There are screw extractors you could use, a hollow tube with sawteeth.
Place in drill, over top of screw and drill to depth of screw. Remove
plug with screw and glue in a dowel.Any hardware store should carry
them.
Another option is to leave the screw in if it is below the mortice.
Then drill for another screw to go thru it.Use wax and predrill holes
next time.
mike
Sears sells some nifty screw extractors. They work well.
Some more information might also be helpful. What kind of hinge, what kind
of screw? what size of screw?
If this is a door hinge, you might be able to drill the head off the
offending screw, remove the hinge and grab the stub of the screw with a
small pair of vise grips.
--
Roger Shoaf
About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.
"Schroeder" <f@f> wrote in message
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> Can anyone offer help on how to get a busted hinge screw out? Not brass,
but
> not steel - have tried drilling it, but that looks like the recipe for
> ruin...hep me please!
>
> Thanks
> Schroeder
>
>
Roger Shoaf wrote:
> Sears sells some nifty screw extractors. They work well.
>
> Some more information might also be helpful. What kind of hinge, what kind
> of screw? what size of screw?
>
> If this is a door hinge, you might be able to drill the head off the
> offending screw, remove the hinge and grab the stub of the screw with a
> small pair of vise grips.
>
To snag it with the vise grips (or a needle nose plier) you might have
to drill a small hole on two sides of the offending screw. You can then
get the pliers on it and rock it back and forth to help get it out.
Then drill a larger hole, put in a piece of dowel, sand, goop with
*spackle*, and bake at 350dF for 1 hour.
mahalo,
jo4hn
On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 06:38:30 -0800, "Schroeder" <f@f> wrote:
>Can anyone offer help on how to get a busted hinge screw out? Not brass, but
>not steel - have tried drilling it, but that looks like the recipe for
>ruin...hep me please!
>
>Thanks
>Schroeder
>
From a hobby shop get a piece of brass tubing with an inside diameter
large enough to fit over the screw. Cut a piece about 3-4" long.
With a small file, cut some 'teeth' in the end of the tubing. Chuck
this in a drill and drill down over the screw. This will leave you
with a plug which has the screw inside it. Bust that plug out, and
the screw with it. Now replace the plug with a piece of dowel and
some glue. When it's dry, drill a pilot hole and replace your screw.
Thanks all for your help - Whoever suggested the sharpened piece of copper
tubing chucked in the drill - worked like a charm! I started the hole with
a 3/8 fostner, chucked a piece of 3/8 sharpened copper tubing and drilled
into white oak like butter. Used a 3/8 plug cutter and the glue is setting
up now!
Thanks VERY MUCH! ...I was really stressing about it!
Schroeder
"Roger Shoaf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Sears sells some nifty screw extractors. They work well.
>
> Some more information might also be helpful. What kind of hinge, what
kind
> of screw? what size of screw?
>
> If this is a door hinge, you might be able to drill the head off the
> offending screw, remove the hinge and grab the stub of the screw with a
> small pair of vise grips.
>
> --
>
> Roger Shoaf
>
> About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube,
then
> they come up with this striped stuff.
> "Schroeder" <f@f> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Can anyone offer help on how to get a busted hinge screw out? Not brass,
> but
> > not steel - have tried drilling it, but that looks like the recipe for
> > ruin...hep me please!
> >
> > Thanks
> > Schroeder
> >
> >
>
>