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headless screws
« on: June 20, 2011, 11:12:40 PM »
Hi.

I have two screws of my netbook damaged, screw head is worn (i dont know how to explin it in english very well sorry).

How can i unscrew it? any ideas? Thanks.
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Re: headless screws
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2011, 11:19:25 PM »
There are screw extractors. One is a drill bit and the other is a driver bit that works the opposite of the way the screw went in.
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Re: headless screws
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2011, 11:24:19 PM »
The problem is the size of the screws, i see in some shop these extractors but for a high size screw used in wood.
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Re: headless screws
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2011, 12:03:22 AM »
You can try this.  How to remove a stripped screw using a rubber band:-

http://boingboing.net/2010/06/13/howto-remove-a-strip.html
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Re: headless screws
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2011, 02:56:22 AM »
@lando

This trick maybe is usefull for these big screws, for smaill ones no way.

But problem is solved with patience and some drilling, thanks.
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