Could use some advice. I am rebuilding a 1883 Steinway grand for a client and when I took the stack off, one of the screws snapped. I used a soldering gun to heat up the screws when I realized they weren't coming out easily, which helped with all but that one. Turns out the last guy who worked on it glued the screws in. Go figure. Its buried about 1/4" below the surface and of course the screw surface is jagged. I know that a pilot hole should be drilled into the screw fragment and then use the screw extractor. My question is, how do you drill into steel thats imbedded in wood with damaging the wood? Even using a punch first would be difficult. Any body have any miracle thoughts? Thanks Randy Chastain
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