No Trace Screw Removal

– Ronald G. Early (Tacoma, WA)

Last summer I built some outdoor furniture and used brass screws. Geez it’s a pain when those screws break off. After I snapped a couple, I couldn’t find my screw extractor so I had to get creative! I’ve got a set of steel drill guides that I use to make custom drilling jigs for shelf pegs and dowel holes. I discovered that if I put the 3/16" drill guide into a block of wood and clamped this assembly over the broken screw, I was able to drill it out. Then I plugged the hole with a piece of wood and some glue. Once I inserted a new screw, the fix was invisible. I’ve tried this with brass and mild-steel type screws but it doesn’t work with hard drywall-type screws.…

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