How Do You Use A Screw Extractor?
If you’ve been around tools for very long you’ve probably run into a situation where the head of a screw has become stripped or the head of a bold has broken off, preventing you from extracting it in the normal way. Fortunately there is still a way for you to get a damaged screw or bolt out of wood or metal. It is called a screw extractor. A screw extractor fits on your variable-speed electric drill. It looks somewhat like a drill bit, although it tapers up from a point like an inverse pyramid and the ribs on the bit are not designed to drill out wood or metal, but rather to grab hold. Put a metal drill bit in your variable-speed electric drill that is slightly smaller than the diameter of the damaged screw or bolt that you need to remove. Strike your metal tap with your hammer to make a small indentation in the top of the damaged screw or bolt. This small indentation is intended as a starting place for drilling a hole into the damaged screw or bolt so try to make your indentation as c
