Busted Phillips Screws

Sears has been advertising the "Screw Out" (no kidding!) with Bob Villa up here in Canada on TV-seems like just the job for it!

Both good thoughts, will probably try them both and dump the drill idea...One of my handyman friends called , his suggestion was to take a phillips screw driver of exactly the same size , insert it into the hole and tap lightly to try and indent a new phillips insert into the existing screws. Sounds like a good idea, however I know when I first tried to take the screws out with a normal screw driver , they did seem to be pretty firmly in place, so not wanting to kill myself getting them out, I really did not try too hard, because I knew my neighbor had a power screw driver. You live......You learn....will try all three suggestions if necessary. Amazing how you miss coming home from work and playing music, even if its only for a few minutes. thanks.

Sometimes you can get a straight screw driver to bite what is left of the screw head. Try different sizes, with a sharper point.

Marty

get a Screw Out at Sears, you'll need it again someday for something around the house or garage. only $20

next time, try tightening a bit before attempting to loosen. I learned this trick from an old pro machinist many years ago; still works the last time I needed to uncover an amp that just wouldn't cooperate.