HOW TO REMOVE A BROKEN WOOD SCREW
■ln the construction of a car body wood screws are used in a number of places, such as door hinges, etc., and it is not uncommon for the head of such a screw to be sheered off. Should this occur it will be found almost impossible to drill the remaining part of the crew out, as the drill will repeatedly run off the screw into the wood at the side. Probably the easiest way to remove the broken piece, so that a new screw can be inserted, is to drill a hole slightly larger than the diameter of the screw immediately beneath the broken screw, and just touching it. Drill into the wood to the full depth of the screw, and then, with a blunt punch tap the screw down into the hole. It can then be withdrawn , easily. The drilled hole can be’ filled with a dowel, and a new screw, fitted to the original hole, where it will grip firmly. ...
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Evening Star, Issue 22069, 1 July 1935, Page 13
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169HOW TO REMOVE A BROKEN WOOD SCREW Evening Star, Issue 22069, 1 July 1935, Page 13
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