No dice? Time to turn up the heat. Heating the screw head causes it to expand and that expansion helps crack the rust. But, ...

No matter the source, the result is a screw head with a mangled internal surface and no hard angles for a screwdriver to grab onto. That's where having the right kind of hammer can be handy.

Screws with no thread Screws with an incorrect or badly cut thread Screws with no slot cut in the head, a deformed slot, a slot that doesn't correctly fit into any screwdriver or a screw with no ...

You press the screwdriver or drill bit into the head and try to turn, but there’s no friction. First, try throwing a little back into your screw twists. If that fails, try one (or more ...

And so it was that his as-yet-unnamed Screw With No Slot came to be. A brass rod pushes down to reveal the keyed center section. The screw’s disc-like appearance looks as if it’s a metal trim ...

The Phillips head screw is no longer the exclusive purview of Henry Phillips, who died in 1958 and whose patent expired in 1966. In fact, there are variations in the crosshead screw, including one ...

No screw extractor? No problem. Use a tapered square drive bit to back out a stuck fastener: First, drill a hole in the head deep enough to seat the square drive bit. Use a drill bit with a ...