How Do You Get A Stripped Screw Out Of Wood?
Often in the course of ordinary home repairs, we find that a wood screw has a stripped head and cannot be removed through ordinary means. Once the screw slot has been damaged, you have to take extraordinary means to get that screw out. There are several methods to do this and each is described below. Select a screw extractor that is as close to half the size of the screw as possible. The extractor is tapered and reverse-threaded, but look at the small end when choosing. Drill a hole through the center of the damaged screw’s head and part way into the shaft of the screw. The screw extractor’s instruction sheet should tell you the size drill bit to use, but if you don’t have that select one slightly larger than the small tip of the extractor. Because the surface of the screw head is damaged and wouldn’t be a good flat surface to drill in even if it was intact, you might want to start with a smaller drill bit first, then use successively larger ones until you get to the size you need. It
