[pianotech] screwed but good

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Fri Jan 9 05:34:25 PST 2009


> Well, Ron, if you get THAT far into it, you can get a set of those bits
> that will bite into the stripped screw head.  Wasn't there a discussion
> about these new bits on here some time back?  Or maybe it was a Journal
> article.  Anyway, they do work well when you need to get a screw out and
> it's hopelessly stripped. One end of the tool is a drill bit which makes a
> dimple suitable for the tool to burrow into.  A reversable power
> screwdriver is all you need.
> Paul McCloud
> San Diego

These didn't exist back when I was battling stripped screw 
heads in new Mezzo-Thermoneal Stabilizer processed products, 
and if they had, I still haven't met the power screwdriver 
that could have turned those screws out. At least, not a 
cordless one.
Ron N



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