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   JimV | Feb 13, 2007 09:39pm | #1

   Use a cut-off wheel on a dremel to cut a slot in the screw, then use a flat blade screwdriver to get it out.

   Of course, I'm pulling this out of my backside, since I don't have the same cutter and I'm assuming you can get at the screw head to do this.

   Jim

   "There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other is that heat comes from the furnace." - Aldo Leopold
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   jbob | Feb 13, 2007 09:46pm | #2

   Thanks Jim, I had thought of a slot but had not come up with a way to cut it.Good excuse to buy that Dremel too.

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   user-161113 | Feb 14, 2007 02:35am | #12

   Purchasing the Dremel would be a good thing. I find it one of handiest and most useful tool in my collection.

   Billy B.

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   byhammerandhand | Feb 14, 2007 06:11pm | #13

   Not to hijack the thread, but after many years in the shop, purchased a Dremel 4 years ago and still have not found a lot of things to use it on. Occasionally, I use the cut-off wheels, but only for small items.

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   paretsky | Feb 15, 2007 02:10am | #14

   I used mine a lot when I was installing crown molding in my house. Beats the heck out of a coping saw for those inside corners.That said, mine has sat in its box for a couple of years largely untouched too."Light the lamp, not the rat! Light the lamp, not the rat!!"
   Rizzo the Rat, A Muppet Christmas Carol

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   joinerswork | Feb 13, 2007 09:51pm | #3

   jbob,

   Biscuit cutters are a tool of the devil; or at least of Lataxe. ;-P Throw it away before it sucks your soul into a #3 slot.

   Ha,hahahhh

   Ray

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   jbob | Feb 13, 2007 09:57pm | #4

   Throwing away was the option I was nearing yesterday along with a good cussing.

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   JohnWW | Feb 13, 2007 10:07pm | #5

   You can drill out the screw head with a drill bit that is a bit larger than the screw shank, probably something a bit larger than half the diameter of the screw head.  When the drill reaches the top of the shank, the head will snap off. 

   There should be enough of the shank exposed to grab it with a Vise Grip and back it out.  With the tension off of the threads, the stub will probably turn easily unless the threads are corroded or siezed from overtightening. 

   The screw may be a left handed thread.

   John White, Shop Manager, Fine Woodworking Magazine

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   jbob | Feb 13, 2007 10:16pm | #6

   If cutting the slot doesn't do it I try this option. Thanks to all.

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   philip | Feb 13, 2007 10:32pm | #7

   Without knowing how accessable the screws are I suggest first try a center punch-punch at an angle in the direction of removal-place the punch on outer edge-try one side then the opposite. If that is no good then drill it in the center (already conveniently there due to philips head design) and use a screw extractor .Screw extractors are cheap and everybody who uses machines etc should have a small set.

   Philip Marcou
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   jbob | Feb 13, 2007 11:04pm | #8

   I did try the punch.The problem is that the button to lock the shaft must be held continuously to keep the shaft from rotating while working on the screw.Two hands are not enough sometimes. I do have a few extractors I can try. Thanks

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   byhammerandhand | Feb 14, 2007 12:17am | #9

   Before you do harm, contact PC. I had one of these bolts freeze on and they directed me to their local (B&D) repair facility. The guy there took a try and couldn't get it off, so asked me to leave it to try other things (BFH?). A couple of weeks later, he'd gotten parts, repaired it and had it back to me. Apparently there was a design flaw, which has now been re-engineered.I was very impressed with PC's handling of this issue. No charge.

   Edited 2/13/2007 4:29 pm ET by byhammerandhand

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   jbob | Feb 14, 2007 12:37am | #10

   I'm glad to know I'm not the only one to have this problem.I will contact PC and see what they have to say.

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   nikkiwood | Feb 14, 2007 02:10am | #11

   I was going to suggest that too. If you take to them, and they mess it up, they will fix it. If you mess it up, you just have a bigger problem.********************************************************
   "It is what we learn after we think we know it all, that counts."

   John Wooden 1910-