a drill hole started in the broken
screw as they tend to get sheared off at an angle. Sometimes, punching
the screw with a nail set to creat a small flat "platform" for the
drill bit works. But you want that hole fairly close to the centre of
the screw and you can't always do that. If it's off-centre, all you end
up doing is using the extractor to make a nice little cove along the
length of the screw.
2. Especially with brass screws (which are the ones that tend to break
most for me, YMMV), the extractor (being made of hard steel) often just
chews off the brass without turning the screw.
I also once broke an extractor in the screw. That was a real PITA, since
it sheared off at an angle, and being made of hard steel so I couldn't
punch it and I couldn't get the drill bit started.
I like the idea of the copper pipe system with a plug. I'll try it next
time if I remember. With brass screws in moderately hard (e.g. Doug
Fir) and harder woods, I most often run a steel screw first to cut the
threads and then screw in the brass screw.
--
Luigi
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